Flatford Mill is located amidst the quintessentially English countryside of the Dedham Vale. It is only an hour from London with excellent road and rail access.The Centre is set across four buildings in beautiful John Constable country in Suffolk. The Mill and Willy Lott’s House are instantly recognisable since they feature in many paintings by Constable (location of his Haywain Painting).It is situated at the end of a lane that has no through traffic and offers visitors of all ages a muchsought-after sense of tranquillity sitting on the banks of the River Stour.Its 7 hectares of grounds include riverside and lake margins, woodland and grassland, quiet areas with picnic benches all connected by circular walks. It is within close proximity to ‘Heaths’ Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Flatford Mill is the first and original field study centre set up in the UK during the 1940’s.
