Little Oakley, Essex
| Little Oakley | |
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Little Oakley Hall | |
Little Oakley Location within Essex | |
| Population | 1,195 (Parish, 2021) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Harwich |
| Postcode district | CO12 |
| UK Parliament | |
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.
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.