The starting point for your visit to Ashdown Forest, the Forest Centre’s Information Barn has everything you need to help you plan your day. The café stocks a range of gifts and souvenirs. Public toilets and a Changing Places facility are also available. It is open seven days a week (opening times at weekends are subject to change so check the website for details).
The Bluebell Railway operates historic steam trains on a 22-mile return trip between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead, calling at Horsted Keynes and Kingscote. In addition to a calendar of passenger services and special events, the railway also runs dining trains including afternoon tea, evening dining and fish and chip specials.
Re-opening on Thursday 20 May 2021.
Tickets on sale 31 March 2021.
Enchanting adventures exploring the “real” world of Winnie-the-Pooh and bespoke private tours of Ashdown Forest for Families, Friends and Fans – just an hour from central London by train! It’s hard to imagine a more perfect backdrop for a Pooh Trek than Ashdown Forest, the 6,500 acres of woods and heathland in which A.A. Milne based his tales of “a Bear with no brain”, a boy with a sense of adventure and all their forest friends.
A great day out for all ages, the Centre is home to the finest collection of native species in the country with over forty different species on display, from tiny harvest mice to magnificent red deer and everything in between! All species are housed in large enclosures, landscaped to reflect natural habitats.
Countrybike is an award winning family bike hire and bike servicing business. We deliver bikes around Kent & East Sussex for day hires or longer as well as having bikes stationed at a number of partner venues which can be hired by the hour. We also repair bikes.
Set in the heart of a 312 acre private estate, Buxted Park is a 4 red star hotel close to Uckfield and Ashdown Forest. Understated Georgian styling meets modern comfort in Buxted Park Hotel’s 44 bedrooms. Take your pick from unique feature bedrooms, large family bedrooms and classic bedrooms with beautiful views.
Tablehurst Community Farm is a social enterprise founded in the mid 1990s. The farm produces meat, poultry, vegetables, raw milk and arable crops to biodynamic and organic standards. Most of Tablehurst’s produce is sold through the farm shop, which is open six days a week.
This site is a Farm Shop as well as a Garden Centre selling a range of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as plants, garden furniture and gifts.
For over 25 years Sussex Country Gardener …
Voted by Golf World the 70th best course in England, Crowborough Beacon’s lofts position at some 800 feet above sea level offers some of the finest panoramas in Sussex.
Established in 1895, the course is …
Designed by Philip Webb in the 1890s for wealthy solicitor, James Beale, and his family, National Trust’s Standen is a family home with nationally important Arts & Crafts interiors, most famous for its Morris & Co. designs. The 12 acre hillside garden has been recently restored to uncover lost features and conserve the historic plant collection.
Nutley Windmill standing in the beautiful Ashdown Forest is the last Open Trestle Post Mill in Sussex and one of only 5 left in the country. She is the best preserved windmill is Sussex and …
Set in 186 acres of beautifully landscaped Sussex countryside in the heart of the Ashdown Forest, Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club provides the perfect setting for every occasion. Its location is ideal, close to the M25, M23, south coast and Gatwick.
