{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Ardleigh |coordinates = {{coord|51.9269|0.9831|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= TM052295 | population = 2,758 | population_ref = (Parish, 2021)<ref name=2021census>{{cite web |title=2021 Census Parish Profiles |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=31 March 2025}} (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)</ref> |civil_parish= Ardleigh |shire_district= Tendring | shire_county = Essex |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= Harwich and North Essex |post_town= COLCHESTER |postcode_district= CO7 |postcode_area= CO |dial_code= 01206 |static_image_name = The Street Ardleigh Geograph-720422-by-Robert-Edwards.jpg |static_image_caption= The Street, Ardleigh, with the parish church of St Mary The Virgin and the post office in the background. |london_distance_mi = 55<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> |london_direction = NE }} '''Ardleigh''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑr|d|l|i}} is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} northeast from the centre of Colchester and {{convert|26|mi|km|0}} northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,758.

==History== 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.<ref>Bercaw, Louise Oldham; "Bibliography on Land Utilization 1918-36"; p.&nbsp;1011</ref> Though the Great Eastern Main Line passes close to the village, the railway station closed in November 1967.

==Transport and geography== The closest railway station is Manningtree, {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} northeast. The village is on the A137 road, a route from Colchester to Ipswich, Suffolk. Ardleigh Reservoir is less than {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} to the southwest. The parish includes Crockleford Heath.<ref name=electionmaps>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/index.html |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>

==Governance== Ardleigh is in the district of Tendring and the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own Parish Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/TendringDC/Council/townandparishclerksdetails.htm |title=Town and Parish Council and Clerks Details |accessdate=23 January 2007 |publisher=Tendring District Council |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514062045/http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/TendringDC/Council/townandparishclerksdetails.htm |archivedate=14 May 2006 }}</ref> It is part of the electoral ward called Ardleigh and Little Bromley.<ref name=electionmaps/> ==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Ardleigh}} *{{OpenDomesday|TM0529|ardleigh|Ardleigh}} *[http://www.essexchurches.info/church.asp?p=Ardleigh&ty=e "St Mary The Virgin's Church, Ardleigh"], Essex Churches *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~melanie/ "Ardleigh's Past"], Ancestry.com, Free Pages *[https://www.tendringdedhamparishes.org.uk/st-mary-ardleigh/ Ardleigh Church, St Mary's]

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Category:Villages in Essex Category:Civil parishes in Essex Category:Tendring

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