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Boxted
Village in Essex, England

Boxted

Boxted is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England.

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It is located approximately 5 miles (8 km) north of Colchester and 24 miles (39 km) northeast of the county city of Chelmsford. The village is in the parliamentary constituency of North Essex. There is a parish council. The village was the site of a series of skirmishes between Parliamentary and Royalist troops in July 1648, known as the Battle of Boxted Heath. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,427. Avoid confusion with Boxted, Suffolk, 18 miles to the northwest.

How locals move

Getting around Boxted the local way

  • Get aroundMany National Cycle Routes run off-road and are not suitable for certain bicycle types, e.g.

From Wikivoyage: Colchester, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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