4.7
82 reviews
East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6UL
08453307368
enquiries.fm@field-studies-council.org
www.field-studies-council.org/centres/flatfordmill.aspx
Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm
£10,000,000
We are Field Studies Council, an environmental charity and leaders in outdoor education. We want to inspire your pupils with innovative teaching, and explore diverse learning environments together, to encourage them to care for our natural world.
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 much
sought-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.
It uses 100% green electricity and aims to be as eco-friendly as possible.
Each year over 3,000 school groups, from key stage 1 to university level, visit our centres for geography or science (biology) fieldwork, cross-curricular environmental activity courses, plus outdoor adventure.
Let our education team help transform your classroom theory into real subject knowledge, and harness the adventure found in nature, through hands-on experiences. We live and breathe outdoor education, and want to share our passion with your pupils.
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3rd Apr 2025
The venue and centre itself is somewhat tired but the tuition is mostly excellent.
29th Jan 2025
The location was ideal as it allowed both human and physical ideas to be explored. Students and staff could have more nutritious food, for example, fruit and veg. Overall, a well run and a good experience for A Level Geography students.
