Cotchford Farm and the Surrounding Area
 
                                                 
                                    Welcome to Cotchford Farm, near Hartfield in East Sussex, about
                                     an hour's drive from London. This is where A. Milne and
                                    his family came to vacation, and it's the area he used as the setting
                                    for his famous books, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh
                                    Corner.

                                    The famous Poohsticks Bridge is located near the village of Upper
                                    Hartfield. From Upper Hartfield, a path goes south through a
                                    wooded area, then alongside meadows lined with split-rail fences.
                                    You'll find the bridge in an area called Posingford Wood. If you
                                    intend to play a game of Poohsticks at the bridge, you'd better
                                    grab a stick along the way, because a stick along the way,
                                    because the area around the bridge is usually plucked bare.

 
                                    Continuing along the path, you'd reach an intersection of two
                                    narrow roads. The right fork leads to Cotchford Farm, the
                                    left  to Ashdown Forest. Within Ashdown Forest, you might find
                                    Piglet's beech tree, or Kanga and Roo's home at a sandy part of
                                    the  forest near Gill's Lap, which many readers would recognize as
                                    Galleon's Lap, an "enchanted place" in the forest. East of Gill's
                                    Lap  is the North Pole, discovered by Pooh, situated on privately
                                    owned land situated on privately owned land  East of Cotchford
                                    Farm are the Six Pine Trees. A bit to the southeast of those is
                                    Owl's house, situated in the Five Hundred Acre Wood, known in
                                    the books as the Hundred Acre Wood.

                                    North of Cotchford Farm is the center of Hartfield. An excellent
                                    place to stop is a tiny shop called Pooh Corner, also called
                                    Christopher Robin's Sweet Shop. Visitors can find Pooh-related
                                    gifts and books here, as well as purchase maps of the area and get
                                    directions to some of the spots. Visitors can also purchase the
                                    same types of candies that Christopher Robin would  buy with his
                                    nanny.

                                    If you're making a trip to the area, check the Ashdown Forest
                                    information center, one mile east of Wych Cross off the A22.
                                    Also try to purchase a map of the area, usually available in hiking
                                    shops and bookstores. If you're really searching for specific Pooh
                                    areas, take along a copy of Christopher Milne's The Enchanted
                                    Places, which is available in most bookstores in the area.

                                    For more information, contact British Tourist Authority, 551 Fifth
                                    Ave., Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10176.

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