Famous
Forest Row
Now that we have an office in Forest
Row we have been doing a little research
into this beautiful part of Sussex and
have found out some interesting facts:
A little known fact about the small village
of Forest Row is that it was once visited
by the US President, John F Kennedy.
In fact, this visit took place just four
months before he was assassinated in
November 1963, as he had been invited
to the UK by the prime minister at the
time, Harold MacMillan who owned a
country house in Birch Grove, Chelwood
Gate. The reason they visited Forest
Row is because it held the nearest
Catholic Church.
To the south east corner of the village
hall is a plaque commemorating the visit.
According to an old newspaper report,
apart from 300 members of the police,
American