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BUS SERVICES
Public Transport Information - (South East) Traveline 0871
200 22 33
Metrobus Ltd 01293 449191
Stagecoach UK Buses 0871 200 22 33
Wealdlink Shopping Bus 01273 517332
RAILWAY SERVICES
Travel Enquiries 08457 48 49 50 (24 hours)
The nearest station is at East Grinstead
CAR PARKS
Lower Road
Community Centre, Hartfield Road
TOILETS
Community Toilet Scheme. Participants display stickers in windows,
these include shops, pubs and the Community Centre
HOTELS
Ashdown Park Hotel, Wych Cross • Brambletye Hotel •
Chequers Inn
• Roebuck Hotel, Wych Cross
PUBLIC HOUSES
Foresters Arms • The Swan
RESTAURANTS/CAFES
Java and Jazz • Lenny’s Sandwich Bar • Prosperity
Restaurant • Den’s Fish Bar
• Mountain Range Restaurant at The Swan • Bengal Village
• Khan’s Balti Paradise • Aldeia Restaurant •
Roochi Indian Restaurant • Flavour • Riverside Café
CHURCHES
Holy Trinity Parish Church
Baptist Chapel, Hartfield Road
Christian Community, Hartfield Road
Forest Row Cemetery is situated in Priory Road and is
administered by the Parish Council 01342 822661
EDUCATION
Forest Row Community Pre-school meets at the Hambro Hall,
Community Centre, Forest Row
State Schools
Primary: Forest Row C of E School 01342
823880
Secondary: Beacon Community College, Crowborough
Chailey School, South Chailey Sackville School, East Grinstead Uckfield
Community Technology College, Uckfield
Private Schools
Ashdown House - pre prep. & prep. (co-ed)
Brambletye - pre prep. & prep. (co-ed)
Michael Hall - all ages (co-ed) on Rudolph Steiner principles
Greenfields School - all ages (co-ed)
Little Oaks Montessori Nursery School (from 2 1/2 to 5)
Adult Education
A wide range of classes is provided at East Grinstead and Forest
Row -
information from East Grinstead Central Campus 01342 321874
(Classes also available in Uckfield and Crowborough).
HEALTH SERVICES
The famous Queen Victoria Hospital is at East Grinstead. The ‘general’
side of this hospital has been established for over 100 years and
is attended by the general practitioners of the area and their consultant
colleagues. The hospital became famous for its wartime plastic surgery
and still leads in this field in the treatment of burns, corneo-plastic
and dental surgery. It also has a Minor Injuries Unit (not 24 hours).
In addition there are large hospitals in Tunbridge Wells (Kent &
Sussex), Haywards Heath (Princess Royal), Pembury and Crawley.
The Ashdown Forest Health Centre provides accommodation for general
practitioners and offers a comprehensive range of ancillary
medical and social services. 01342 822131
Anthroposophical Medical Practice, 21 Hartfield Road 01342
824422
VETERINARY SERVICES
Forest Lodge Veterinary Centre 01342 824452
Veterinary Surgery (horses only) 01342 823011
LIBRARIES
East Sussex County Council has a branch library with a stock of
over 2000 books and videos at the Community Centre, Hartfield Road.
01342 825331
It is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons (2pm
- 5pm)
and Wednesday morning (10am - 1pm).
There is a comprehensive library in East Grinstead 01342
410050
that houses a main collection of 64,000 books, a reference section,
educational videos, CDs and DVDs. Housed under the same roof is
the Careers Service, the
Registrar’s Office and the Help Point 01342 300780
PUBLICATIONS
Parish News - the monthly magazine of Churches
Together in Forest Row and Ashurst Wood.
Newslink - quarterly newsletter of Forest Row Parish
Council
Forest Row News - independent monthly community
publication.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Administration is by Forest Row Parish Council (15 members) with
offices at the Community Centre. The Parish is within the Wealden
District (offices at Crowborough and Hailsham) and East Sussex County
(offices at Lewes).
PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION
Forest Row is included in the Wealden Constituency. The Member of
Parliament is Charles Hendry, who can be contacted at the House
of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA
FIRE STATION
This is manned by volunteers and is situated at the end of Station
Road. It is also the meeting place of both Guides and Brownies.
