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4 unusual facts about Ashdown Forest


High Weald AONB

This ridge includes a number of ancient heathland forests, notably Ashdown Forest, St Leonards Forest, Worth Forest and Dallington Forest.

Ashdown Forest is an internationally important area of lowland heathland occupying the highest sandstone ridge-top of the High Weald.

Philip Henslowe

His father, Edmund Henslowe, was appointed Master of the Game for Ashdown Forest, Sussex, from 1539 until his death in 1562.

Toys Hill

It lies south of the North Downs, separated from the latter by the Vale of Holmesdale, and immediately north of the Weald of Kent, from which it is visible from many miles away, for example from Ashdown Forest in the High Weald.



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