Dedham named one of the most 'Instagrammable' villages in UK

Property website Bankrate has compiled a list of the prettiest hamlets in the country by using image-sharing site Instagram and assessing the number of hashtags 100 villages dotted around the UK each had.

Then it created a top 20 ranking of the most hashtagged villages.

Dedham, in the heart of Constable Country, was named in the 11th place with 57,078 hits.

It came above the likes of Lynmouth in Devon, Wankworth in Northumberland and Leavenheath in neighbouring Suffolk.

Dedham is world famous for its connection to artist John Constable, whose paintings immortalised the surrounding scenery and nearby Flatford Mill.

It is one of the most popular tourist areas in the Colchester borough and attracts thousands of visitors every years.

If you are planning a trip there's plenty to do, with boat trips on the River Stour on offer, award-winning pub The Sun Inn as well as the Marlborough Head and a number of gift shops and cafes.

Here is the full list:

1. Clovelly, North Devon - 134,355 hashtags

2. Portmeirion, Wales - 114,323 hashtags

3. Castle Combe, Wiltshire - 99,641 hashtags

4. Castleton, Derbyshire - 91,848 hashtags

5. Grasmere, Cumbria - 87,367 hashtags

6. Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire - 71,873 hashtags

7. Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire - 65,477 hashtags

8. Bamburgh, Northumberland - 64,682 hashtags

9. Bibury, Gloucestershire - 63,835 hashtags

10. Corfe Castle, Dorset - 62,995 hashtags

11. Dedham, Essex - 57,078 hashtags

12. Lymm, Cheshire - 54,348 hashtags

13. Polperro, Cornwall - 50,906 hashtags

14. Mousehole, Cornwall - 47,784 hashtags

15. Lavenham, Suffolk - 44,396 hashtags

16. Lacock, Wiltshire - 42,317 hashtags

17. Warkworth, Northumberland - 37,123 hashtags

18. Staithes, North Yorkshire - 36,055 hashtags

19. Lynmouth, Devon - 30,392 hashtags

20. Shanklin, Isle of Wight - 29,478 hashtags

You will find the study in full here: https://www.bankrate.com/uk/mortgages/most-instagrammable-villages/.