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Ashdown Forest

Ashdown Forest

Nature preserve in Wych Cross, EnglandWikipedia

Search complete. 9 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Ashdown Forest".

Oct 5, 2026

speaker_1UNKNOWN
1:17
Family Destinations
DanHOST
1:20
Ashdown Forest in Sussex, England is as family friendly as it gets, since it's the location that inspired the setting behind what beloved literary toy? Ashdown Forest in Sussex is as family-friendly as it gets, since it's the location that inspired the setting behind what beloved literary toy?
speaker_1UNKNOWN
1:49
Question 2.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
1:51
Tropical Fruits
DanHOST
4:54
It became one of the most influential comedy shows ever produced, spawning movies, stage shows, and the next line that I'm going to say now in order to get into the answer section.
DanHOST
5:02
And now for something completely different.
DanHOST
5:11
The beloved literary character whose setting was inspired by England's Ashdown Forest is...
DanHOST
5:17
Winnie the Pooh.

Unknown podcast

Room in the Tower, and Other Stories-E. F. Benson

Sep 28 · 1 Mention

speaker_3NARRATOR
13:53
And then something happened.
speaker_3NARRATOR
13:56
I had been in London this year up till the end of July, and during the first week in August went down to stay with a friend in a house he had taken for the summer months, in the Ashdown Forest district of Sussex.
speaker_3NARRATOR
14:08
I left London early, for John Clinton was to meet me at Forest Row Station, and we were going to spend the day golfing, and go to his house in the evening.
speaker_3NARRATOR
14:17
He had his motor with him, and we set off, about five of the afternoon, after a thoroughly delightful day, for the drive, the distance being some ten miles.

Unknown podcast

Room in the Tower, and Other Stories-E. F. Benson

Sep 25 · 1 Mention

Andrew GottsNARRATOR
14:07
And then something happened.
Andrew GottsNARRATOR
14:09
I had been in London this year, up till the end of July, and during the first week in August went down to stay with a friend in a house he had taken for the summer months in the Ashdown Forest district of Sussex.
Andrew GottsNARRATOR
14:22
I left London early, for John Clinton was to meet me at Forest Row Station, and we were going to spend the day golfing, and go to his house in the evening.
Andrew GottsNARRATOR
14:31
He had his motor with him, and we set off about five of the afternoon after a thoroughly delightful day, for the drive the distance being some ten miles.

Unknown podcast

Room in the Tower, and Other Stories-E. F. Benson

Sep 20 · 1 Mention

speaker_2NARRATOR
13:35
And then something happened.
speaker_2NARRATOR
13:38
I had been in London this year up till the end of July, and during the first week in August went down to stay with a friend in a house he had taken for the summer months in the Ashdown Forest district of Sussex.
speaker_2NARRATOR
13:50
I left London early, for John Clinton was to meet me at Forest Row Station, and we were going to spend the day golfing, and go to his house in the evening.
speaker_2NARRATOR
13:59
He had his motor with him, and we set off about five of the afternoon after a thoroughly delightful day, for the drive the distance being some ten miles.

Unknown podcast

Room in the Tower, and Other Stories-E. F. Benson

Sep 16 · 1 Mention

speaker_5NARRATOR
14:37
And then something happened.
speaker_5NARRATOR
14:40
I had been in London this year, up till the end of July, and during the first week in August went down to stay with a friend in a house he had taken for the summer months, in the Ashdown Forest district of Sussex.
speaker_5NARRATOR
14:53
I left London early, for John Clinton was to meet me at Forest Row Station, and we were going to spend the day golfing, and go to his house in the evening.
speaker_5NARRATOR
15:01
He had his motor with him, and we set off, about five of the afternoon, after a thoroughly delightful day, for the drive, the distance being some ten miles.
Allison PearsonHOST
15:25
They're dealing with a huge base that's occupied by illegal migrants there.
Allison PearsonHOST
15:30
Sarah says that charities like the Care for Calais have been taking the illegal migrants to children's playgrounds and to Ashdown Forest, which is a well-loved beauty spot.
Allison PearsonHOST
15:40
There's a big protest there.
Allison PearsonHOST
15:42
planned in Cobra on this Sunday, if any Planet Normal listeners want to go, and people from Braintree now planning to attend in solidarity.
MandaHOST
27:00
There is a place that inspired the Hundred Acre Wood.
MandaHOST
27:02
It's called Ashdown Forest, and there is the bridge that is in, I think, the last book where they play Poohsticks.
OliviaHOST
27:10
Yes.
MandaHOST
27:10
Drop the sticks and then run over to see whose stick is winning.
OliviaHOST
27:12
Oh, yeah, we played that a lot when I was a kid.
MandaHOST
27:13
So we are gonna go to Ashdown Forest during our trip because Winnie-the-Pooh has been such a big part of our childhood.
MandaHOST
27:20
So I'm super excited, and I will have to send you pictures of all the Pooh things.
MandaHOST
27:25
Can I read you this really sweet thing from the book?

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