Hartfield, Forest Row The Red House Mystery 12.5 miles, moderate
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The Red House Mystery is a whodunnit by A. A. Milne who lived on the outskirts of Hartfield and who is better known for Winnie the Pooh. There is a house called The Red House in Hartfield.
We head Westwards through Hartfield to Marsh Green and passing Newbridge Mill, we enter Ashdown Forest reaching Stone Cottage which was the Irish Poet W.B. Yeats’s home from 1913-1916, where we take a short break. Afterwards, we head through the forest and heathland with fine views to the North and South to reach The Ashdown Forest visitor Centre where we stop for drinks and toilets.
We head Northwards down through Broadstone Warren to Highgate on the outskirts of Forest Row, and into Chapel Lane where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived before, he moved to Crowborough and into Forest Row where we stop for Lunch.
After Lunch we take the High Weald Landscape Trail and climb up to Cansiron Lane an ancient ridgeway track at least 5000 years old, and before we enter Collingsbush Wood there are splendid views towards Hartfield and South towards Ashdown Forest. We continue along the High Weald Landscape Trail back to Hatfield.
Optional drink in the Bear Inn afterwards.
Subject to walk leaders approval we allow well-behaved dogs under full control of their owner. If you wish to bring your dog on the walk, please check with the walk leader before arriving for the walk.
Please note that there is a £2 payment required for non-Ramblers members to help cover our Meetup costs. Please help the walk leader by bringing the exact change.
Members of the Ramblers Association are welcome on any of our walks, but we would still encourage you to RSVP on Meetup. This will give our volunteer walk leaders an idea of how many are attending, and also to keep the numbers manageable. If, on the day of the walk, you are still on the waiting list and a Ramblers member, you can attend just let the walk leader know you are coming by adding a comment 'Coming as a Rambler'. You will find the start location via our website Our Walks (westkentwalkinggroup.org.uk).