Ardleigh

Ardleigh
The Street, Ardleigh, with the parish church of St Mary The Virgin and the post office in the background.
Ardleigh
Ardleigh shown 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
EU Parliament	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 / 51.9269; 0.9831Coordinates: 51°55′37″N 0°58′59″E / 51.9269°N 0.9831°E / 51.9269; 0.9831

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. The parish had a population of 2081 according to the 2001 census 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.

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

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