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Looking for something to do this weekend? How about a boat trip on the River Stour at Sudbury? Half hour return trips from The Granary to Great Cornard depart regularly 11am-4pm. Free chocolate for young passengers (whilst stocks last!) At Sudbury, you can enjoy homemade cake, light lunch and drinks in our riverside Tea Room …

The River Stour Trust is considering fresh ideas for its services from Flatford after being given permission to operate a second boat starting from Easter. We are planning to produce a guide to the Constable Trail. At present there are at least 12 of Constable’s best-known paintings on the stretch from Flatford to Stratford St Mary …

Santa left his sleigh at home and instead took to the water when the River Stour Trust held its first ever Santa Boat Rides at The Granary, Quay Lane, Sudbury on Sunday 16 December. The event comprised a 30-minute festive river cruise with Santa and his crew of elves followed by a small gift for …

On Wednesday 14 November, the Trust was delighted to welcome Councillor Christopher Hudson to formally name our new boat, Maria Constable. The purchase of the boat was greatly assisted through a generous £6,000 grant from the Councillor’s locality budget. Mr Hudson said: “I am delighted to support the Trust in its work to maintain our priceless …

We would like to assure everyone that despite this blow, the Trust is very much still in business and all of our activities going forward will be unaffected. This is thanks to magnificent efforts by our volunteers and administration team. All our computer files were backed up, and most of our historic photographs digitised, so …

The Colchester Gazette sadly could not join us for the formal opening of the Roger Brown Lock in May but we did enjoy a cruise with journalist, Andrew Collitt, a few months later. Below is the article recounting her experience and what she learned about the Trust and our activities.

We have been pleased by a couple of recent Suffolk Free Press articles about the Trust in the space of 2 weeks. Article 1: How 50 years of dedication kept boating afloat The first article is a double-page spread celebrating 50 years of the River Stour Trust. We were pleased to meet up with journalist, …

Coracles, Pirates, Walk ‘n’ Water & Neil! We have a selection of forthcoming August events with something to suit everyone! Come along to enjoy these events (perhaps even volunteer to help!). Click on each event heading for more information. CORACLE REGATTA, Saturday 4 August, 12pm-5pm, Bures PIRATES ON THE STOUR, Bank Holiday Monday 27 August, …

As well as the ITV News piece, we also enjoyed coverage on BBC Radio Suffolk Lesley Dolphin show, BBC Look East and the East Anglian Daily Times. Saturday 12th May saw the official opening of the River Stour Trust’s restored lock at Stratford St Mary by our Vice President Griff Rhys-Jones, Mark Harling of our …

Would you like to skipper an electric launch on Constable’s beautiful River Stour? The River Stour Trust is looking for volunteers to join its team of skippers and crew operating its fleet of electric launches on the River Stour in Suffolk, made famous in John Constable’s paintings. The launches are operated by our dedicated volunteers …