Nayland has been described as one of the best preserved late-medieval villages in Britain and has a rich legacy of timber framed buildings.

These stem from the area’s great wealth as a centre of woollen cloth production in the late Middle Ages.

Hill House, which was constructed in about 1520 was, and remains today, an important house in the village of Nayland.

The River Stour which flows peacefully through the village was navigable for some 200 years until the beginning of the 20th Century and was a working river transporting goods and materials back and forth. Nowadays it is much enjoyed by walkers, rowers, canoeists and a host of wildlife

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