Boxgrove in West Sussex
Boxgrove as a village is losing a little of its charm as it gets swallowed up by new development and the noise of the nearby A27.
There is however one delightful corner which is worth spending some time at and that’s the part of the village around Boxgrove Priory and the village church.
A lot of the old priory is little more than evocative ruins, but the church still remains in active use and the setting has a lovely calmness to it.
Boxgrove is also famous for the discovery in 1993 of Boxgrove Man – the bones of a hominid of the species Homo heidelbergens which is thought to be about 500,000 years old. The quarry where the remains were excavated was bought by English Heritage and who knows what other finds lie there?
BOXGROVE INFORMATION
Music at Boxgrove
Sweet classical music concerts at Boxgrove Priory in midsummer each year.
Boxgrove Priory
The Boxgrove Priory Website contains plenty of information about the history of the Priory and its ruins, as well as the lowdown on life in the parish today.
Boxgrove Community Wardens
Tangmere and Boxgrove Community Wardens Scheme, keeping an eye on comings and goings in Boxgrove
Map of the Boxgrove area
NEAR BOXGROVE
- More about Boxgrove Priory Ruins
- Aldingbourne
- Arundel
- Barnham
- Bognor Regis
- Chichester
- Church Norton
- Fishbourne
- Fontwell
- Halnaker - the nearest pub!
- Hunston
- Lavant
- Pagham
- Singleton
- Tangmere
- West Dean
- Yapton
BOXGROVE BED AND BREAKFAST
WEST SUSSEX TOWNS
- Arundel
- Bognor Regis
- Burgess Hill
- Chichester
- Crawley
- East Grinstead
- Haywards Heath
- Horsham
- Littlehampton
- Midhurst
- Petworth
- Shoreham-by-Sea
- Steyning
- Worthing
SUSSEX INFO
Tuesday February 07