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Forest Row
Village and parish in East Sussex, England

Forest Row

Forest Row is a village and a large civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.

The village is located three miles (5 km) south-east of East Grinstead. In January 2023, it ranked as Britain's third poshest village.

How locals move

Getting around Forest Row the local way

  • Get aroundScale 1:25,000 (4 cm:1 km, 2½ in:1 mi) would be fine, costing usually under £8.00 Cycling is very limited on Ashdown Forest land to the few public bridleways, although several groups are petitioning for more open access for off-road cycling however it is fully allowed on roads.
  • Go nextEastbourne Petersfield South Downs Way, a popular walking path.

From Wikivoyage: Ashdown Forest, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dietmar Rabich (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.