The studio consists of four small workspaces that flow into each other, and up to 12 participants can work here at a time. Larger groups for sheep-based classes and farm walks can be accommodated.

Rough Circle is located above one of the many points along the valley where the river intersects with the canal, creating The Barrow Navigation.

In the 1600’s un-navigable sections of the river were impacting the size and design of boats capable of transporting goods. By the early 1700’s engineering works had commenced to improve the waterway to allow passage of larger boats.

Locks and weirs were built alongside the river to circumvent the rocky shallow sections, and by 1785 there were 60,000 tons of goods being transported annually on barges pulled by horses along the towpath. Lock houses and stables were built at locks to provide places of rest and shelter for the bargemen and horses.

Where the two bodies of water meet below the farm - one turbulent and the other languid, a roughly circular piece of land has formed. Changing constantly through the seasons, it floods in winter then becomes rich fertile grazing in summer as the waters subside.