BUS SERVICES
Public Transport Information - (South East) Traveline 0871 200 22
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Metrobus Ltd 01293 449191
Eastbourne Buses 01323 416416
RAILWAY SERVICES
Travel Enquiries 08457 48 49 50 (24 hours)
The nearest station is at East Grinstead
AIR SERVICES
Gatwick Airport
CAR PARKS & TOILETS
Lower Road - car park
Hartfield Road - adjacent to Community Centre (Toilets available
when Centre open)
HOTELS
Ashdown Park Hotel, Wych Cross • Brambletye Hotel •
Chequers Inn
• Roebuck Hotel, Wych Cross
PUBLIC HOUSES
Foresters Arms • The Swan
RESTAURANTS/CAFES
Angela’s Patisserie • 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
CHURCHES
Holy Trinity Parish Church
Baptist Chapel, Hartfield Road
Our Lady of the Forest (RC), 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 Playgroup meets at the Hambro Hall, Forest
Row Community Centre
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
Stoke Brunswick - pre prep. & prep. (co-ed)
Greenfields School - co-ed
Little Oaks Montessori Nursery School (from 21/2 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).
Emerson College - Forest Row 01342 822238
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. In addition there are large hospitals in Tunbridge
Wells (Kent & Sussex), Haywards Heath (Princess Royal), Pembury
and Crawley.
The Ashdown Forest Health Centre provides 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
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.
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:
Village Hall - two halls licensed for stage performances and general
lettings 01342 824961
Community Centre - Various rooms licensed for public entertainment
(no stage)
and general lettings 01342 822661
Holy Trinity Church Hall 01342 822992
Social Club, Station Road 01342 823791
Hammerwood & Holtye Hall 01342 888167
Memorial Pavilion 01342 823252
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 two 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. The event helps the village to look at its best.
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.
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 that 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 Youth Club meets regularly in dedicated premises provided
by the Parish Council on Foresters Green. The Club is run by a Management
Committee under the auspices of the Crowborough Youth Service with
some financial support from the Parish Council. There is a purpose
built skateboard ramp adjacent to the Centre, 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 near the Club building by the
Parish Council 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 Hambro Hall at the Community
Centre. 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 perform at Michael Hall School theatre
and Emerson College.
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 150 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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