Horsted Keynes is the epitome of a quiet Sussex village. Located on the outskirts of Ashdown Forest (home to Winnie-the-Pooh and his creator A. A. Milne), its quintessential English charm and calm tranquillity means it is often used as a filming location for period movies. The sleepy parish’s lovingly preserved 1920s railway station – on the picturesque Bluebell Railway steam train line — has featured in Downton Abbey, The Woman in Black and Mr. [Sherlock] Holmes.
Yet, just over 60 years ago, Horsted Keynes played host to a procession of world leaders, including the President of the United States,
