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Dedham Vale National Landscape
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dedham Vale National Landscape is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Essex-Suffolk border in east England. It comprises the area around the River Stour between Manningtree and Smallbridge Farm, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Bures, including the village of Dedham in Essex.
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Dedham Vale National Landscape | |
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![]() River Stour near Manningtree | |
![]() AONB location within England | |
Location | England |
Coordinates | 51.9716°N 0.9459°E / 51.9716; 0.9459 |
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It is part of the area known as Constable Country, as it was made famous by the paintings of the English Romantic painter John Constable. Among many other works of the area are his Dedham Vale paintings of 1802 and 1828, held in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.[1][2]