By appointment with Bracketts.

Hartfield is a pretty, historic and picturesque village set on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest, a free public space extending across 6,000 acres (9.5 sq miles) which affords fabulous views from its high point of 223m above sea level. The forest was a favourite of Henry VIII who stayed at Bolebrook Castle a 15th Century hunting lodge, and also made famous by A A Milne who lived at Cotchford Farm and based his Winnie the Pooh stories on the immediate area commemorated with a shop/tea room in the High Street. The village also has two public houses, a well-stocked general store, an independent butcher, there is a doctors surgery, the Croft Recreation Ground which a spacious children’s play area, plus St Mary The Virgin Parish Church and adjacent good primary school. The Forest Way Recreational Track passes through the village on the track bed of the old railway line. In terms of location Hartfield sits mid-way between East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells, seven miles west and east respectively, London Gatwick is circa. 16 miles away as is the M25. Cowden and Ashurst railway stations 3.4 miles and 3.7 miles respectively with trains to London in approximately 1.5 hours and the coast at Eastbourne is approximately 30 miles away.