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Human settlement in England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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The Street, Ardleigh, with the parish church of St Mary The Virgin and the post office in the background. | |
Location within Essex | |
Population | 2,058 {2011}[1] |
OS grid reference | TM052295 |
• London | 55 mi (89 km) NE |
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District | |
Shire county | |
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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 | |
Ardleigh appears in Domesday Book of 1086, when it is described as a holding of Geoffrey de Mandeville.
The area includes a number of smallholdings founded after the First World War by the Land Settlement Association.[2] Though the Great Eastern Main Line passes close to the village, the railway station closed in November 1967.
The closest railway station is 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.
Ardleigh is in the district of Tendring and the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own Parish Council.[3] It is part of the electoral ward called Ardleigh and Little Bromley, and includes the area known as Crockleford Heath. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,311,[4] growing from a population of 2081 recorded in the 2001 census.[5]