Boxted is a Town in the county of Essex.

Retail in Boxted

There are great places to visit near Boxted 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 great places to visit near Boxted if you like towns.

There are a number of castles near to Boxted including Colchester Castle.

The area around Boxted boasts some of the best woodlands including Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

There are a number of airports near Boxted including London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

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

There are a several good cities in the area around Boxted like Chelmsford.

Hatfield Peverel is one of Boxted's best, nearby villages to visit in Boxted.

There are a number of country parks near to Boxted including Thorndon Country Park.

Places near Boxted feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Lakeside Shopping Centre.

Parks to visit near Boxted include Bedfords Park.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Boxted including Bedfords Park.

Boxted History

There are some historic monuments around Boxted:

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