Assington Mill Art and Craft Courses


ACCOMMODATION

If you would like accommodation during the courses, here is a list of  B&Bs that are within a reasonable distance of Assington.  Please make separate arrangements with the owners of the establishments listed below.

ASSINGTON  MILL

We have one double bedroom and one twin-bedded room available in the house for B&B.  £30 per person per night. This is our family home so we regret we are unable to accept dogs or smokers.

Please note that there are no ATMs within 6 miles, but the farm shop in the village will do cashback if you spend a certain amount.  We get all our food for the courses there; no need to go anywhere else.  PETROL available at Boxford (3 miles) or at Colchester (10m) or Sudbury (6).

MILL  COTTAGE:  the cottage is part of the former mill building, overlooking the large millpond, and has been converted and will be available for hire from May 2008.  It sleeps two.  Fishing available (rudd, roach, bream).  Well-behaved dogs welcome, but not smokers! 

To book, contact Mark Scott online:  www.grove-cottages.co.uk, or www.cottage-agency.co.uk
t:  01787 211115

CAMPING is also possible at Assington Mill.  Toilet and shower available in a wetroom; kitchen with two hobs and urn also available.  £5 per night.  We are not a proper camp site; this is just a facility for people coming on the courses.  You can camp anywhere you like on the farm!

ASSINGTON

Justine Ferrari
The Coach House, Assington, CO10 5
Tel:  01787 211364
ferrarifrs@aol.com
£35 single B&B; £60 double.

Enjoy a warm welcome in this beautifully appointed Georgian house.  Warm and inviting in winter; tranquil and glorious in summer with its award-winning garden, and within walking distance of Assington Mill, it is the perfect location for all year round visits.

Jane & Tony Billington (1 mile)
Arger Fen House, Bures, CO8  5BN
Tel:  01787 227362
Email:  Jane@argerfenhouse.co.uk
www.argerfenhouse.co.uk
£35 single, £55 double.

Private bathrooms for all bedrooms.  See the website for more details.

Catherine Harrison  (1 mile)

Summer Cottage, Bures Road, Assington
Tel:  01787 227719/07710 899750
Email:  cathharri@hotmail.com
£30 single, £50 double

Early Victorian cottage overlooking fields and woods.  Family house with two small children.  Double room with own bathroom.

Liz Gardiner (1 mile)

The Hollies, The Street, Assington
Tel:  01787 210869
£30 single, £60 double

Pretty early 19th century house - the guest room is in an extension with its own bath and shower and front door.

Jane Moore (0.5 miles)
Gedding Hall
Tel:  01206 263209
Email:  vjmoore@onetel.com
NAYLAND

Mrs P Heigham (4 miles)
Hill House, Gravel Hill, Nayland, CO6 4JB
Tel:  01206 262782
Email:  heighamhillhouse@hotmail.com
www.heighamhillhouse.co.uk
£35 single, £68 double

A classic medieval hall house, beautifully presented and complete with period furniture, in a very pretty village.  There are excellent pubs to eat in here and in nearby Stoke by Nayland.

The Steam Mill House (4 miles)
1 Fen Street, Nayland, CO6 4HT
T:  01206 262818
E:  brendaassing@tiscali.co.uk
W. www.thesteammillhouse.com
£35 single (special price for Assington Mill clients), £60 double or twin

Elegant listed building in the centre of the lovely village of Nayland, in Constable country.  4-star B&B with very friendly host.

Robert & Pauline Dossor  (4 miles)
Gladwins Farm, Harper's Hill, Nayland CO6 4NU
01206 262261
Email:  GladwinsFarm@aol.com
Web:  www.gladwinsfarm.co.uk
Single £45 B&B, Double £65/70.

4-star holiday cottages, plus some B&B rooms in a 1950s house built on the site of an old farmhouse, on a hillside overlooking the Stour Valley.  Ensuite bathrooms, TV & tea-making facilities.  Pool, sauna and hot tub, tennis court and croquet lawn, coarse fishing.

STOKE BY NAYLAND (3 miles)

Angel Inn (foodie pub)
Tel:  01206 263245
Web:  www.angelhotel.com
Email:  the.angel@tiscali.com
Accommodation from £75

Warm and cosy 16th century pub in the middle of an historic village.  Open fire in the bar with excellent food..

Stoke by Nayland Hotel
Leavenheath
T:  01206 265835
E:  hotelbookings@stokebynayland.com
W:  www.stokebynaylandclub.co.uk
Single £65, Double £75 B&B (special rate - please mention Assington Mill))

Large modern hotel voted UK Sports Club of the Year 2006 in the Greene King Free Trade Excellence Awards.  It is set in a golf course with an indoor swimming pool, poolside facilities, Technogym gym, health and beauty treatments, squash courts, golf tuition, covered driving range and coarse fishing. 

EARLS  COLNE

Riverside Lodge
40 Lower Holt Street, Earls Colne, CO6 2PH
Tel:  01787 223487
£42 single, £48 double

HONEY  TYE,  LEAVENHEATH (3  miles)

Rose Hill Farm, Honey  Tye
Tel:  01206 262262
Email:  ian.coombes@rosehillfarm.fsbusiness.co.uk

HADLEIGH

Angela Rolfe
Edge Hall, 2 High Street, Hadleigh. IP7 5AP
Tel:  01473 822458
Email:  r.rolfe@edgehall-hotel.co.uk
Web:  www.edgehall-hotel.co.uk
£50+ single, £80+ double.

Georgian house at the end of Hadleigh High Street, which is full of interesting buildings and still has real shops.  The rooms are beautifully decorated with appropriate wallpapers and furniture, and all usual facilities.

POLSTEAD (15 mins by car)

Mrs M Howard
Polstead Lodge, Mill Street, Polstead, CO6 5AD
Tel:  01206 262196
Email:  howards@polsteadlodge.freeserve.co.uk
Web:  www.polsteadlodge.com

Modern chalet-bungalow in a rural setting with large well-decorated rooms and all the usual facilities.  Polstead is a beautiful Suffolk village, with a good pub, once the home of Maria Marten..

SUDBURY (6 miles)

Christine Eves
St Davids Hall, 40a Friars Street, Sudbury, CO10 2AG
Tel:  01787 373044
Mobile:  07960 785653
£35 single, £54 double.

Hotel Elizabeth
0870 116 2721
elizabeth.mill@elizabethhotels.co.uk

Converted mill buildings overlooking the meadows of the Stour.  Sudbury is an old-fashioned market town, not messed about in the 20th century, and was called Eatanswill by Charles Dickens, a reference to its corrupt politicians.


 


 

 

Assington Mill drawing

ASSINGTON MILL

ASSINGTON, NEAR SUDBURY, SUFFOLK