Accomodation

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

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).

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

Assington Mill - Mill Cottage

We have a cottage in the farmyard complex, overlooking the millpond, which has a double bedroom and sitting room upstairs, and a kitchen/hall and wetroom downstairs.  The boiler room can also be used as a drying room.  The building used to be part of the mill, maybe the office, and was converted in 2008.  It is heated by a ground source heat pump, which takes heat from the earth, and has a woodburning stove for extra cosiness.  There is a private garden between the...

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The English Garden

Justine Ferrari
The English Garden, Assington, CO10 5
Tel: 01787 211364
ferrarifrs [at] aol [dot] com
£35 single B&B; £60 double.

Enjoy a warm welcome in this beautifully appointed Georgian former coach 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...

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The Cottage Agency (excellent cottages in the area)

The Cottage Agency

The Grove, Edwardstone, CO10 5PP

Tel:  01787 211115

Email:  mark [at] grove-cottages [dot] co [dot] uk

www.grove-cottages.co.uk

If you cannot book Mill Cottage, make sure you find out how close the alternative cottage offered is to Assington Mill as The Grove cottages themselves...

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Carters Corner, Liz Hore

Edie's Lane (5 mins by car)

Leavenheath

CO6  4PA

Tel:  01206 262922

www.carterscorner.co.uk

£70/80 double

£50 single

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COBNUT COTTAGE (3 miles)

Virginia & Robert Mackman

Cobnut Cottage, Upper Road, Little Cornard, CO10 0NZ

T:  01787 228077

Email:  Virginia [at] cobnutcottage [dot] co [dot] uk

Cobnut Cottage is one of a pair of cottages with lovely far ranging views over open farmland on both sides.  Virginia & Robert have two bedrooms on offer, one with a double bed and one with twin beds....

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Suffolk

Suffolk Character Cottages

5-star luxury holiday homes:  second home places where people come for the weekend to relax in style and or do something special/different.

Contact Donna Bell

E:  suffolkcharactercottages [at] gmail [dot] com

T:  07825 155277

W:  http://www.suffolkcharactercottages.co.uk

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Newmans Hall Farm

Monks Eleigh Road, Little Waldingfield, CO10 0SY (4 miles)

Indoor heated swimming pool.

T:  01787 249111,E:  louise [at] newmanshall [dot] co [dot] uk,W:  www.newmanshall.co.uk
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Stanstead

Coppins House, Blooms Hall Lane

Coppins House is just outside the small hamlet of Stanstead, set in open Suffolk farmland, with only the noise of skylarks and deer to disturb you.  It is between the historic villages of Long Melford and Lavenham, and not far from the market towns of Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds. 

Coppins House has one luxury double bedroom for guests, with en suite bathroom.  The bedroom has panoramic views across to Lavenham.  Breakfast is served in a sunny dining room, with eggs...

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Nayland

Hill House (4 miles)

Mrs P Heigham
Hill House, Gravel Hill, Nayland, CO6 4JB
Tel: 01206 262782
Email: heighamhillhouse [at] hotmail [dot] 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...

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Gladwins Farm (4 miles)

Robert & Pauline Dossor
Gladwins Farm, Harper's Hill, Nayland CO6 4NU
01206 262261
Email: GladwinsFarm [at] aol [dot] 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...

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Stoke By Nayland (3 miles)

Poplars Farmhouse

Mr David Kerr

Poplars Farmhouse,

Poplars Farm Lane,

Stoke by Nayland.

Suffolk.

CO6 4RT

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Angel Inn

Angel Inn (foodie pub)
Tel: 01206 263245
Web: www.angelhotel.com
Email: the [dot] angel [at] tiscali [dot] 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..

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Stoke by Nayland Hotel

Stoke by Nayland Hotel
Leavenheath
T: 01206 265835
E: hotelbookings [at] stokebynayland [dot] com
W: http://www.stokebynayland.com/hotel

Single £65, Double £75 B&B (special rate - please mention Assington Mill)
Large modern hotel, in beautiful surroundings, voted UK Sports Club of...

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The Crown

The Crown is our favourite gastro pub nearby. A medieval building, it has a beautiful position overlooking the Box valley, in a stunning village.
Accommodation is in a new wing.

Assington Mill students can ask for a 10% discount.
Weekend rates start at £120 per room per night including delicious full English breakfast.
Please contact them for details of their current promotions, including:
Standard double rooms from £240 mid week for a two night stay with two...
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Great Horkeseley (10 mins by car)

Mount Hall

Mount Hall CO6 4BZ T: 01206 271359 email: info [at] mounthall [dot] co [dot] uk Website: www.mounthall.co.uk Pricing £50 for single and £80 for a double. A Queen Anne listed house set on the edge of the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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Earls Colne

Riverside Lodge

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

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Hadleigh (20 mins by car)

Edge Hall

Angela Rolfe
Edge Hall, 2 High Street, Hadleigh. IP7 5AP
Tel: 01473 822458
Email: r [dot] rolfe [at] edgehall-hotel [dot] co [dot] 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...

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Polstead (15 mins by car)

Polstead Lodge

Mrs M Howard
Polstead Lodge, Mill Street, Polstead, CO6 5AD
Tel: 01206 262196
Email: howards [at] polsteadlodge [dot] freeserve [dot] co [dot] 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...

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Sudbury (6 miles)

Pickwick House

Pat Taylor, Ashen Lane,  Stoke-by-Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8JA, tel:  01787 278707, Mobile:  07976 553482, Email:  ashenl [at] tiscali [dot] co [dot] uk.  Single:  £35, double £60.  Evening meals can be ordered in advance.

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St Davids Hall

Christine Eves
St Davids Hall, 40a Friars Street, Sudbury, CO10 2AG
Tel: 01787 373044
Mobile: 07960 785653
£35 single, £54 double.
This is a log cabin with ensuite bathroom situated in a secluded garden and attractive courtyard of a Victorian coach house, only a few minutes from restaurants and pubs, in one of the oldest parts of the town of Sudbury. Awarded 4 stars and a silver under the visitEngland scheme .

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Hotel Elizabeth

Hotel Elizabeth
0870 116 2721
elizabeth [dot] mill [at] elizabethhotels [dot] co [dot] 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.

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