What is the name of the fictional forest where A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories take place?

A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories take place in the fictional Hundred Acre Wood.

The Hundred Acre Wood is the shared setting for Pooh and his friends’ adventures. It contains locations such as Pooh’s house, Piglet’s home, Rabbit’s garden, Owl’s tree and Eeyore’s gloomy corner. The setting makes the stories feel like a small, connected community.

The name is fictional, but it is associated with Ashdown Forest in Sussex, England, where Milne lived near Cotchford Farm. Places in Ashdown Forest, including woodland paths and bridges, are widely linked with locations described in the books.

Ashdown Forest is therefore a frequent mix-up, but it is the real-world landscape associated with the stories, not the name of the fictional forest itself.