Constable country, Dedham Vale and the River Stour

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Constable Country is situated in the picturesque Dedham Vale. Our walk takes us from the village of Manningtree through the rolling farmland, ancient woodlands and picturesque villages of Dedham Vale, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Vale has inspired many artists and painters, including John Constable, who painted many of his works Here.

Meeting point, 09:30 at London Liverpool Street station in front of the departure boards, outside the ticket office We will be catching the 10.00 train arriving in Manningtree at 10:55, journey time 55m. due back in London 17:30

Cost, organiser fee £10pp pay on day train fare £24.00 pay on the day based on three people travelling together (click here) (http://www.meetup.com/GO-London/pages/Group_Train_Tickets/)total £32.00

Details, 10m-16km reasonably flat on good paths

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Walk start time from Maninntree station 11.00am finishes approx 16.30 at Manningtree station.

Leaving Manningtree Station we pick up the Edmond way and follow this till we reach the banks of the river Stour we join the river and follow upstream towards the village of Flatford.

We cross the river and pass Flatford Mill and Flatford lock to Thatched Bridge Cottage, where we will visit the John Constable exhibition,

After the exhibition, we will take a short excursion to see the locations of some of Constable’s most famous paintings. We will see the restored dry dock, which is featured in Constable’s ‘Boat Building at Flatford’ and the site of one of Constable’s most famous paintings, ‘The Haywain’ Leaving the river behind we follow a lane uphill and take in the lovely views across Dedham Vale

Descending the hill we walk to East Bergholt to visit the Church and it’s unusual bell cage then we retrace our steps to Fen Bridge Lane and the setting of Constable’s 1826 painting, ‘The Cornfield’ From here we will pick up a footpath which takes us to the village of Stratford St Mary and follow the lanes to rejoin the river Stour at Stratford bridge. Heading east we follow the river to Dedham bridge and into the village of Dedham. We pick up the Essex way walking past Castle house and crossing the Shir Burn a short climb takes us up to Broom Knowles we cross the plateau before descending back into Manningtree to take the train home.

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