Jo’s guidebook
Food scene
Forest Row
A lovely village with several good pubs and restaurants.
A wonderful farm shop where you can buy organic fruit and veg. A lot of it is grown on the farm including their own eggs, meat and dairy. Great locally baked bread and cakes too.
18 locals recommend
Plaw Hatch Farm
Plawhatch LaneA wonderful farm shop where you can buy organic fruit and veg. A lot of it is grown on the farm including their own eggs, meat and dairy. Great locally baked bread and cakes too.
Another great organic farm shop where they grow a lot of the produce themselves. In the summer they have pick your own flowers.
Cherry Gardens Farm
Another great organic farm shop where they grow a lot of the produce themselves. In the summer they have pick your own flowers.
A great local pub that has Harveys on tap and good food. Plenty of tables outside.
29 locals recommend
The Hatch Inn
A great local pub that has Harveys on tap and good food. Plenty of tables outside.
Another great pub. A long walk but it is possible to walk on the Wealden Way to it.
20 locals recommend
The Dorset Arms
58 High StAnother great pub. A long walk but it is possible to walk on the Wealden Way to it.
the seasons
Lower RoadA great local shop in Forest Row with organic produce and lots more.
A lovely local restaurant in Forest Row doing pizza and a lot more. Open breakfast right through to evening.
20 locals recommend
Java & Jazz
Lewes RoadA lovely local restaurant in Forest Row doing pizza and a lot more. Open breakfast right through to evening.
The Swan
119 Acton LaneA good pub in Forest Row with very good food.
Sightseeing
If you know the Pooh stories you will love to visit the bridge. It is an easy half hour walk from the studo.
22 locals recommend
Pooh Sticks Bridge
If you know the Pooh stories you will love to visit the bridge. It is an easy half hour walk from the studo.
A great spot to find out about the history of Ashdown Forest and lots to see and buy too.
25 locals recommend
Ashdown Forest Centre
Colemans Hatch RoadA great spot to find out about the history of Ashdown Forest and lots to see and buy too.
Now a museum as well as a tea shop. Stop for coffee and cake and a look at the Pooh memorabilia.
38 locals recommend
Pooh Corner
High StreetNow a museum as well as a tea shop. Stop for coffee and cake and a look at the Pooh memorabilia.
Over 5000 acres of woods and heathland with ancient paths, streams and waterfalls. A truly magical place that we love.
92 locals recommend
Ashdown Forest
Wych CrossOver 5000 acres of woods and heathland with ancient paths, streams and waterfalls. A truly magical place that we love.
Hever Castle & Gardens
Hever RoadOnly a 20 minute drive away and well worth a visit.
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Biddenden RdA 45 minute drive but a must for garden lovers.
A wonderful house and garden that used to be owned by Christo Lloyd. Head Gardener Fergus Garrett is well known in the gardening world for his wonderful, inventive planting schemes.
117 locals recommend
Great Dixter House & Gardens
A wonderful house and garden that used to be owned by Christo Lloyd. Head Gardener Fergus Garrett is well known in the gardening world for his wonderful, inventive planting schemes.
Neighbourhoods
A good local hub with plenty of places to go to eat and drink as well as to shop.
18 locals recommend
Forest Row
A good local hub with plenty of places to go to eat and drink as well as to shop.
Royal Tunbridge Wells
A lovely town to visit.