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Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Boxmoor is a district of Hemel Hempstead gathered along London Road, around the Church of St John the Evangelist.
About Boxmoor
Where to stay in Boxmoor
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Beds cluster on London Road. The road carries most of what Boxmoor puts in front of a visitor, and a room taken near the Church of St John the Evangelist leaves the rest of Hemel Hempstead close by on foot. Quieter streets lie back from it.
Around Greenend House and Roughdown Villas the pattern turns residential, so anyone who wants a front desk rather than a spare room should look toward the middle of Hemel Hempstead.
About Boxmoor
What are the main landmarks in Boxmoor?
Churches mark the district. The Church of St John the Evangelist and its attached church hall is the largest of them, and St Francis of Assisi and St Stephen serve congregations that grew up behind the London Road frontage. Domestic buildings carry as much of the character: Greenend House, The Old House, and Roughdown Villas.
One oddity stands behind the rest, a tower left in the former stableyard of Chaulden House.
What is the history of Boxmoor?
Boxmoor grew by accretion. Its oldest fabric survives in named houses, among them The Old House, Greenend House, and Chaulden House, whose former stableyard still carries a tower long after the horses left it. Roughdown Villas and the frontage at 158 London Road belongs to the later ribbon of building that drew Hemel Hempstead outward along the road.
Church sites followed the houses. St Francis of Assisi and St Stephen stand apart from the Church of St John the Evangelist.
Where is Boxmoor?
London Road gives Boxmoor its line, running past Greenend House and The Old House as it carries the district into the rest of Hemel Hempstead.
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Updated September 2026