About Tunbridge Wells

History aside, Tunbridge Wells offers something for everyone. Expect a unique shopping experience as high street names rub shoulders with specialist and boutique shops. You’ll be spoilt for choice in the vast range of eateries and watering holes – whether you want fine dining with locally sourced food in a 17^th century building, or a quick bite in a café (or anything in between), you won’t be disappointed. There are many parks and open spaces to enjoy throughout the town, the larger of which hold events throughout the year and other smaller, more tranquil areas – such as The Grove, which was given to the people of the town in 1703 to provide ‘a shady place or walk’.

Tunbridge Wells also boasts two theatres with a huge variety of live entertainment plus film screenings, a well-stocked central library and local museum, fortnightly Farmers’ Markets, a Jazz Festival from May – September, municipal and private sports centres and many sports clubs and groups. Excellent road and rail links also allow easy access to the South coast and beautiful surrounding countryside of Kent and Sussex. For more information on what Tunbridge Wells has to offer to residents,  please read our BLOG ‘Free events; another reason to love Tunbridge Wells’.

Much of Tunbridge Wells’ appeal is its closeness to London. While many people work in Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding towns, the rail and road links to London place it firmly in the commuter belt. Travelling by train takes less than an hour from either of the two stations in the town with frequent, direct trains to London Bridge and Charing Cross, as well as options to change for other mainline stations. Tunbridge Wells is only 30 miles from central London and within easy access of the M25. As well as making the journey by car, there are several commuter coach routes to choose from which run directly to central London, with stops from Canary Wharf to Victoria.

Many couples and families relocate to Tunbridge Wells for one main reason: the schools. There is a wide variety of schools available from pre-school to senior school, both state-funded and independent. Many of the local schools feature in the Sunday Times Best Schools in the UK Guide year after year. Kent is one of the counties with Grammar School education whereby students have to sit an exam to gain entry to a Grammar School. There are also many excellent non-selective schools available with outstanding results, reputations and Ofsted reports. For a more detailed introduction,  please read our BLOG ‘A guide to schools in Tunbridge Wells’.

The Belvoir team are happy to help house hunters with further information on the area, local schools or an overview of the Grammar school system in Kent. See our blogs.