AA Milne And Winnie The Pooh's London

The V&A hosted an exhibition dedicated to Winnie the Pooh in 2017. Image: V&A Museum

Alan Alexander Milne, the Londoner best known as AA Milne, is more often associated with Hartfield in East Sussex than the big city. Yet, he and his ursine creation Winnie the Pooh have plenty of links to London — let's take a wander through them...

AA Milne's birthplace: Kilburn

Milne was born in Kilburn in January 1882. His father John Milne ran Henley House School at 6/7 Mortimer Road (now Mortimer Crescent), so Milne was a student there and was briefly taught by H.G. Wells. He also lived at the school, which was destroyed by a V1 in the war. Remsted House, part of the Mortimer Estate, has now taken its place at the junction of Mortimer Place and Kilburn Priory.

Westminster School and AA Milne

AA Milne And Winnie The Pooh's London

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