Manningtree is a town as well as civil church in the Tendring district of Essex, England, which rests on the River Stour. It adjoins built-up areas of Lawford to the west and also Mistley to the east and the three churches together are sometimes referred to as "Manningtree". Manningtree is a complaintant for the title of tiniest town in England. Manningtree has typically asserted to be the tiniest community in England, and also in 2007 mayor Lee Lay-Flurrie claimed that this had actually been verified to her by the Census Customer Services, with 700 individuals in 20 hectares (making use of the high tide mark). However both this number as well as the 2011 census population for the civil parish of 900 is much more than the 351 population of Fordwich in Kent. In April 2009 it was suggested that Manningtree needs to combine with Mistley as well as Lawford to create a single parish, losing its separate identification as a community. Since 2018 such a merger has actually not occurred and also the community council presently asserts to be the smallest by area. Manningtree belongs to the selecting ward called Manningtree, Mistley, Litte Bentley and also Tendring. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,603.