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Royal Tunbridge Wells. / 51.132; 0.263. Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, 30 miles (50 kilometres) southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks.
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The town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, now included in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, grew up as a spa after a medicinal spring (containing mild chalybeate waters) was discovered at the site in 1606. The spa drew added popularity from its location on several hills of the wooded district known as The Weald. The springs, or “wells,” lie at one ...
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Visitors have been coming to Royal Tunbridge Wells since the discovery of the Chalybeate Spring in 1606.
THE HISTORY OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS. CHARLES HILBERT STRANGE, F.R.I.B.A. For our knowledge of the early days of Tunbridge Wells we are dependent upon scrappy, often unreliable material gleaned from various sources - from the note-books of visitors (in prose and verse); from chance references in memoirs, diaries and letters; the recollections of old inhabitants; the puffs of quack physicians; old ...
Sep 24, 2019 · Tunbridge is marketed internationally as the historic home of the Tunbridge Wells rocket, built by William Congreve in the early 19th century. It was a significant contribution to rocketry, as it was the first liquid fuelled rocket. The town became sufficiently prosperous during the 18th century to have a theatre, a silk factory and an art academy.
The Pantiles. The Pantiles is a Georgian colonnade in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Formerly known as "The Walks" and the (Royal) "Parade", it leads from the well that gave the town its name. The area, developed following the discovery of a chalybeate spring in 1606, has become a popular tourist-attraction .
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, 30 miles southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. The town was a spa in the Restoration and a fashionable resort in the mid-1700s under Beau Nash when the Pantiles, and its chalybeate spring ...
