 Dot leaves Gravesend and returns to Walford in 1997 without Ashley or his parents and reveals that Ashley and Zoe have moved to London to get away from Nick, after he was sent to prison for drug offences.Ashley (now played by Frankie Fitzgerald) returns to the square briefly in July 2000 to visit Dot for a few days.It is obvious he has taken after his father when he gets up to mischief.