The blaze was the second in two months in the forest, which was the inspiration for the "Hundred Acre Wood" where
Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends live.
Winnie-The-Pooh Day is officially today, with the date chosen to mark the birthday of author AA Milne, who based his books on his sonChristopher Robinand his stuffed toy animals.
Winnie-the-Pooh helps Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) rediscover the joys of life
While an official reason has not been given for the film's apparent ban,
Winnie-the-Pooh has become a symbol of resistance to the ruling Communist Party in China after bloggers started to compare Chinese President Xi Jinping to the friendly but clumsy, slow-witted and tubby toy bear.
After HBO's satirical news show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poked fun at Xi's sensitivity to
Winnie-the-Pooh jokes in June, the US channel's website was blocked by Chinese censors.
Exactly 40 years later the map played a starring role in the landmark Disney film -
Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree - where it was brought to life as an animation in the film's opening sequence.
(11) In an interview decades later with Colebourn's son, it was revealed that while Colebourn was aware the character
Winnie-the-Pooh was named after his Winnie, he never knew the extent of the fictional character's international fame and popularity.
Milne's book '
Winnie-the-Pooh' and revolves around the titular character that has lost his way.
Anyone who doesn't know of Ashdown Forest's connection with
Winnie-the-Pooh or his creator will be little the wiser once in the 'Hundred Aker Wood' which is in reality called the Five Hundred Acre Wood.
HE creator of
Winnie-the-Pooh once pointed out: "No sensible author wants anything but praise."
Thousands of children across the world who grew up with Christopher Robin in Hundred Acre Wood, definitely spent a lot of time with
Winnie-the-Pooh!
The Natural World of
Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood