Towns & cities · East of England
Mistley
Mistley — village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Mistley · 0.1 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Mistley is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 2,474 people. Address: CO11 1. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.9440°, 1.0810°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Stour Estuary SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Suffolk Coast & Heaths
- Ramsar wetland: Stour and Orwell Estuaries
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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, Mistley Heath, about a mile to the south, and Horsley Cross at the southern end of the parish. The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own parish council. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,956. 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.
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Background
History
A Roman road leading from Mistley to the nearby provincial capital of Roman Britain at Camulodunum (modern Colchester) has led to the suggestion that there may have been a port in the vicinity of the modern village which served the town in the Roman period. Mistley is the village where Matthew Hopkins (c.1620–1647), the Witchfinder General, was reputed to have lived, according to legend owning the Thorn Inn. He was buried a few hours after his death in the graveyard of the Church of St Mary. From 1920 to 1922, the Reverend Frank Buttle was rector of Mistley with Bradfield.
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- Coordinates
- 51.9440, 1.0810
- County
- Essex
- District
- Tendring
- Parish
- Mistley
- Postcode
- CO11 1
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Population
- 2,474
- Nearest railway station
- Mistley — 0.1 km
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q994703 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Mistley (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Mistley towers 700.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mistley?
- Mistley is in Essex, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode CO11 1), in the parish of Mistley.
- Is Mistley a protected site?
- Yes — Mistley is part of the Stour Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Mistley free to visit?
- Yes, Mistley is free to enter.
- How do I get to Mistley?
- The nearest railway station is Mistley, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CO11 1.