Wed 12 AUG 2026 - MANNINGTREE CIRCULAR - Richard H
A walk through Constable Country and along the Vale of Dedham on the Essex / Suffolk boundary. Our circular walk from Manningtree Station takes us along the St Edmund Way to the pretty hamlet of Flatford. We will stop (30 mins) at Flatford Mill (National Trust Exhibition Centre) from where John Constable painted local landscapes. We follow the Stour Valley Path onto the northern ridge of the Vale of Dedham and down to Dedham village famously known as the heart of Constable country. We then walk along the Essex Way onto the southern ridge of the Vale of Dedham returning to Manningtree Station.

Flatford Mill

Bug house at Flatford Mill

 
River Stour

Blackberrying

View over Vale of Dedham

Drought stricken meadow

Dedham village

Lunch break at Dedham

Ancient iron kissing gate outside Defham

Scorched landscape (1)

Scorched landscape

Level crossing back to Manningtree.

St. Mary's Church at Lawford

Photos: Dave H, Sue E, Ruth