Hartfield is home to the most expensive houses in Sussex

The current average value of a house in Hartfield is just shy of a million pounds, Zoopla revealed in figures released this month.

The Wealden village was the home of AA Milne, author of the Winnie the Pooh books.

Hartfield has the highest average house value in all of Sussex, and one of the highest in the UK

Many visitors make their way to the Sussex countryside each year to find "Poohsticks Bridge", which is located in the town.

It was originally opened in 1907 under the name Posingford Bridge. Local historians believe it is the bridge from which Milne and his son first played the game of "Pooh sticks", and after it was rebuilt in the 1970s it was officially renamed Poohsticks Bridge.

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Nearby Ashdown Forest is also thought to be the inspiration behind Milne's Hundred Acre Wood.

Perhaps it is this cultural heritage which goes some way to explaining the high house prices in the area?

Hartfield has the highest average house value in all of Sussex, and one of the highest in the UK

Zoopla found that the average price paid for a house in Hartfield over the last year was £676,607.

But the property website estimated that the average value of houses in the village was far higher, at £944,270.

Hartfield also has three pubs - The Hay Waggon and The Anchor Inn in its centre and The Gallipot Inn about a 10 minutes walk towards Forest Row - as well as a cricket club and a play school.