List of civil parishes in Essex

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. There are 307 civil parishes. The former Thurrock Urban District, Benfleet Urban District, Harlow Urban District and Clacton Urban District are unparished. Parts of the former Basildon Urban District, Braintree and Bocking Urban District, Brentwood Urban District, Colchester Municipal Borough, Chelmsford Municipal Borough and Southend-on-Sea County Borough are also unparished. Population figures are not available for some of the smallest parishes.


 * Salcott, Virley, Peldon, Great and Little Wigborough are governed by the joint Winstred Hundred Parish Council.


 * Abberton and Langenhoe are governed by the joint Abberton and Langenhoe Parish Council.

The three parishes of Heydon, Great Chishill and Little Chishill were formerly in Essex, they were transferred to Cambridgeshire in boundary changes in 1895.