Boxwell SSSI, Wotton-under-Edge

#9 among attractions in Wotton-under-Edge

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Boxwell SSSI is a 5.31-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site. ()

Coordinates: 51°38'3"N, 2°15'60"W

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Wotton-under-Edge United Kingdom

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Boxwell SSSI – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The New Lawn, Westonbirt Arboretum, Newark Park, St. Mary the Virgin Church.

4.6 miN
Football, Sport venue, Entertainment
The New Lawn, Nailsworth
119 min walk • The New Lawn, also known as The Fully Charged New Lawn for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. It has been the home stadium of League Two club Forest Green Rovers since 2006. During the 2007–08 season the stadium was shared with Gloucester City.
2.7 miSE
Park
Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury
70 min walk • Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is an arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, about 3 miles southwest of the town of Tetbury. Managed by Forestry England, it is perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom.
2.2 miW
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
Newark Park, Cotswold Water Park
57 min walk • Newark Park is a Grade I listed country house of Tudor origins located near the village of Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. The house sits in an estate of 700 acres at the southern end of the Cotswold escarpment with views down the Severn Valley to the Severn Estuary.
3.5 miW
Church
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wotton-under-Edge
90 min walk • One of the oldest churches in its area, St Mary's was consecrated on 19 August 1283 by Bishop of Worcester, Godfrey Giffard. It is believed that most of the church as it is today was completed in 1325, some 171 years after its first recorded vicar, Gerinus, in 1154.
3.5 miN
Monastery
Horsley Priory, Nailsworth
89 min walk • Horsley Priory was a medieval, monastic house in Gloucestershire, England. Goda owned an estate at Horsley, in 1066. It was granted to Troarn Abbey by Roger de Montgomery before 1086.
3.6 miN
Garden, Museum, Historical place
Owlpen Manor, Stroud
91 min walk • Owlpen Manor is a Tudor Grade I listed manor house of the Mander family, situated in the village of Owlpen in the Stroud district in Gloucestershire, England. There is an associated estate set in a valley within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
1.4 miW
Church, Gothic architecture, Romanesque architecture
St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Cotswold Water Park
36 min walk • St Nicholas of Myra's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Ozleworth, Gloucestershire, England, in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.
2.9 miE
Garden, Park, Forts and castles
Beverston Castle, Tetbury
74 min walk • Beverston Castle, also known as Beverstone Castle or Tetbury Castle, was constructed as a medieval stone fortress in the village of Beverston, Gloucestershire, England.
2.9 miS
Church, Gothic architecture
St Arild's Church, Cotswold Water Park
74 min walk • St Arild's Church is a historic Anglican church near the village of Oldbury-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.
3.5 miW
Nightlife
Ancient Ram Inn, Wotton-under-Edge
90 min walk • The Ancient Ram Inn is a Grade II* listed building and a former pub located in Wotton-under-Edge, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. The inn has been owned by many people since 1145 and was in the private ownership of John Humphries until his death in December 2017.
2.9 miE
Forts and castles
Quadrangular castle, Cotswold Water Park
74 min walk • A quadrangular castle or courtyard castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central ward or quadrangle, and typically with angle towers.