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Five Hundred Acre Wood – Wrens Warren Valley loop from Withyham

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Five Hundred Acre Wood – Wrens Warren Valley loop from Withyham

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Five Hundred Acre Wood – Wrens Warren Valley loop from Withyham

03:58

14.2km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 18, 2026

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High Weald National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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318 m

St. Michael and All Angels Church, Withyham

Highlight • Religious Site

The charming village of Withyham is nestled in the Medway Valley close to Ashdown Forest, the highest region of the High Weald AONB. The sandstone outcrops at Penn's Rocks SSSI …

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2.29 km

Fishers Gate and Cattle Pasture

Highlight • Trail

4.03 km

Five Hundred Acre Wood

Highlight • Forest

Five Hundred Acre Wood is famously the inspiration behind Hundred Acre Wood, the setting for AA Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories. Unlike the rest of Ashdown Forest, which is now …

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5.96 km

The North Pole (Winnie-the-Pooh) Stream

Highlight • Forest

6.66 km

Gills Lap Clump (The Enchanted Place)

Highlight • Viewpoint

This clearing surrounded by fir trees appears in the Winnie the Pooh book as "Galleons Lap" or "the Enchanted Place." Next to it, there is also a trig point.

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7.14 km

Gills Lap

Highlight • Forest

There's a car park here that often features an ice cream van!

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8.45 km

This is Wrens Warren Valley, known as Eeyore's sad and gloomy place in the Winnie the Pooh book created by authors A.A. Milne, and E. H. Shepard. Yet more beautiful Winnie the Pooh trivia from Ashdown Forest.

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9.19 km

View of Ashdown Forest from the Wealdway

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Wealdway is an 82 mile (132km) long distance walking trail from Gravesend in Kent to Eastbourne in East Sussex. Here it walks along the edge of Five Hundred Acre …

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14.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.54 km

3.89 km

3.29 km

368 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.66 km

3.90 km

1.91 km

521 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 23 June

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Five Hundred Acre Wood – Wrens Warren Valley loop from Withyham

St. Michael and All Angels Church, Withyham

Fishers Gate and Cattle Pasture

Five Hundred Acre Wood

The North Pole (Winnie-the-Pooh) Stream

Gills Lap Clump (The Enchanted Place)

Gills Lap

Wrens Warren Valley

View of Ashdown Forest from the Wealdway

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