THE ASHDOWN FOREST

The Ashdown Forest lies in East Sussex, about an hour's drive from South and East of London. This is the place where you will find all the enchanted places you've heard about and read in A. A Milne's  "Winnie-The-Pooh" stories and Christopher Robin's "The Enchanted Places". It was at the Ashdown Forest that Christopher Robin spent his childhood days playing with his stuffed animals who became the famous Winnie the Pooh and friends.

                            The Ashdown Forest is just the same as Earnest Shepard sketched it. You will see places  such as "CotchFord Farm", "Galleons Lap (Gills Lap)", Roo's Sandy Pit, North Pole and shop where Chris and his Nanny went to buy candy" (Now Pooh Corner). Click here to visit the Pooh Corner Shop's web-site. 

CREDITS: Me and Uma have always longed to visit the Ashdown Forest and we are sure we will some day. But, we have already seen some of the places, through the wonderful pictures of the 'Enchanted Places' that have been sent to us by my dear friend living near the Ashdown Forest.
This wonderful page wouldn't have been possible without Paul Bray.

I was desperately looking for some Ashdown forest snaps and in response to a message I had posted at the Pooh club , Paul very kindly sent me these snaps! Paul Bray stays by the edge of the Ashodwn Forest and he has been going around the forest with his camera, trying to get me the snaps I wanted. I had asked for crazy things like Pooh shop interiors, gorse bushes and what not! But as you can see, Paul has sent me everything that I wanted and much more.  I do hope it was not much of trouble, Paul. Thank you so so much!!

A hundred Pooh hugs for you!!!
Love,
Tanu.

Please Note: All the photographs on this page are courtesy Paul Bray. Please don't steal them. Write to me at umatanu@hotmail.com  or Paul Bray at vectra99_uk@yahoo.com and we will be glad to help. If you still decide to take them away, don't forget to credit Paul Bray for his hard work.

Hartfield (North)

The Pooh Corner Shop

Looking in the shop window at the shop at pooh corner. 

Looking through the window to the inside of the shop.

Close up picture of the left hand window again.

        Entrance to the car park           (Gills Lap)

Around the car park area

Around the car park area

Sign pointing to Pooh bridge

Walk from the car park to the Pooh Bridge

Walk from the car park to the Pooh Bridge

Old Poohsticks Bridge(North)

Old Pooh sticks Bridge (South)

The Poohsticks Bridge Repairs

The Poohsticks Bridge Repairs

The new Poohsticks Bridge

The new Poohsticks Bridge

The new Poohsticks Bridge

The new Poohsticks Bridge

The new Poohsticks bridge

The new Poohsticks Bridge

 Poohsticks rules 

Gorsebush

Gorsebush

Walk from Gills Lap to the Top of the Forest

Along the walk from Gills Lap to the Top of the Forest

Along the walk from Gills Lap to the Top of the Forest

Along the walk from Gills Lap to the Top of the Forest

Gorse bush- path leading up to the enchanted wood 

Approaching the Enchanted Wood

Enchanted Wood

The 100 Acre Woods

The Enchanted Wood

Walking away from the wood and on to the sandy pit and the memorial

The Milne Memorial

The Milne Memorial

The Milne Memorial

The Milne Memorial

The Milne Memorial

The real Enchanted Place at the top of the forest (not where the memorial is)

Roo's Sandy pit 

Roo's Sandy pit 

Roo's Sandy pit 

Roo's Sandy pit 

Eeyore's sad and Gloomy Place

Eeyore's sad and Gloomy Place

The North Pole

The North Pole from the other side

The Stream at North Pole

Heather

Walk back to Gills Lap

Past the woods

Also see more photographs at The Real Christopher Robin...