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There are guided tours available in the holiday season which you can pick up from Flatford Cottage where there is also a pretty decent cafe and a picnic area. Boats are also available for hire and there are short boat tours that will take you on the beautiful Stour as far as Dedham.

The Flatford Granary stored grain until the 19th century when flour milling became profitable. Owned by Golding Constable, it passed to his son Abram and was eventually sold to William Bentall in 1846.

The Flatford Granary stored grain until the 19th century when flour milling became profitable. Owned by Golding Constable, it passed to his son Abram and was eventually sold to William Bentall in 1846.

Footbridge over river on north side of river between Dedham and Flatford is closed, but head slightly further north and you can still continue walk.

The beautiful Fen Bridge spans over the River Stour in the picturesque Stour Valley in Suffolk.

Try parking manningtree or catawade

Popular local beauty spot. There's a cafe overlooking the river next to the rowing boat hire station.

One of the quintessential rural English scenes. A dead end on road, although there is an off-road route that connects to Manningtree if you don't mind some gravel riding.

Beautiful village on the Stour, the ‘capital’ of the Dedham Vale, with an imposing high street including cafes for a refreshment stop. The descent down through the wide main street from the south-west offers a nice fast run as well!

Come early

Lovely spot with riverside cafe, picnic area and access to walks

This is the spot (more or less) of the view shown in John Constable’s The Hay Wain, now largely preserved by The National Trust.

New bridge now in place and open.

If in Dedham, Castle House is well worth a visit. Alfred Munning's home displays his amazing paintings and is a really interesting place. Be careful to check opening times. There is a painting of Christ in the church by Munning's too.

This wonderfully picturesque spot on the River Stour was immortalised by John Constable's famous 1817 painting 'Flatford Mill'. This was the largest of Constable's great exhibition pieces to be painted primarily outdoors, during the summers of 1816 and 1817. Today, it's still a lovely place to wander, right in the heart of the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

From the National Trust; 'The Granary was used to store grain until it could be processed at either the water or steam mills, a function it continued to provide until the early 19th-century. By the middle of the 18th-century it was more lucrative to mill grain into flour than to full cloth. Flatford Mill was converted into a flour mill and the Granary was used to store grain and flour. Until his death in 1816, Flatford Granary formed part of Golding Constable's (John Constable's father) milling estate. The Granary then passed to Golding's younger son Abram who sold it to William Bentall in 1846.'

It all really feels like time has stood still here...

Half expected to bump into William Shakespeare poodling around here.

Lots of cute little shops and cafes

A short trip up the river and back really adds to the day if you have time