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• History
  • The Beginning
  • 1600's - Witchfinder HQ
  • 1700's - The Rigby Vision
  • 1800's - Industry Arrives
  • 1900's - A Transformation
  • Recent Times
  • The Old Knobbley Timeline
• Location and Travel
  • Map
  • Public Transport
  • By Road
• Places to see and visit
  • In Manningtree
  • In Mistley
  • In Lawford
  • In East Bergholt
  • In Dedham and Flatford
  • Further afield
• Art and Architecture
• Businesses and Services
• What's on and local news
• Photo Gallery
  • Spring and Summer
  • Autumn and Winter
• Walks
  • Around Manningtree
  • Heading out of the area
  • Further afield
  • Guided walks
• Authors Blog
• Contact Us

Visit-Manningtree
is owned by Manningtree Town Council.

The site is also supported by

• Parish Councillors
• Stour Community First
• Three Parishes Trust Ltd
• Transition Stour Valley

As England’s smallest town – at just over 19 hectares – Manningtree is small but packs in a great deal for residents and visitors alike. Perhaps Manningtree is best known to the outside traveler by the railway station on the main London to Norwich line, but the most familiar landmark to the local traveler is Mistley Towers. The Towers, the surviving remnants of a fine 18th-century church, are most noticed and best remembered. But the area can be traced back much further – with stories of Romans, Shakespeare, witches, aristocrats, industry and the areas oldest resident "Old Knobbley" – all this can be found here on Visit-Manningtree.

Have a browse around the site and you will learn more of the incredible history and notable claims to fame that are all packed into a very small package – welcome to Manningtree.