REFUSE AND RECYCLING
Forest Row Household Waste Recycling Site including comprehensive
recycling facilities at the end of Station Road
Neighbourhood Recycling Centre - car park adjacent to the Community
Centre
RECREATION
Accommodation for hire is available at:
Baptist Church Hall
Community Centre - Various rooms licensed for public entertainment
(no stage) and general lettings 01342 822661
Forest Row Social Club, Station Road 01342 823791
Hammerwood & Holtye Hall 01342 888167
Holy Trinity Church Hall 01342 822992
Memorial Pavilion 01342 823252
Village Hall - two halls, one for general lettings and one
licensed for stage performances 01342 824961
ANNUAL COMMUNITY EVENTS
Bike Ride: at the beginning of October each year
a village bike ride is organised for adults and children and has
proved very popular. The last few years it has been combined with
a Village Arts festival.
Spring Clean: each year in March a village spring clean is organised
by the Parish Council and supported by Wealden District Council.
A considerable amount of litter and debris is removed by the willing
volunteers and this event helps keep the village looking good.
SPORT
There are well supported clubs at Forest Row for many activities
including badminton, cricket, football, tennis, etc.
The Recreation Ground of some two hectares, is pleasantly situated
on the edge of Ashdown Forest and contains games pitches and hard
tennis courts. These are used by the Tennis Club or are bookable
at the Parish Council Office. After the 1939-45 war a pavilion was
built and equipped as a practical memorial for those who gave their
lives. Sadly this building was destroyed by fire in 1998. The community
worked together to raise funds to add to the lottery grant for the
completion of the new Memorial Pavilion which was opened at the
end of June 2004. The facilities now available are first class and
villagers are justifiably proud of their achievement.
The Weir Wood Reservoir of over 40 hectares is
the venue of the Weir Wood Sailing Club (01342 823462).
Coarse and fly fishing tickets are available at the reservoir
- contact the Fishery (01342 822731)
The Royal Ashdown Golf Club (01342 822247)
maintains and administers two 18 hole courses - the Old
Course and the West Course. The Cantelupe Golf Club, a noted artisan
club, plays over the Old Course and the West Course is essentially
a ‘pay and play’ course.
YOUTH
The young people of Forest Row are now meeting in The Venu, a classroom
block in the grounds of the Community Centre, which has been refurbished
with the help of a lottery grant. Plans are well underway to build
a purpose-built community facility to include a drop in cafe on
the site of the old Youth Club on Foresters Green. There is a purpose
built skateboard ramp on Foresters Green, built several years ago
and funded by the proceeds of various events organised by the youngsters
as well as donations from local businesses and individuals. It has
recently been decorated with a mural.
A Youth Shelter has been installed by the Parish Council on Foresters
Green with the help of a grant from the Sussex Police Safer Villages
Fund. The shelter has proved popular with the youngsters and is
well used. Scouts, Cubs and Beavers meet in the Scout Hut, Station
Road and Guides and Brownies in the Fire Station at the end of Station
Road. There is a Junior Football Club that uses the games pitches
at the Recreation Ground.
To the south of the village is Broadstone Warren, a permanent camp
site of the Scout Association and in the nearby Hindleap Warren
there is an activity centre. London Youth runs the ‘Activenture’
project here providing residential outdoor pursuits weeks for young
people with disabilities and special needs.
MUSIC AND DRAMA
The village has two dramatic societies (the Forest Players and the
Ashdown Pantomimers Group), an Orchestra and a Film Society. Orchestras,
Artists and Choral Societies also perform at Michael Hall School
theatre.
FOREST ROW TWINNING ASSOCIATION
Forest Row is twinned with Milly-la-Foret in the Department of Essonne
that lies to the south east of Paris. The two villages have much
in common each being connected with a forest: Ashdown Forest and
the Forest of Fontainbleau. The Twinning Association is very active
and organises various events during the year. For further details
contact 01342 326117.
FOREST ROW BUSINESS FORUM
An organisation representing some 165 businesses in Forest Row was
formed in the summer of 1996 to represent and promote the interests
of the deceptively large and wide ranging business community. As
the Forum says ‘Forest Row is not just a pretty village on
the edge of Ashdown Forest but a buzzing and thriving business community’.
The Forum hopes that more people will be encouraged to come to Forest
Row for all their needs, to use its free parking and refresh themselves
in the wealth of cafes, pubs and restaurants.
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