Dedham

A village on the River Stour in Dedham Vale, at the heart of the countryside John Constable painted.

From King's Cross St Pancras: 2 h 8 min by train · 2 h 17 min by car

Travel times by TravelTime

Time there: 2.5–5 h to see all 3 places

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Must-see places

Flatford

Attraction · The riverside hamlet of Flatford Mill, Bridge Cottage and Willy Lott's House, the setting of Constable's The Hay Wain.

Munnings Art Museum

Gallery · The former home of the horse painter Sir Alfred Munnings, now a museum of his work.

St Mary's Church

Church · A grand Grade I wool church whose tall tower overlooks the High Street and the Stour valley.

A riverside walk of about 40 minutes leads from the village to Flatford, where Willy Lott's House and the mill appear in Constable's The Hay Wain.

Castle House, the home of the painter Alfred Munnings, is now a museum with about 150 of his paintings.

The village church, paid for by the wool trade, has a tower of about 131 feet and holds Constable's painting The Ascension.

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