Hay Wain 200  is a site-specific trail, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the completion of John Constable's most famous painting; The Hay Wain. Quotes from the artist mark a route between Dedham Grammar School, where Constable was educated, and Flatford Mill, setting for one of the world's best known landscapes, finished in 1821. 

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 While the original painting currently resides at the National Gallery in London; 

studies for The Hay Wain can be found at the V&A, The Met in New York

and the collection of Colchester + Ipswich Museums. 

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Constable's original windmill carving, replicated at the Flatford end of the trail, can also be found in the care of Colchester + Ipswich Museums - further information can be found here.

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Inspired by features of Constable's life and work, the trail was in place from the 29th of March until the 30th April 2021.

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