🏘️ Abberton, Essex

Abberton is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 0.62 mi (1.00 km) east of Abberton Reservoir and is 4.2 mi (6.8 km) south of Colchester. The village is in the parliamentary constituency of North Essex. It shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Langenhoe. The parish boundary between Abberton and Langenhoe follows Mersea Road. The two villages now form a single built up area, which the Office for National Statistics calls "Langenhoe and Abberton". At the 2021 census Abberton parish had a population of 448, and the Langenhoe and Abberton built up area had a population of 1,015.