Mistley
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Mistley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of northeast Essex, England. It is around 11 miles northeast of Colchester and is east of, and almost contiguous with, Manningtree. The parish consists of Mistley and New Mistley, both lying beside the Stour Estuary, and Mistley Heath, about a mile to the south. The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own parish council.[2]
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Mistley | |
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Location within Essex | |
Population | 2,685 (Including Horsley Cross. 2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TM117318 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Manningtree |
Postcode district | CO11 |
Dialling code | 01206 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
51.944°N 1.081°E / 51.944; 1.081 |
Mistley railway station serves Mistley on the Mayflower line.
Mistley is the location of one of five Cold War control rooms in Essex. Built in 1951, it was opened as a museum called the Secret Bunker in 1996 but closed in 2002.[3]