Nature enhancement is a key part of our ongoing work to conserve and enhance the Dedham Vale National Landscape & Stour Valley.  Here is a round-up from all of our nature enhancement projects and volunteer work parties for August 2024. For more information about any of our nature enhancement work, you can email alex.mooredaluz@suffolkandessex-NL.org.uk. Tree Aftercare…

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Rapper and 6 Music favourite OneDa, Mobo Award Winner Still Shadey and Artist Rob St John amongst host of writers and artists to connect new communities with their local National Landscape. Today, Tuesday 10 September, Nature Calling, funded by Arts Council England (as part of the Lottery funded National Significant Project stream), the Department for…

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Have your say in shaping nature recovery in Essex! The draft Essex Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for public consultation. The Essex Local Nature Recovery Strategy draft includes mapping of nature recovery opportunities, biodiversity priorities and key actions that will be taken to support nature and wildlife in the county. You can have your say by…

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Thorington Street Dark Sky Discovery Centre opened at the Studio opposite Thorington Hall on Monday 19th August. Welcomed by a meteor shower and a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis, residents and amateur astronomers viewed the sensational display from the garden of the new Centre.   Led by professional astronomers and a local grass roots committee,…

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Principal photography on a much-anticipated Suffolk-produced feature film has concluded with the final scenes shot in Flatford by Willy Lott’s Cottage – a scene famously immortalised by John Constable’s Landscape painted ‘The Hay Wain’. The story focuses on ‘The Painters’ John Constable and his friend John Dunthorne, both of whom lived in East Bergholt at…

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