Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells
Pedestrian street paved with flagstones, lined with trees and brick and clapboard buildings
The Pantiles, the historic
and tourist centre of the town
The coat of arms until 1972
Royal Tunbridge Wells is located in Kent
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Location within Kent
Population59,947 (2016)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ585395
• London33 mi (53 km) NNW
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTUNBRIDGE WELLS
Postcode districtTN1-TN4
Dialling code01892
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°07′55″N 0°15′47″E / 51.132°N 0.263°E / 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. 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, attracted visitors who wished to take the waters.[2] Though its popularity as a spa town waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town still derives much of its income from tourism.[3]

The town has a population of around 56,500,[4] and is the administrative centre of Tunbridge Wells Borough and in the parliamentary constituency of Tunbridge Wells.

  1. ^ "Town population 2011". City populations. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ^ "The Chalybeate Spring". Visit Tunbridge Wells. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Economic Overview of Tunbridge Wells Borough" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  4. ^ "What is the population of Royal Tunbridge Wells?". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council FAQs. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. 2006. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2008.