Visit-Manningtree
is owned
by Manningtree Town Council.
The site is also supported by
- Parish Councillors
- Stour Community First
- The Stour Valley Market Town Initiative
- Transition Stour Valley
Visit-Manningtree.co.uk
is proud to be the one and only,
100% official web site
for the smallest town in England.
Welcome to Manningtree,
a gateway to Constable country and more...
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.
***** NEWS *****
It’s Official : Manningtree is
Best Kept Village 2010
Manningtree was awarded the Ruggles-Brise Trophy for Best Kept Village Class IV by the Rural Community Council of Essex at their AGM on 7th July, 2010. The event was sponsored by Essex & Suffolk Water.
The Town also received a certificate and a cheque for £150 which will be spent on even more improvements to the Market Place.
There has never been a better time to visit ‘the smallest town in England’ and we hope to welcome many visitors here soon!
Manningtree : where small is beautiful
