Rather than a week long UK Road Trip visiting 100 Acre Woods can easily be done in 1 day if you’re based in the South East of England. My friend and I really enjoyed our day and is perfect for Disney/Winnie the Pooh fans as well as anyone who wants a day out in the countryside.
Pooh’s Corner Tearoom
This lovely tea room is round the corner from the woods themselves and is a Must Do for any Winnie the Pooh fan. The tea-room has amazing decor from Japanese Disney Posters to a Noughties Winnie the Pooh TV playing Winnie the Pooh VHS tapes.
As well as delicious sandwiches and scones, you can get novelty Winnie the Pooh shaped toast (which I chose with Marmite as well as a thick slice of bread pudding). A pot of tea has Pooh Bear’s face on too.
Winnie the Pooh Museum
As well as a tearoom, Pooh’s Corner also has a gift shop and museum which was really interesting to walk around after our lunch. I noticed other visitors had Disney Winnie ear’s on and wondered how far some fans travelled to visit. Luckily, I was only a 1 hour drive away.
Find Winnie and Piglet in the Hundred Acre Woods
After visiting the museum we paid for our lunch where the helpful staff at Pooh Corner gave us directions to visit the Hundred Acre Woods. You can also take empty honey pots from them to bring to “Pooh’s house“. After the 5 minute drive to the car park (which is free and wasn’t too busy as we went on a weekday outside of the school holidays) we made our way down the path to Pooh’s House. While the path was a bit muddy at times we could get a pram there and back as it wasn’t too long of a walk either and lovely in the sunshine! Before getting to Pooh’s House you cross Pooh Sticks bridge. To play Pooh Sticks (if you’re not a A.A.Milne super fan) pick up a stick from the ground and chuck over the bridge into the river where the water is coming towards you. Then, turn to the other side of the bridge and see if you or your friend’s stick has went under the bridge quicker.
A short walk later you will see Pooh’s House to the left. It’s a small shed with spots to leave empty honey jars next to a Winnie the Pooh teddy bear. The bear itself is a bit dirty so wouldn’t advise your kids to touch it (even if it was clean you wouldn’t want to ruin it either). We walked back to the car after this but if you have more time there is also Piglet’s and Owl’s houses you can go and see.
Overall this was a really lovely day out whether you have small kids or not and feels like a bit of a hidden gem in the South East.