Escape to rural Sussex with Ashdown Park Hotel

Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club in East Sussex is inviting its guests to take advantage of scrumptious picnic offerings this summer whilst exploring the hotel’s idyllic surroundings, from where A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh hails.

Just 40 minutes drive from London; guests can grab a rug and locally produced picnic and head-off into the Sussex countryside to dine amongst some of Winnie-the-Pooh’s famous surroundings.

Designed to suit every member of the family, there is a locally sourced children’s picnic menu available for £6.95, which comprises freshly baked bread, maple roasted Sussex ham or mild red Leicester (for vegetarians), roasted Spanish peppers and a tasty, wild honey and sesame flapjack for afters. For adults, choices include smoked free range chicken and roasted plum tomatoes, home cured organic salmon ‘Gravadlax’ or Ashdown’s citrus-marinated mozzarella cheese, all of which are available for £13.95 per head.

Having enjoyed a spot of lunch, families can don their explorer hats with a selection of Christopher Somerville-commissioned walks through Pooh Bear’s Hundred Acre Wood. Alternatively, guests can take a leisurely stroll to the Woodland Pond at Ashdown Park’s ‘Pond Corner’ to feed the carp, or venture further afield to The Enchanted Place and Pooh Bridge, both favourites of Christopher Robin and his friends.

Ashdown Park is set in 186 acres of beautifully landscaped Sussex countryside in the heart of Ashdown Forest. The bedrooms & suites are all individually styled and the Country Club provides a relaxing and rejuvenating spa. The hotel also features a Par 3, 18-hole golf course and the award winning Anderida Restaurant, with two AA rosettes and stunning views over the Ashdown Forest.

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