The cast of a new musical have visited the location that inspired the story.
The musical stage adaptation of Winnie the Pooh will visit Brighton in the summer, and the cast celebrated this by meeting where the story began.
They spent the day in Ashdown Forest, which was the inspiration for the Hundred Acre Wood in one of the most well-known children's stories.
Pooh was created by author A.A. Milne, who lived in Ashdown Forest with his son, Christopher Robin Milne.
The cast visited Posingford Bridge, affectionately known as Pooh Bridge, in which fans play a game called pooh sticks. Players drop a stick on one side of the bridge, and run to the other - and the winner is whoever's stick appears first.
They also visited the Pooh Corner Shop in Hartfield High Street and had afternoon tea at the Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club.
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James Adler, CEO at Ashdown Forest, said: "We were thrilled to welcome the cast to our amazing countryside here in East Sussex.
"We enjoyed bringing the story back to its home in an English countryside that has seen so much of its wildlife lost since the original books were written.
"We are delighted to talk to people young and old about how these stories and the play can reconnect people back to nature.
"We are very excited that the show is opening in London and then touring the UK later this year.
"October 2026 will mark 100 years since the first publication of the original Winnie-the-Pooh stories and Pooh’s arrival in the Hundred Acre Wood. We are working with a range of organisations, including Disney, to explore what the centenary could look like."
The show features life-sized puppetry of all the characters in Winnie the Pooh, and is coming to England after premieres in New York and Chicago.
It will open at the Riverside Studios in London, before going on a UK tour to cities including Brighton's Theatre Royal.
For more information visit: winniethepoohshow.com
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