10 London sites relating to Winnie-the-Pooh – 2. Westminster School…

There’s a couple of connections between the creation of Winnie-the-Pooh and this London institution.

Dean’s Yard, referred to by students as ‘Green’, with Westminster School buildings on the right and Westminster Abbey in the background. PICTURE: Copyright Jonathan Billinger/Geograph (licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0)

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10 London sites relating to Winnie-the-Pooh – 1. Site of Henley House School…

Think of locations related to Winnie-the-Pooh and chances are you’ll think of idyllic rural scenes like the Hundred Acre Wood (based on Ashdown Wood in East Sussex – more on that in a later post). But, as we’ll find, there are numerous locations in London which tell the some of the story of the world famous books and their creator, AA Milne.

To mark the 100th anniversary of publication of Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926, we’re taking a look at some of them…

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