News

  • AONB newspapers are back!

    The 2021-22 editions of the AONB newspapers are available to pick-up for free now at hundreds of locations across both Coast & Heaths AONB and Dedham Vale AONB & Stour Valley Project area. This year’s newspaper has a focus on health and wellbeing, with a feature from Suffolk Mind. The newspapers are packed full of AONB-related content, including: – Walking guides– Project updates– Visitor information– Volunteering and…

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  • Tiger Hill Local Nature Reserve seeking voluntary Warden

    Tiger Hill Local Nature Reserve is seeking a volunteer Warden to help! Do you have reasonable wildlife ID skills and are able to monitor what is present? Can turn your hand to simple habitat management work? Good at record keeping and working with people? Tiger Hill Local Nature Reserve is located 5 miles south east…

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  • Help Clear River Stour and its tributaries of Himalayan Balsam

    Himalayan Balsam is an invasive non-native plant that grows on river banks in the river Stour Catchment out-competing native plants and destabilising river banks. To help stop the spread of this invasive plant we are organising two, two week long  Himalayan Balsam pulling work parties, along the River Stour and two of it’s tributaries the river…

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  • Go Wild in the Stour Valley this Half Term

    The Stour Valley Education Network are encouraging families to ‘Go wild in the Stour Valley’ this half term.. The Stour Valley offers a wide range of activities for the whole family to enjoy from walking in the stunning landscape, exploring the River Stour by canoe or boat or by stepping back in time during a…

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  • New exhibition at the Munnings Art Museum

    The Stour Valley is a nationally significant area for artists, positioned on the border between Essex and Suffolk – an area sometime referred to as Constable Country – and under an hour by train from London. With its wide skies, abundant natural light and gentle green horizon, this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an…

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