The Star Inn

• Hever Castle
• Lingfield Race Course
• Squerryes Court
• Bewl Water
• Penshurst Place
• Pooh Corner
• Chartwell
• Emmetts Garden
• Groombridge Place Gardens
• Bough Beech

This is where you start your 'EXPOTITION' into Pooh Country. The Piglit's Tea Room is open for refreshments all year round so if you have the time for 'A Little Something' give it a try. You will need to discover all the Pooh Places while you are here so remember to collect a FREE MAP after you have finished looking at all the thousands of souvenirs and gifts to be found here and before you set off on your adventure.

Found in the High Street of Hartfield village, the charming building is Queen Anne, some 300 years old, dating from around the 1690's. It has low ceilings and you may have to duck your head to cross the threshold. The shop was given the name Pooh Corner by the proprietor, Mike Ridley, in October 1978 which means that this year is our 30th anniversary year. The shop specialises in Winnie-the-Pooh and is home to the world's largest selection of what Mike calls "Pooh-phernalia". With literally thousands of items and souvenirs it seems the most natural thing in the world for this shop to be situated in the village where the famous stories were written by A.A.Milne in the 1920's.

Pooh fans from all over the world write to Pooh Corner. At the last count the number of countries was 88. Many famous people and personalities have, and do, visit the shop but the most famous of all was, of course, Christopher Robin and his teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. When Christopher Robin Milne remembered his childhood in his book 'The Enchanted Places' he recalled his weekly trips to the village with his Nanny 'Alice', who's real name was Olive. The visit to the shop was for bulls-eyes, a mint flavoured candy, which were their favourites. They lived at Cotchford Farm, a mile up the road, so his Nanny would bring the young Christopher Robin on the back of the family pet - a donkey called Jessica.

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