| Country: | England |
| Static Image: | Little Horkesley church - geograph.org.uk - 4791875.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Peter and St Paul, Little Horkesley |
| Coordinates: | 51.9529°N 0.8537°W |
| Official Name: | Little Horkesley |
| Population: | 188 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Shire District: | City of Colchester |
| Shire County: | Essex |
| Region: | East of England |
| Constituency Westminster: | South Suffolk |
| Post Town: | Colchester |
| Postcode District: | CO6 |
| Postcode Area: | CO |
| Dial Code: | 01206 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TL960321 |
Little Horkesley is a civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles north of Colchester on the south bank of the River Stour. In the time of Elizabeth I, the manor of Little Horkesley belonged to the Wentworth family, a branch of the notable Yorkshire family who became Earl of Stafford, and then passed by inheritance to a branch of the St. Lawrence family who had the title Baron and later Earl of Howth.