Ashdown Forest, just south of East Grinstead ... Pooh Corner which also has a café and an area where kids can play and read books. 1. Starting point: From Gills Lap car park, Uckfield, TN22 ...

The research showed children love to read about ... Forest of Dean from Harry Potter as well as Ashdown Forest, which inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. "Books open young minds to new experiences ...

AALTO: I wrote the book ... animals here. Ashdown Forest became the Hundred Acre Wood, and Christopher Robin's adventures with Winnie the Pooh became some of the most beloved children's stories ...

A recent study has discovered that most children prefer to read ... from Harry Potter and Ashdown Forest, which inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. "Books open young minds to new experiences encouraging ...

Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne, who lived in nearby Cotchford Farm, Hartfield, drew inspiration from Ashdown Forest to write the popular series of children’s books in the 1920s. In the ...

or Ashdown Forest which inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. Other favourite locations for children to read about were beaches (40%), islands (37%) and the woods (36%). "Books open young minds to new ...

Some of the most memorable forests in literature are to be found in children’s books, where they’re ... Robin's exploits in the real location of Ashdown Forest – a medieval hunting forest ...

Firefighters were able to contain the blaze at Ashdown Forest ... his famous children's stories. He decided to base the home of Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore on the woods, and the books' illustrator ...

A forest which served as inspiration for one of the UK's most beloved children's books has been given a cash boost. The Conservators of Ashdown Forest have been awarded £30,000 by Wealden ...