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Forest Row sits right on the edge of Ashdown Forest, where the High Weald hills begin to roll toward the Sussex coast. It grew up as a small settlement serving the royal hunting grounds, but today it functions as a busy, self-contained community defined by its independent spirit. Life here tends to revolve around the triangular village green and the stretch of shops along the A22, where you’ll find organic grocers, traditional workshops, and a notable lack of major high-street chains. It is a place of contrasting textures: the rugged, heathland trails of the forest are just a short walk from the village centre, while the remains of the old railway line now serve as the Forest Way, a flat, peaceful route for cyclists and walkers heading toward East Grinstead. It is geologically varied too, with the local ironstone reflected in the older cottages, and while it feels isolated in the woods, the practicalities of a mainline station are only three miles away.