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.

Boxted Cross's best nearby towns can be found at Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

Places near Boxted Cross feature a number of interesting castles including Colchester Castle.

Woodlands to visit near Boxted Cross include Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

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

Boxted Cross's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

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

Hatfield Peverel is a great place to visit close to Boxted Cross if you like villages.

Country Parks to visit near Boxted Cross include Thorndon Country Park.

Shopping Centres to visit near Boxted Cross include Lakeside Shopping Centre.

Bedfords Park is a great place to visit close to Boxted Cross if you like parks.

Boxted Cross is near some unmissable nature reserves like Bedfords Park,

Boxted Cross History

There are some historic monuments around Boxted Cross:

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