Ardleigh

Ardleigh
Ardleigh
	The Street, Ardleigh, with the parish church of St Mary The Virgin and the post office in the background.
	Ardleigh Location within Essex
Population	2,058 {2011}
OS grid reference	TM052295
• London	55 mi (89 km) NE
Civil parish	Ardleigh;
District	Tendring;
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLCHESTER
Postcode district	CO7
Dialling code	01206
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Harwich and North Essex;
	List of places UK England Essex 51°55′37″N 0°58′59″E / 51.9269°N 0.9831°E

Ardleigh /ˈɑːrdli/ is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) northeast from the centre of Colchester and 26 miles (42 km) northeast from the county town of Chelmsford.

Ardleigh is in the district of Tendring and the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own Parish Council.^[2] The parish had a population of 2081 according to the 2001 census^[3] and includes the area known as Crockleford Heath.

The Great Eastern Main Line passes close to the village but the railway station closed in November 1967. The closest railway station is now at Manningtree, 3 miles (5 km) northeast. The village is on the A137 road, a route from Colchester to Ipswich, Suffolk.

Ardleigh Reservoir is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the southwest.

The area includes a number of smallholdings founded by the Land Settlement Association.^[4]

Governance

Ardleigh is part of the electoral ward called Ardleigh and Little Bromley. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,311.^[5]

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2014.
^ "Town and Parish Council and Clerks Details". Tendring District Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
^ "2001 Census: Key Statistics > Parish Headcounts > Area: Ardleigh CP (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
^ Bercaw, Louise Oldham; "Bibliography on Land Utilization 1918-36"; p. 1011
^ "Ardleigh and Little Bromley Ward population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.

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