Tudor Barn
Tudor Barn, The Hall, Milden, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 9NY
Call Juliet Hawkins on 01787 247235
Farm stay hostel in Lavenham in rural Suffolk
The listed Grade II* ancient barn sleeps 25 in four private bedrooms plus the huge, open plan 16th century barn, where you also feast together at long oak banquet tables, relax in the large sitting area and in the winter gather around the roaring wood burner. You can sleep in singles, doubles, Tudor four-posters and truckle beds. Huge, well-kitted out underfloor-heated kitchen. Two bathrooms, four showers and seven more WCs.
Friends, walkers, cyclists, can get together in spacious, beautiful, ancient and unspoiled surroundings, amidst the mixed farm landscape with hedges, old meadows, woodland and ponds. At Milden you can bring your own bikes, or borrow the 20+ adult road bikes, and explore the local Wool Town villages on the quiet country lanes of the South Suffolk Cycle Route and Constable Country or go kayaking down the River Stour. Alternatively explore historic houses or go further afield to the Suffolk coast. However, many that stay don’t go far - they walk the farm trails, run, hug trees, pond dip, read, play tennis, croquet or ping-pong, draw, paint, sing, play rounders, enjoy al fresco wine-tasting and picnic on the farm. Some guests borrow the barn's costumes and dress up for a Tudor evening, feasting and making merry Tudor style.
The barn is surrounded by more historic buildings including the Grade II* Milden Hall farmhouse with extra rooms, another large ancient grain barn and a modest museum. Bantams scratch about amongst the herbs, two farmyard pigs grunt contentedly, lambs skip in the spring, newts swim in the ponds, yellowhammers sing from the hedges.
Come and visit this enchanting and historic spot in rural Suffolk, you will be made very welcome. Larger groups can sometimes sleep 22 extra guests at the Old Brooder Bunkhouse 100m down the track (also in this guide).
Up to one well behaved adult dog welcome by arrangement.
The listed Grade II* ancient barn sleeps 25 in four private bedrooms plus the huge, open plan 16th century barn, where you also feast together at long oak banquet tables, relax in the large sitting area and in the winter gather around the roaring wood burner. You can sleep in singles, doubles, Tudor four-posters and truckle beds. Huge, well-kitted out underfloor-heated kitchen. Two bathrooms, four showers and seven more WCs.
Friends, walkers, cyclists, can get together in spacious, beautiful, ancient and unspoiled surroundings, amidst the mixed farm landscape with hedges, old meadows, woodland and ponds. At Milden you can bring your own bikes, or borrow the 20+ adult road bikes, and explore the local Wool Town villages on the quiet country lanes of the South Suffolk Cycle Route and Constable Country or go kayaking down the River Stour. Alternatively explore historic houses or go further afield to the Suffolk coast. However, many that stay don’t go far - they walk the farm trails, run, hug trees, pond dip, read, play tennis, croquet or ping-pong, draw, paint, sing, play rounders, enjoy al fresco wine-tasting and picnic on the farm. Some guests borrow the barn's costumes and dress up for a Tudor evening, feasting and making merry Tudor style.
The barn is surrounded by more historic buildings including the Grade II* Milden Hall farmhouse with extra rooms, another large ancient grain barn and a modest museum. Bantams scratch about amongst the herbs, two farmyard pigs grunt contentedly, lambs skip in the spring, newts swim in the ponds, yellowhammers sing from the hedges.
Come and visit this enchanting and historic spot in rural Suffolk, you will be made very welcome. Larger groups can sometimes sleep 22 extra guests at the Old Brooder Bunkhouse 100m down the track (also in this guide).
Up to one well behaved adult dog welcome by arrangement.
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Beds & Rooms:
25+: 3x2, 1x3, 1x16 (plus cots)Open:
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W/ends: From £40-£60 pppn. Midweek from £30 pppn. Contact us for further information.Booking:
By email or telephone, non refundable deposit required.Directions:
0.6 mile farm drive is opposite telephone box in village of Milden, fork right in farm yard, barn car park on left. Or ... 0.3 mile front drive on sharp bend (and quite easy to miss, especially in the dark) on the B1115 between Milden crossroads and Little Waldingfield village.Public Transport :
Train: from south to Sudbury (15mins) change at Marks Tey on Liverpool St-Colchester line, from north and west to Bury St Edmunds (25 mins).Walks :
Long Distance Walks North Sea Cycle Route Cathedral Cycle Route
Long Distance WalksIdeal for Scouts Dog Friendly National Landscape Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape School Residentials Close to a Pub Luxury Bunkhouses Hostels with log burners and open fires Accommodation for Cyclists Near a Castle Breakfast Evening Meals IHUK Community
This accommodation is available at the following peak times
Available October Half Term 2026 Available February Half Term 2027 Available Easter 2027 Available Spring Bank Holiday or Half Term 2026 Available August Bank Holiday 2027Facilities
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WW2, Tudor & Environmental school farm stay residentials in Suffolk
October 1st 2026
Our magnificent 16th century barn offers a ‘somewhere different’ accommodation base for new learning experiences and an outdoor classroom. Bring your Tudor school trip to our Tudor Barn with its ancient stories to tell – wassail in the orchard, meet the hogs, collect coppiced firewood. Or come as WW2 evacuees to re-enact parts of life on a farm in the war (the farm had Italian PoWs, plane crashes and anti-aircraft unit billeted here) – feed the chickens, rat-catch, Dig for Victory! Or come and enjoy science-related activities outside on our environmentally-friendly farm – insects in ancient meadows, investigate trees in the woodland and pond dip in one of our 10 ponds.
The Tudor Barn (sleeping 25) combined with The Old Brooder Bunkhouse (sleeping 22), 100m down the farm track offers combined sleeping for 47+ with a huge atmospheric space in the Tudor Barn to feast, and do indoor activities if the weather is horrid.
Find out more about our activities for schools and get in touch with your needs. We’ll get back to you.
History- and nature-related Scout activities on Suffolk farm stay
September 9th 2026
History Comes Alive here at Milden (and so does Nature and Environmental Conservation) for those wanting to earn badges here on our environmentally-friendly working farm. You can camp or stay in the 16th century listed Tudor Barn, learn archaeology techniques such as field walking and metal detecting and explore our growing museum, understand ancient buildings or learn about our motte and bailey castle monument. Alternatively, you can study and photograph nature – plants, insects, fungi and birds – in our ponds, woods and ancient meadows. Or explore the farm, hiking farm trails or learning to orienteer. There’s so much to discover!
Our small family team are here to help but, equally, can leave Scout Leaders to do their own thing. We’ve hosted and led a multi-award-winning Wildlife Watch group here on the farm for nine years. The Tudor Barn sleeps 25 and more if some want to camp or take the Old Brooder Bunkhouse (sleeps 22) too and there is plenty of room for large groups of c50 to feast and do other activities together! There are private rooms for leaders and larger communal rooms for children. We would love to welcome scouts here on this working farm and share what we’ve got to offer.
The farm is peacefully situated down a long farm drive away from the road. It is very rural but the nearest large village, Lavenham with shops, is only c3 miles away. We unpack a supermarket delivery free of charge ahead of arrival to help and can organise catering too.
29 Scout Leaders are booked to stay here next year … what would you like to do here? 10-20% discounted rates for Scouts & other Youth Groups with charitable status. Enquire with as much info as possible about your group and plans.
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