Tendring District

Tendring District
Non-metropolitan district
Clacton-on-Sea, the administrative centre of the district
Tendring shown within Essex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Essex
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Clacton-on-Sea
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Tendring District Council
• MPs	Giles Watling (Conservative); Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)
Area
• Total	130.34 sq mi (337.58 km2)
• Rank	110th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	151,451
• Rank	145th (of 296)
• Density	1,200/sq mi (450/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 96.2% White 1.6% Mixed 1.2% Asian 0.6% Black 0.4% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 49.3% Christianity 43.2% no religion 7.1% other 0.4% Islam
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	22UN (ONS) E07000076 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TM170150

Tendring District Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district
Leadership
Chair	Dan Casey, Independent since 30 April 2024[2]
Leader	Mark Stephenson, Independent since 23 May 2023
Chief Executive	Ian Davidson since 1 December 2010[3]
Structure
Seats	48 councillors
Political groups	Administration (28)   Independent (16)   Labour (7)   Liberal Democrats (4)   Tendring First (1) Other parties (20)   Conservative (15)   Independent (5)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE
Website
www.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, Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze.

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.

During the English Civil War, the self-appointed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins carried out many trials throughout this and the surrounding area, especially in the town of Manningtree and village of Mistley on the River Stour.