Tendring District

Tendring District
Tendring District
Non-metropolitan district
	Clacton-on-Sea, the administrative centre of the district
	Motto: Latin: Pro Bono Omnium, lit. 'for the good of all'
	Tendring shown within Essex
	Coordinates: 51°47′N 1°08′E / 51.783°N 1.133°E
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East of England
County	Essex
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named after	Tendring Hundred
Administrative HQ	Clacton-on-Sea
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Body	Tendring District Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Mark Stephenson (Ind.)
• Chair	Dan Casey
• MPs	Bernard Jenkin (C); Nigel Farage (R);
Area
• Total	141 sq mi (366 km2)
• Land	130 sq mi (336 km2)
• Rank	110th
Population (2024)
• Total	156,759
• Rank	143rd
• Density	1,210/sq mi (466/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 96.2% White ; 1.6% Mixed ; 1.2% Asian ; 0.6% Black ; 0.4% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 49.3% Christianity ; 43.2% no religion ; 0.4% Islam ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.2% Hinduism ; 0.2% Judaism ; 0.0% Sikhism ; 0.5% other ; 5.9% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	CO
Dialling codes	01255
GSS code	E07000076
Website	tendringdc.gov.uk

Tendring District is a local government district in north-east Essex, England. Its council is based in Clacton-on-Sea, the largest town. Other towns are Brightlingsea, Harwich, Dovercourt, Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, and Manningtree.

The district borders the City of Colchester to the west and the Babergh District of Suffolk, across the estuary of the River Stour, to the north. To the east and south, it faces the North Sea, with the estuary of the River Colne to the south-west. The area is sometimes referred to as the Tendring Peninsula.

The modern local government district was formed in 1974. The name Tendring comes from the ancient Tendring Hundred which was named after the small village of Tendring.