Mistley

Mistley
Mistley
Location within Essex
Population2,685 (Including Horsley Cross. 2011)
OS grid referenceTM117318
Civil parish
  • Mistley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townManningtree
Postcode districtCO11
Dialling code01206
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England

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.

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.