A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard - Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, UK
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Memorial plaque for A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard, the author and illustrator of the world-famous Winnie-the-pooh books.
Waymark Code: WMRJRD
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/30/2016
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Memorial plaque for A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard, the author and illustrator (respectively) of the world-famous Winnie-the-pooh books. The memorial is placed on Gills Lap in the Ashdown Forest. The Ashdown Forest inspired much of the Winnie-the-pooh world. A lot of the geography and place names in the books are taken from the Ashdown Forest. For example, Gills Lap in the book is is called "Galleons Lap, the Enchanted Place at the very top of the forest".
The plaque reads:
"and by they came to an enchanted place
on the very top of the Forest called Galleons Lap"
HERE AT GILLS LAP ARE COMMEMORATED
A.A.MILNE 1882-1956
AND
E.H.SHEPARD 1879-1976
WHO COLLABORATED IN THE CREATION OF
"WINNIE-THE-POOH"
AND SO CAPTURED THE MAGIC
OF ASHDOWN FOREST
AND GAVE IT TO THE WORLD
A guided walk around this area, as well as other links between the Ashdown Forest and the Winnie-the-pooh world can be found on the Ashdown Forest website walks pages.
More information can be found on the Ashdown Forest website.