A walk in Dedham Vale, Suffolk which John Constable immortalised in paintings such as The Hay Wain and Stratford Mill, both on display in the National Gallery. Take the Ipswich train at 10.03 from Liverpool Street or 10.09 from Stratford (London), arriving in Manningtree at 11.21. Off-peak return tickets around £15 with rail card.
From Manningtree station we will follow the river Stour to the village of Flatford (about 2 miles), with its National Trust cafe and shop, and Willy Lott's House as seen in The Hay Wain. After a lunch stop in Flatford we will walk across the river meadows about 1.5 miles to the village of Dedham (scene of Constable's 'Dedham Mill') which has an original Constable painting in the church. If time and energy permit, it would also be possible to walk to East Bergholt (about 2 miles each way) where Constable was born. (He died in London in 1837 and is buried in Hampstead churchyard).
After returning across the meadows to Flatford for a tea break we will head back to Manningtree around 4pm for the train back to London.
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start__dateTime(29th November at 11:21am)
end__dateTime(29th November at 4pm)