Salcott

Salcott
St Mary's Church
Salcott
Location within Essex
Population263 (Parish, 2021)
OS grid referenceTL 950 135
Civil parish
  • Salcott
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMaldon
Postcode districtCM9
Dialling code01621
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Salcott is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. Salcott closely adjoins the neighbouring village of Virley of the opposite side of Virley Brook; they are sometimes described as a single village of Salcott-cum-Virley. They have formed a single ecclesiastical parish called Salcott Virley since 1879. Salcott is adjacent to Tolleshunt Knights, Tollesbury and Great Wigborough, near Tiptree. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 263. Salcott shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parishes of Great and Little Wigborough, Peldon, and Virley, called the Winstred Hundred Parish Council.