Welcome to the
Village of Box

Welcome to Box in Gloucestershire – a small, picturesque Cotswold village located just outside the market town of Minchinhampton.

Box is surrounded by 600 acres of protected National Trust landscape within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); 1 of 46 UK countrysides that has been designated for conservation, including Box Wood Nature Reserve. Box Village is regularly visited by free-roaming highland cows and horses.

Box was first documented in the 14th century as “La Boite” (The Box), gradually becoming recognised as a local weaving industry hub until the 1800s.

Since 1970, Box Village Hall has been the heart of the community, hosting a range of vibrant activities for Box residents as well as the wider community.

Box Village Hall is available for hire for residents and non-residents alike. Through the efforts and generous donations of many, Box Village Hall is a registered charity and managed by a select few of volunteers who are also Trustees of the Hall.

See What’s On at the Village Hall in the Diary below, or make a Booking Request.

The Box News editorial team are delighted to announce the latest issue of Box News, Spring Edition 2025.

Box News is released three times a year, usually April (Spring) and August (Summer), and December (Christmas). Publications are posted to all Box residents free of charge.

If you have any news to share or you would like to make an announcement, please contact us to be featured!

To see the Box News archive click here.

Box Bar is the popular evening social which is usually open on the first and third Friday of every month, from 6:30pm to 9pm, offering delicious organic beers from Stroud Brewery, delectable local wines, as well as a wide variety of soft drinks.

Please come and join us to meet new and existing friends from the village, learn more about what’s on and be part of the thriving Box community. Bringing a friend is always welcome!

The king’s crumbling palace has seen better days, and the queen is contemplating pawning her second-best fake tiara, but are we downhearted? Oh No We’re Not! because, surely, this was Box’s finest hour (or two)

Box Players stupendous, inimitable Panto!

Missed Box Village Panto 2025?

Watch the recording below!

Thank you for making Box Open Gardens 2025 a wonderful success!

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at Box Open Gardens 2025! Over 1,000 of you attended, raising valuable funds for three local charities: Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Longfield Hospice, and Box Village Hall.

Come along to Box Village Hall every Friday at 10:30am for coffee morning catch-up with your neighbours!

Experience a totally relaxed and social environment over a lovely cuppa. Feel free to bring a plus one.

No need to Book - Just turn up! See you there!

After three years of negotiations, fundraising and administration, Box Wood was purchased in 2017 on behalf of the community. It will be ours for generations to come.

Box Wood has long been a valued amenity for the people of Box and their families, residents of Minchinhampton Parish and the surrounding area as well as visitors from further afield, but it was once part of the grand wooded gardens of a much larger private estate which included Box House.

Box Village Society is pleased to advise you that Box phone box library is now available for use, following its thorough refurbishment. Four volunteers have kindly given their time to clean and scrub the old paintwork and window frames and repaint the cabinet using authentic BT paint. Minchinhampton Parish Council provided four new “TELEPHONE”  Perspex windows and sealant, and Box Village Society has purchased and replaced the old shelving, which had deteriorated beyond repair.

It is hoped that the new shelving can be replaced in due course with a tailor-made cabinet similar to the previous one, using stronger materials. (Any budding cabinet makers out there?) In the meantime, the library is once again open 7x24.

Looking for a house in Box? Take a look at the Box Village Map below!

How to read the map: Find the name of the house in the alphabetical list below, then note the map Number (left column), and look for it in the map square indicated in the right column.

Have something you’d like to share on the Box Village Website? Whether it’s an upcoming event or local news story, submit your request to Heather below.