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Welcome to the website for the Parish of Boxford The Parish of Boxford is attractively situated in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a few miles north-west of the market town of Newbury in Berkshire. The Parish is characterised by open chalk and flint downland fields running down to the rich soils of the wooded river valley of the Lambourn. To the south-west of the Parish there are large woodland plantations, through which the old Roman Road of Ermin Street passes. The village of Boxford itself sits naturally protected by the surrounding woods and hills which were once covered with Box from which the village takes its name. The River Lambourn, a fine trout stream, meanders through the village and thence south-east to Newbury, where it joins the River Kennet. Nearly all the water meadows at the heart of the village are classified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Boxford Water-meadows Part of the village of Boxford is in a Conservation Area. There are 190 households in the parish as a whole, and a church, village hall, public house, recreation ground and pavilion are to be found in the village itself. PARISH NEWS!Official Opening of the New Play Area at the Recreation Ground - Saturday 6th February at 10am at the Recreation Ground - Please come along and enjoy the new facilities. Well done and many thanks to all those parents who have worked so hard to assure the successful £50,000 Playbuilder Grant which made it all possible. Thanks also for the wholehearted support of the Parish Council and the Village Hall Committee.
Village Tidy Day - Please meet at the Village Hall at 10am - armed with enthusiasm, wheelbarrows, brooms, spades, forks and paint brushes! Many thanks to all those who responded to the call.
Boxford Church - Full details of services and contacts are to be found on the church page of this website and on the church noticeboard.
Silent Charity Auction - see Church page for the successful bids - over £8000 raised! Swine Flu - Berkshire West NHS have recommended people organise a "Flu Friend"who could collect medecines, food and other supplies if you get Swine Flu, so that you don't have to leave home.
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Parish Events & Notices
6th February 10am - Official Opening of New Payground - Recreation Ground
31st March 7pm - Parish Council Meeting
24th April 10am - Village Tidy Day
26th May - Annual Parish Meeting
27th June - Family Sports/Fun Day
If you have a parish notice that you would like to display, please email: parishcouncil@boxford.org.uk Notices should be brief and for not for profit organisations in the parish
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