[2] Ashurst Wood is within the High Weald Area of Natural Beauty and has a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) inside its boundaries.

[4] Bus routes run through the village with destinations of East Grinstead, Crawley, Haywards Heath, Tunbridge Wells and Brighton.

Around 1300 a house was built, part of which remains as the Headmaster's drawing room in Stoke Brunswick School,[9] and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.

Ashurst Wood experienced World War II first hand with bullets from planes hitting the school.

Dogfights were regularly seen in the skies above and around the village, and buildings that used to be part of Stoke Brunswick School were used for nursing allied airmen.

In 1944, the village was hit by a series of V-1 flying bombs, Doodlebugs, leaving craters that are still visible today.

The lease for St. Dunstan's Hall was taken over by the Ashurst Wood Community Association from the church and became the Village Centre in 1980.

The questionnaire resulted in a document called the Ashurst Wood – Village Action Plan which was published in April 2007.

[25] To celebrate the millennium, in January 2000 some residents of Ashurst Wood unofficially declared independence from the United Kingdom.

[27] The "revolution" was said to be justified because of a ruling by King Ethelred in the year 979, specifying that the village of Ashurst Wood would be immune from taxation after he fell ill there.

[28] The plan's Vision is: "To preserve and protect Ashurst Wood's characteristics as a rural village, while at the same time ensuring that it remains a vibrant, safe, and welcoming community, and an attractive location for people to live.

[30] Ashurst Wood is situated on a prominent ridge 1 mile (2 km) to the southeast of East Grinstead[32] and is 400 feet (122 m) above sea level,[33] This means the area is not prone to heavy flooding.

The combination of permeable and impermeable types creates an abundance of streams and springs in woodland areas.

It is an area consisting of outcrops of sandstone, and is currently designated as Unfavourable recovering, which means that it is not yet fully conserved but all the necessary management measures are in place.

[36] To receive this award, the school is involved in an international link with Mervin Iverson Elementary in Las Vegas, United States.

[41] The field used to be home to the Strawberry Fair which was an annual event held in the village, the first of which took place in 1978 and was opened by BBC Radio 2 DJ Don Moss.

[45] In more recent times the field has been used for "Ashstock", the annual village beer and music festival featuring local youth talent and real ale.

[46] The other recreational field known locally as The Rec, is where the Mid-Sussex Football League division 2 team Ashurst Wood F.C.

The recreation ground was also home to the village cricket team which had been running for over 100 years, but folded due to lack of participants in 1999.

[citation needed] Ashurst Wood is served by Metrobus bus services, with destinations of Crawley, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield.

[citation needed] The bus picks up people from various places in the village to take them to East Grinstead and relies on volunteer drivers.

[51] In the village there is Allan Martin Meats (formally Clifton Spencer from 1954 to 1987), an award-winning butchers shop.

[citation needed] In 2008 the butchers provided meat for television chef Gordon Ramsay for a programme aired on Channel 4.