Boxted Cross is a Village in the county of Essex.

Boxted Cross postcode: CO4 5SQ

Retail in Boxted Cross

There are great places to visit near Boxted Cross including some great towns, castles, woodlands, airports, historic buildings, cities, villages, country parks, shopping centres, parks and nature reserves.

Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon are some of Boxted Cross best towns to visit near Boxted Cross.

Colchester Castle is one of Boxted Cross's best, nearby castles to visit in Boxted Cross.

Boxted Cross's best nearby woodlands can be found at Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

There are a several good airports in the Boxted Cross area like London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Boxted Cross area like Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

The area around Boxted Cross's best cities can be found at Chelmsford.

There are a several good villages in the area around Boxted Cross like Hatfield Peverel.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Boxted Cross like Thorndon Country Park.

Don't miss Lakeside Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Boxted Cross.

Boxted Cross is near some unmissable parks like Bedfords Park,

The area close to Boxted Cross boasts some of the best nature reserves including Bedfords Park.

Boxted Cross History

There are some historic monuments around Boxted Cross:

• Moat Farm Dyke: a northern extension of Lexden Dyke; part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house
• Site discovered by aerial photography S of King's Wood
• The Benedictine Abbey of St John
• Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens
• Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north west of Stanway Hall Farm
• Bourne Mill
• Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers
• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site
• Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Henge 70m north east of Cross Cottages
• Site of pre-Roman settlement
• Remains of an apsidal Roman building at Butt Road and Southway
• Roman Circus 200m south of Abbey House
• Earthwork in Brinkley Grove
• Colchester Castle and the Temple of Claudius
• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Kidman's Dyke in Walk Wood: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Wissington ring ditch cluster
• Earthwork called Court Knoll
• Town Wall
• Balkerne Gate
• Lexden Tumulus Iron Age barrow and associated cemetery area: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill
• Town ditch
• Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts
• Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum
• Crop mark site S of Ardleigh
• Pitches Mount
• Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Toppesfield Bridge
• The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Group of barrows at Annan Road
• St Botolph's Augustinian Priory