Tunbridge Wells
Spa Town of Kent

Royal Tunbridge Wells, is usually shortened to Tunbridge Wells. The town itself is in west Kent, southeast of central London by about 31 miles and borders the county of East Sussex.

The town is situated at the northern edge of the High Weald, the sandstone geology of which characterize the rock formations at the Wellington Rocks and High Rocks.

The town came into being as a spa in Georgian times and had its heyday as a tourist resort town. The Pantiles and its chalybeate spring (mineral spring or medicine) attracted visitors who wished to take the waters. Though its popularity waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town remains popular and derives some 30% of its income from the tourist industry.

The wells are very conveniently placed by having many hotels around it and some are even two or three miles beyond which acommodation the visitors that drink the waters here. All the visitors buy their own provisions at the market, which is just by the wells with a variety of all sorts of fish and foul.

The walk, which is between high trees on the market side are shops full of all sorts of products; toys, silver, china, milliners and all sorts of curious and wooden ware. There are two large coffee houses close by including some tea rooms.

The 1680s saw a building boom in the royal town: But life in the fashionable 18th century spa town created an exhibition at the Pantiles 17th century arcade where a "spring" was discovered in 1606. In town, the 17th century Church of King Charles the Martyr has an interesting baroque ceiling, this alone is worth visiting this historic landmark.

The common in the town centre has spectacular sandstone geological columns. Looking at the design of the town, you will see that they carefully planned the shops that were built beside the Pantiles promenade and the Mount Sion road, on which lodging houses were also built which were laid out in small plots. This town has an interesting as you can see.

You can get to Tunbridge Wells by express train from Charing Cross Mainline Station in central London. The train contiues south to Hastings on the Kent Coast.

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