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EXCLUSIVE: The forest in East Sussex inspired Winnie-the-Poohs Hundred Acre Wood and is thought to have had its signs vandalised in protest over the introduction of new parking costs.

More than a third of the parking signs from Ashdown Forest in East Sussex have been pulled down or defaced amid a row over new parking charges introduced in a bid to keep the area clean.

Vandals have removed a third of the parking signs from Ashdown Forest, East Sussex near Forest Row after conservators voted to charge motorists in a bid to keep the forest clean.