Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Colchester · Region: Eastern
Explore Boxted Cross, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Boxted Cross map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Boxted Cross |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Colchester |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.954254 |
| Longitude | 0.917602 |
| Place Type | Village |
Boxted Cross, a quiet corner of Essex, breathes the gentle air of the English countryside. It lies 7.3 km north of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 10°T, OS grid TM 005 324), and is situated south-east of Boxted village. The roads here, when the afternoon sun slants low, seem to gather the light like fine gold dust, a subtle luminescence that softens the edges of the hedgerows. Though small, Boxted Cross possesses a certain enduring character, a sense of belonging to the land that has shaped it, where fields of ripening grain stretch towards the horizon. The very soil here feels ancient, carrying whispers of those who have walked these paths before, their labours etched into the quiet rhythm of the seasons.
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Explore Boxted Cross, Essex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.954254, 0.917602. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |