Forest Row Guide put this page together for people who already live here and for visitors who need a first official stop. If you are looking for doctors in Forest Row, begin with Ashdown Forest Health Centre. The NHS lists the surgery on Lewes Road, Forest Row, RH18 5AQ, as service G81024. The practice belongs to Ashdown Forest Health Centre and Woodhill Surgery. Opening times, how to book and whether new patients are being taken all change, so use the NHS surgery page and the practice website before you phone or travel. Forest Row Parish Council also names the health centre on its health services page.
The village GP on Lewes Road
The practice contact page gives the Lewes Road address and the surgery telephone 01342 822131. It asks drivers to use one of the public car parks on Hartfield Road where they can, because space at the health centre is limited, and not to leave a car at the surgery even when collecting a prescription from the chemist. The same page says the building is purpose-built for wheelchair access, with a suitable toilet and a baby-changing area. Treat that live page as the source if you need access details on the day.
The practice About page says the Forest Row Practice began in 1876 at The Elms, the house that stands opposite the health centre. It moved across Lewes Road in 1968, and the present health centre opened in 1982. An old oil street lamp at the entrance once stood outside The Elms. That is background for anyone who wonders why the building sits where it does, not a reason to skip a map check.
The surgery is not yet a listing on this guide. If you run the practice, you can Suggest a place. Private clinics and therapies already on Wellbeing are not the NHS GP. Start with the health centre when you need a doctor.
The pharmacy on The Square
Ashdown Pharmacy sits on The Square, Lewes Road, Forest Row, RH18 5ES. The NHS lists it as ASHDOWN PHARMACY, code FD564. The pharmacy’s own site names Ashdown Medical Services Ltd and is the place for current hours, booking and what is on offer that day. Our listing has the address and a link to that official site.
The pharmacy site describes prescription and over-the-counter services, a travel clinic for vaccines and antimalarials, Pharmacy First for a set of common conditions, and other NHS and private services. Repeat prescriptions can be ordered through the pharmacy’s app or website. Hours, fees and the live service list sit on the official site or at the shop. The listing notes that a GPhC premises number is printed on the pharmacy site.
Forest Row Parish Council’s health services page records a defibrillator on the outside wall by the pharmacy entrance. If you need one, call 999 first. The ambulance service can give a code if the cabinet needs one, and can also tell you the nearest unit.
Dentists in the village
Two dental practices are already listed here. We do not rank them, and we do not confirm NHS places or emergency slots. Use the NHS page and the practice site for that.
Stone Cottage Dental Surgery is at 2 Stone Cottages, Lewes Road, Forest Row, RH18 5ES. The NHS lists the practice as V000583. The practice site describes general and cosmetic dentistry and gives the same Lewes Road address and telephone 01342 825534. The parish health page uses that number too. Confirm access and appointments on the NHS dentist page or stonecottagedental.co.uk.
Riverview Dental Centre is at Riverview Business Centre, Station Road, Forest Row, RH18 5DW. The listing describes an NHS and private practice in the Dentistry for You group. The group’s own site lists Riverview Dental Centre, RH18 5DW, among its East Sussex practices. The parish page names Riverview Dental Care on Station Road and gives telephone 01342 823004. Appointments and opening times sit on the practice website. Confirm there before you go.
Urgent help near the village
For urgent medical advice that is not life-threatening, NHS 111 is the national service. Call 111 or use 111.nhs.uk.
Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead runs a Minor Injuries Unit. QVH says it is a walk-in service for adults and children over one year old, with no doctors based in the unit, and that it is not a full accident and emergency department. Hours and what the unit will and will not treat are on the QVH MIU page. Confirm there before you travel. Life-threatening illness or injury is 999.
The parish health page also names larger hospital accident and emergency departments at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Pembury and East Surrey Hospital in Redhill. Those are further afield. Use the hospital pages for directions on the day.
Our community contacts page keeps the short official list for the GP, 111, the QVH unit and crisis lines. Practical info is the wider visitor hub.
A simple way to use this
Pick the official page that matches what you need: the NHS GP listing or the practice site for doctors in Forest Row, the pharmacy site for prescriptions and Pharmacy First, or the NHS and practice pages for a dentist. Hours, lists and booking rules change. We leave those to the source.
If a service has moved, closed or been missed, send a correction through Update a listing or Contact.