Manuden

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country= England

|official_name= Manuden

|coordinates = {{coord|51.9188856|0.1671845|display=inline,title}}

|population= 677

|population_ref= (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126290&c=CM23+1AA&d=16&e=62&g=6426438&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443353012738&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=27 September 2015}}

|static_image= St. Mary the Virgin, Manuden - geograph.org.uk - 154452.jpg

|static_image_width= 240px

|static_image_caption= St. Mary the Virgin, Manuden

|civil_parish= Manuden

|shire_district= Uttlesford

|shire_county= Essex

|region= East of England

|constituency_westminster= Saffron Walden

|post_town= BISHOP'S STORTFORD

|postcode_district= CM23

|postcode_area= CM

|dial_code= 01279

|os_grid_reference= TL491266

}}

Manuden is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located around {{convert|3+1/2|mi|km|0}} north of Bishop's Stortford, in the neighbouring county of Hertfordshire, and around {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} south-west of Saffron Walden. The village has its own parish council.{{cite web |url=http://www.manuden.org.uk/ |title=Manuden Village Website |accessdate=2009-06-08 }}

Manuden is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as one of the settlements within Clavering hundred.

Part of Manuden is designated as a conservation area,{{cite web |url=http://ggpweb.uttlesford.gov.uk:81/custom/shell/launcher.asp?dept=Planning%20Info&scriptname=plan%20apps&cpx=554685000&cpy=238362000&scale=3500 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817053815/http://ggpweb.uttlesford.gov.uk:81/custom/shell/launcher.asp?dept=Planning%20Info&scriptname=plan%20apps&cpx=554685000&cpy=238362000&scale=3500 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-17 |title=Conservation area map of Manuden |accessdate=2009-06-17 }} with several listed buildings in and around the village.{{cite web |url=http://ggpweb.uttlesford.gov.uk:81/custom/shell/launcher.asp?dept=Planning%20Info&scriptname=plan%20apps&cpx=554685000&cpy=238362000&scale=3500 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817053815/http://ggpweb.uttlesford.gov.uk:81/custom/shell/launcher.asp?dept=Planning%20Info&scriptname=plan%20apps&cpx=554685000&cpy=238362000&scale=3500 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-17 |title=Listed buildings map of Manuden |accessdate=2009-06-17 }}

The local church is St Mary the Virgin. A tablet within the church commemorates the Jacobean statesman and diplomat William Wade, who spent his retirement at Battles Hall in the village, and is buried in the church.

There is a primary school in the village.{{cite web |url=http://www.manuden.essex.sch.uk/ |title=Manuden Primary School |accessdate=2009-06-08 }} In 2010, Manuden County Primary School topped the league table for English schools at KS2 with all pupils attaining level 5 in both English and maths.{{cite web |url=http://www.education.gov.uk/performancetables/primary_10/england.shtml |title=Department for Education KS2 Statistics 2010 |accessdate=2011-01-14 }}

There are several active village organisations, including a local history society, junior football club and a cricket club.