Our visit to Suffolk, in association with Tailored Travel, will include various houses, museums, galleries, and locations that relate to Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable or represent highlights of this beautiful area on the Suffolk-Essex border along the River Stour.
We travel to Leavenheath, near Colchester, for a three-night half-board stay at the 4* Stoke-by-Nayland Hotel, where you can also indulge in golf on one of the Resort’s two 18-hole championship courses or its driving range (green fees at discount and clubs available to hire).
Our itinerary includes the following:
We will visit Audley End House and Gardens near Saffron Walden en-route to Suffolk.
With our Blue Badge Guide on day two, we visit Christchurch Mansion with its modern Wolsey Art Gallery, in central Ipswich, and then tour the countryside made famous by Constable, visiting his studio, St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt, St Mary’s Church Dedham, and seeing Bridge Cottage at Flatford.
On the third day, again with our Blue Badge Guide, we visit Gainsborough’s birthplace at Sudbury, then over lunchtime we have a leisurely stop in the quintessential Suffolk wool town of Lavenham. After that, again with our Blue Badge Guide, we visit the celebrated Elizabethan Melford Hall, just outside Long Melford.
On our fourth day, we visit the gardens created by Beth Chatto near Colchester, before making our journey back to Cheltenham.
Due to this itinerary involving walking, some places that we visit may not be suitable for people with limited mobility. If this may affect you, please contact the Visits Team on 07472 396294 before booking.
If you wish to join this visit, click here to receive Tailored Travel’s booking form with more detailed information and pricing. When your form is complete, please send it to:
Ash Fawcett, TASC Visits, 23 Century Court, Montpellier Grove, Cheltenham GL50 2XR.
If you have any queries, please email the team: visits@theartssocietycheltenham.org.uk
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