





Studley Cottage offers quality bed and breakfast accommodation in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. This elegant Victorian coach house built in the late 1860's is situated in a quiet private road and conservation area close to the town centre. Rated 4 stars with gold award; parking in private driveway; special diets catered for; French and German spoken






Yew House offers bed and breakfast in Crowborough, East Sussex. Choose between four poster, double and twin bedded rooms; en-suite facilities available; WiFi. Visit the Ashdown Forest and Barnsgate Manor. The towns and villages of Rotherfield, Uckfield, Tunbridge Wells and Lewes are accessible. Crowborough railway station is 1/4 mile away with hourly trains to London.






Why choose The Lancers? Four reasons immediately spring to mind: fresh food, blissful beds, helpful hosts and private parking! You will find the bed and breakfast is located within walking distance of both the modern shopping centre, Royal Victoria Place, and the old town around The Pantiles. The Trinity Theatre and the Assembly Halls are on your doorstep.






Rosebank offers bed and breakfast in Etchingham, East Sussex, in the Weald, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The B&B is a short drive to Burwash, Hurst Green, Robertsbridge and Tunbridge Wells. Plenty to see and visit e.g. Scotney Manor Castle, National Pinetum, Pashley Manor, Bodiam Castle, Bedgebury and Batemans. Just a short walk to Etchingham main line station into London.

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Address: Kings Arms Hotel, Market Square, Westerham, Greater-London, TN16 1AN

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Address: Little Tidebrook Farm, Riseden Road, Wadhurst, East-Sussex, TN5 6NY

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Address: Bolebroke Castle, Edenbridge Road, Hartfield, East-Sussex, TN7 4JJ

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Address: THE CARPENTERS ARMS, THREE ELM LANE, TONBRIDGE, Kent, TN11 0AD

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Address: Hopgarden House, 27 Hopgarden Close end of Brewer Street Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, East-Sussex, TN3 8DY

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Address: Aylesbury House, 56-58 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8QL

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Address: Oakwood House, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE

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Address: Ye Old Crown Inn, 74-76 HIGH STREET, EDENBRIDGE, Greater-London, TN8 5AR

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Address: Smith Western, LINDEN PARK ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, East-Sussex, TN2 5QL

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Address: The Lancers, 34 CHURCH ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, East-Sussex, TN1 1JP
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, is a “new” town in that there is nothing medieval here, or even Tudor, for this was only forest until Lord North discovered the chalybeate springs in 1606. He took the news of his discovery back to court and soon members of the royal family and the nobility were going to the springs to take the waters. But for the first 30 years there were no buildings, and royalty and courtiers alike camped out or lodged in the nearest towns. In the 1630s building began in earnest and by the end of the century Tunbridge Wells was a flourishing and fashionable spa, and remained so throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1735 came the famous Beau Nash from Bath, who, as Master of Ceremonies, virtually ran the social life of the town for many years.
Today Tunbridge Wells still thrives, but is in no way aggressively commercial; it retains much of the charm and taste for which it was so famous. The tranquillity of former years prevails in the best known of its areas, the Pantiles, a delightful, shaded walk lined with elegant shops.
The Pantiles was originally grassed and known as The Walks, and from early days was the fashionable promenade. In 1699 Princess (later Queen) Anne visited the spa with her son, the Duke of Gloucester; the young duke slipped and hurt himself walking there. The Princess complained and the town authorities promised to lay a paved walk, but this had not been done when she came the following year, and she left in a huff, vowing never to return. The town fathers quickly repaired their omission and paved The Walks with square pantiles. The Pantiles has been the name ever since. Only 15 of the original pantiles remain, near the springs in Bath Square.
But it did the town fathers no good as far as Queen Anne was concerned. She never returned.
Visitors to The Pantiles may still drink the medicinal waters from the springs.
Many gracious houses of the Georgian and Victorian periods remain, some set in magnificent gardens. Some are hotels; the Calverley Hotel was formerly Calverley House where the young Princess Victoria used to stay with her mother, the Duchess of Kent; she continued to visit Tunbridge Wells for some time after becoming queen.
The oldest church is that of St Charles the Martyr, built in 1678 and attaining its present form in 1696. Dedicated to Charles I, it is a plain, square building, but has a beautiful ornamental ceiling. There is a tablet let into the front of the north gallery marking the pew occupied by Princess Victoria between the years 1827 and 1834. Holy Trinity Church, consecrated in 1829, was the work of Decimus Burton, the noted architect of the period, who designed many of the houses of the town, including Calverley Park.
Tunbridge Wells is also a good centre for walks to such places as Rusthall with its strange sandstone rocks, including Toad Rock, a large outcrop shaped as its name suggests; and Happy Valley, also with unusual rock formations.
Nearby towns: Cranbrook, Crowborough, East Grinstead, Heathfield, Tonbridge
Nearby villages: Bells Yew Green, Etchingham, Frant, Groombridge, Pembury, Southborough, Speldhurst
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