We are recruiting! This is a great opportunity to join the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team as a Landscapes for All Officer working with communities across Suffolk, Essex and beyond. Are you passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion? Are you someone who understands the value of the natural environment to enhance all of our lives? If so, we would love […]
Would you like to learn more about wildlife-friendly gardening? Have you always wanted your garden to be a haven for wildlife? Join us for a FREE online talk on Thursday 14th July at 6pm. If you’re new to gardening, find out how you can support nature and wildlife. You will find out all of the […]
It was great for members of the AONB team to meet Lord Benyon, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibilities for AONBs in the Dedham Vale today. Useful discussion on Designated Landscapes Review, Farming, Aspiration for boundary variation and local issues. The Dedham Vale AONB welcomes the recent announcement on uplift in funding for AONBs […]
The East Bergholt Futures Group are taking over the Hedgehog Friendly Village Project in East Bergholt from the Dedham Vale AONB who will continue to support the group as and when they need it. They had their first event at the East Bergholt plant sale. They spoke to many residents about the initiative and discussed […]
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Seasonal Ranger across multiple sites in the Dedham Vale and Suffolk Coast and Heaths Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Do you have recent experience of public engagement in a countryside setting? Would you like to work in an incredibly varied, challenging and rewarding role in some of the nation’s finest […]
A new initiative in Suffolk and Essex has been launched to increase the numbers of hedgehogs in our designated landscapes by providing free hedgehog homes and signs to residents. The hedgehog is a priority species in the Coast & Heaths and Dedham Vale Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) Nature Recovery Plans. In the past […]
A new body of work by artist Terry Flower at The Mill Tye Gallery, runs from 3 June – 31 July and comprises over 30 photographic works, poetry and bookworks, all inspired by walking the river Stour. The colour photographs and poems capture the essence of place. They offer the viewer the chance to […]
We are pleased to say to we have free swift boxes available to give out to suitable locations in Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). We can give out boxes based on the following two scenarios: We can give 1-6 boxes out if the host will pay for a swift caller to be […]
Sudbury Town Council in partnership with Guide East are pleased to announce a special, costumed guided tour which will transport attendees back to 18th Century Sudbury, the birthplace of the great artist on his 295th birthday. Saturday 14th May 2022 | 11:00 – 12:30 Strolling in Gainsborough’s Footsteps: A Gainsborough’s Birthday Special Guided Tour Tour […]
We are delighted to be able to present the 2022 Dedham Vale & Stour Valley Forum! The Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley Forum is an annual event where anyone with an interest and passion for conserving and enhancing the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty & Stour Valley can come together to discuss […]
