Roxwell is a village and a parish in the Chelmsford

Chelmsford (borough)

Chelmsford is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after its main settlement, Chelmsford, which is also the county town of Essex.-History:...

 District, in the English

England

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 county of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

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The parish church is St Michael & All Angels. There is a primary school and a public house (The Chequers). The village store/post office closed in 2010, but reopened on 23 April 2011.

It is approximately 5 miles west of Chelmsford

Chelmsford

Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

 to the south of the A1060 road upon which sits the hamlet of Boyton Cross

Boyton Cross

Boyton Cross is a hamlet in Essex, England. It is approximately half a mile from the village of Roxwell and is situated mainly along the A1060 road which runs from Bishop's Stortford to Chelmsford. There is a pub and an Indian restaurant...

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Cricket in Roxwell

The original Roxwell cricket club disbanded in 2004 when membership fell to an unsustainable level. However, in July & August of that season the ground was used by Havering Blues for its last three home games in the T Rippon Mid-Essex League. The Blues have played at Stonehill Road since that time and from 2006 adopted the name Roxwell Blues.