Boxley is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England.

It lies below the slope of the North Downs approximately northeast of the centre of Maidstone town. The civil parish has a population of 7,144 (2001 census), increasing to 9,554 at the 2011 Census, Boxley Abbey House and St Andrew's Chapel in Sandling, and Weavering Manor in Weavering Street, are all Grade II* listed.

The Pilgrims' Way trackway and the North Downs Way pass through the parish. Boxley village was used for scenes in the film version of Porridge.

Within the parish are the Kent Life open-air museum, in Sandling, and Vinters Valley Nature Reserve. A 19th-century granary from Boxley was dismantled and re-erected at Kent Life.

"Vinters" was a country house and home to the Whatman family until it was demolished in the 1950s. Susanna Whatman was the first of her family to manage the house and the guide she wrote was published in 1952 - about 200 years after her birth.

The Maidstone Studios are located within the parish.

See also

  • Listed buildings in Boxley

References

  • Boxley Parish Council