That carpet is a treat for Spoon's Carpets fanatics too and, even better, they have two bars open on busy nights. Tunbridge Wells isn't short of places to eat and drink, from the usual chains to more exclusive haunts The Ivy's got an outpost here, and Thackeray's is pretty swanky From first-hand experience, we recommend Soprano , a tapas and wine bar on the High Street.
Do book though — it's a tiny spot, with only a handful of tables. The Barn is a good shout if you're just after a quick lunch — the pub part of the venue does a decent bar menu the sausage baguettes are top notch , or seek out the upstairs restaurant for more formal dining. It's right next to the station, and has a decent garden if the weather's on your side.
If you want a genteel meal to match your surroundings did we mention it's a royal town? Sure, they dabble in the occasional savoury dish, but the pancakes, crepes, waffles and milkshakes are where it's really happening. Quirky decor too — a mural takes up one wall, spray painted bikes and musical instruments are strung up above diners, and an unidentifiable to our amateur eyes set of action figures was doing a good job of captivating children on our most recent visit.
St Marylebone parish apparently extends all the way to Tunbridge Wells pic. Sharp eyed Londoners may be drawn to a certain pair of bollards , located on Crescent Road near Calverley Park. It's though they were transplanted here from London's Marylebone, although no-one knows the details. This VR-marked penfold post box can be found on The Pantiles , and while Victorian-era post boxes aren't impossible to find, they're a lot rarer than our modern ER boxes.
The town's not short of a commemorative plaque or two either, serving them up in a variety of colours. Queen Victoria's stay at Hotel du Vin probably wasn't called that then is marked, as is Scout founder Robert Baden-Powell and novelist William Makepeace Thackeray who's even got a restaurant named after him.
Not Sid Vicious though. Like many modern towns, Tunbridge Wells is a real architectural melting pot, from the beautiful Pantiles and splendour of Wetherspoons, to eyesore multi-storey car parks.
If you're a bit of an architecture buff, there are a few buildings worth searching out. Architect Decimus Burton, responsible for plenty of London buildings including London Zoo's listed giraffe house , dabbled in 'The Wells' too.
Holy Trinity Church — now the Trinity Theatre, visible at the front of the picture at the top of this article — was one of his, as was the entirety of now-private residential road Calverley Park Crescent.
In fact, he laid out the adjoining park, Calverley Grounds , the main green space in the town centre. For those with kids, the recently updated playground in Calverley Grounds is superb, by the way. The Corn Exchange on The Pantiles is another building worth a look-see.
This places Tunbridge Wells as history intended; straddling the boundary of two grand counties, Kent and Sussex, as pictured. A landmark worth celebrating. That is still true today, in For example, the civic mace of Tunbridge Wells, pictured.
The mace features on one side, a shield charged with white horse of Kent, and on the other side, a shield charged with the proud martlets of Sussex! A national and later county border which predates the discovery of the chalybeate spring of Tonbridge and therefore creating Tunbridge Wells, by a millennium!
Pictured at top, bottom-right; the county flags of Kent and Sussex sit either side of the county boundary. In the background is the Corn Exchange, on the south side of the Pantiles, built in over the Grom Brook. Council Tax. Bins and recycling. Parking and roads. Search planning applications. Report a missed bin. Pay a parking fine. Check your bin collection day. Pay your Council Tax. British produce. Grade Two. National Lottery.
Stars 1 star. Reset Filters Apply Filters. Welcome to the new Official Tourism website for Tunbridge Wells. Panto is Back! Get Your Skates On! Seasonal Highlights. History of the Town. The Secret Garden of England. Dog Friendly Places. The Seven Wonders of The Weald. Nestled between Sandhurst and Cranbrook, the village is in the heart of the rural Garden of England and an experience to be enjoyed at leisure.
Brenchley A popular village for commuters even almost years ago! The Flower of Kent was the name of the London-bound stagecoach that galloped back and forth from Brenchley, three times a week in
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