An exhibition by the Ashdown Forest Research Group. Just over 30 years ago Ashdown Forest came within a whisker of being broken up and sold...
Event Date:
April 15, 2022 - June 30, 2022 at 11:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location:
Ashdown Forest Centre,
Wych Cross,
Forest Row
An exhibition by the Ashdown Forest Research Group.
Just over 30 years ago Ashdown Forest came within a whisker of being broken up and sold off to private investors. The exhibition describes how a high profile campaign excited national and international media attention. It includes profiles of the celebrities and others who helped to save the Forest.
The exhibition will also reveal two other major threats at that time — oil exploration and the ‘Hurricane’ — that made the campaign to avert the break-up of Ashdown Forest even more urgent.