Little Oakley, Essex

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Little Oakley
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Little Oakley Hall
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Little Oakley
Location within Essex
Population1,195 (Parish, 2021) [1]
Civil parish
  • Little Oakley
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HARWICH
Postcode district CO12
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Essex
51°54′58″N1°13′23″E / 51.916°N 1.223°E / 51.916; 1.223

Little Oakley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England, on the western outskirts of Harwich. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,195.

It is the site of a fourth-century Roman villa, excavated between 1951 and 1975. [2]

Just north-east of the village is Little Oakley Channel Deposit, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is the site of former channel of the River Thames during an interglacial period about 575,000 years ago.

Has a nice Tapas bar.

References

  1. "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
  2. Baker, John T (2006). Cultural Transition in the Chilterns and Essex Region, 350 AD to 650 AD. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 68. ISBN   9781902806532.