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Address
Long Melford,
Sudbury,
Suffolk,
CO10 9BA
Details
Other major filming has included the acclaimed BBC serial of The Woman in White which Kentwell provided a stunning 14 locations. These included Hamstead Heath, a Belgravia mansion and a Somerset solicitor's office among other places as well as the principal house of the series. The BBC decorated several rooms in the house for filming and their choice of wallpaper for Billiard Room and Library survives.
The next major film was Terry Jones's The Wind in the Willows and this had everything: the House covered in 'snow' in the hottest August in memory, a new front porch, the Courtyard Maze lost beneath a fountain (and gravel); a terrible thunderstorm with lightening and torrential rain; and an early aircraft flying the Hall.
Kentwell has more often been used anaonymously in recent years when 'doubling' for other locations, such as the Tower of London, Greenwich Palace, Raglan Castle and many lesser places. Film-makers value Kentwell for this as Kentwell is seldom recognized in all its guises and they can return again and again to use the same rooms for different purposes (often in the same film).
Kentwell is an unspoilt location. Little post 16th C intrudes. No TV aerials, telegraph poles, traffic (the nearest main road about a mile away), few aircraft overhead. It has rooms of several periods with its early rooms of 1500 to 1550 particularly useful. No electricty or later intrusions blight them.
Kentwell also has a vast collection of early artefacts so that these rooms can always be correctly dressed for an early period. Kentwell also has Gardens and Grounds offering great potential for just about any period from medieval onwards. It offers unmade up lengthy roads and tracks with no modern contradictions visible.
Kentwell Hall offers accessible public facilities and tea room. Wheel chair users can access the ground floor of the house. Kentwell has two wheel chairs on-site for public use.
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Directions
Map reference: TL 863479 Lat: 52.09844 Long: 0.71892
Kentwell Hall is situated just outside the village of Long Melford on the A134.
Kentwell Hall is just under an hour from Cambridge (A14), one hour 45 minutes from London, 20 minutes from Bury St Edmunds (A134) and 7 minutes Sudbury.
London Stansted Airport is 45 minutes away and Harwich International Ferry Terminal is approx 1 hour's drive.
The nearest train station is Sudbury, Suffolk.
Parking: free
Facilities
Baby changing facilities
Coach parties accepted
Credit cards accepted (no fee)
Disabled toilets
Education/study area
Facilities for groups
Facilities for educational visits
Gift shop
On-site catering
On-site light refreshments
Picnic site
Public toilets
Regional Tourist Board Member
Welcome Host
Wheelchairs available
Accepts groups
Facilities for conferencing
Facilities for corporate hospitality
Helicopter landing
Kentwell Hall offers accessible public facilities and tea room. Wheel chair users can access the ground floor of the house. Kentwell has two wheel chairs on-site for public use.
Self-Assessed Accessibility Details
Parking
Designated parking provided for guests with disabilities
Within 50 metres approx. of entrance
- Surface of the car park and pathway leading to entrance is:
Solid ie tarmac / concrete etc
Drop-off point for guests outside entrance
- Route from the parking area to the entrance:
Flat (ie without steps)
Dining
Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift to restaurant / cafe
Level access (ie no steps or thresholds), or access by ramp or lift to the toilets
Level access (ie no steps or thresholds) or access by ramp to a specially adapted toilet for wheelchair users
Good contrast between the floor and walls
Contrast markings on clear surfaces such as glass doors
Menus available in large print (14pt and over)
- Restaurant / cafe provide meals for visitors with special dietary requirements:
Sugar free (diabetic)
Gluten free (coeliacs)
Lactose free (dairy free)
Nut free
Organic
Vegetarian
Vegan
Baby changing facilities
Restaurant / café well lit and suitable for people with sight impairments
Seating suitable for wheelchair users, ie moveable and good height for person sitting in a wheelchair
High chairs for children
Children's menu
Entrance
Steps to the main entrance
- 4Number of steps to entrance
Ramp to entrance
Entrance is well lit