Ashley Forest is a forest and a statistical area in the Canterbury Region's Hurunui District on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island.

[4] It is managed by Rayonier Matariki and is only accessible by the public with a permit.

The Ashley Forest statistical area covers 340.57 km2 (131.49 sq mi).

The percentage of people born overseas was 13.5, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.6% had no religion, 37.7% were Christian, 0.4% were Buddhist and 1.3% had other religions.