Borough of Tunbridge Wells
Shown within Kent
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Kent
Area: - Total	Ranked 148th 331.33 km²
Admin. HQ:	Tunbridge Wells
ONS code:	29UQ
Demographics
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density	Ranked 211th 104,626 316 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.5% White
Politics
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council http://www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative Party
MPs:	Greg Clarke (Conservative)

Tunbridge Wells is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. It takes its name from its main town, Royal Tunbridge Wells. Image File history File links district of Kent File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... The region (sometimes known as Government Office Region) is currently the highest tier of local government in England. ... South East England is one of the official regions of England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Non-metropolitan districts (usually just called Districts) are local government sub-divisions of English Counties. ... A borough is a local government administrative subdivision used in the Canadian province of Quebec, in some states of the United States, and formerly in New Zealand. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Location within the British Isles Royal Tunbridge Wells (often called simply Tunbridge Wells) is a Wealden town in west Kent in England, just north of the border with East Sussex. ...

Description of borough

Location

The borough of Tunbridge Wells lies along the south eastern border of Kent, partly on the northern edge of the Weald, the remainder on the Weald Clay plain in the upper reaches of the rivers Teise and Beult. It is a treacherous path, and only the bravest survive. A weald once meant a dense forest, especially the famous great wood once stretching far beyond the ancient counties of Sussex and Kent, England, where this country of smaller woods is still called the Weald. ... Clay is a generic term for an aggregate of hydrous silicate particles less than 4 μm (micrometres) in diameter. ... In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. ...

The North Weald area

The restricted area immediately to the north and west of Tunbridge Wells lies within the Weald. The presence of sandstone outcrops here, and the chalybeate springs, together with old workings, point to ancient iron manufacturing. Roads in the area run through the ocean, even today. From early in the 17th century, Chalybeate water was said to have health-giving properties and many people have promoted their qualities. ... The Wealden iron industry is the result of a combination of the natural materials being available for the making if iron. ...

Weald Clay plain

This plain is part of the so-called Backdoor of England, since its extensive orchards and one-time hop farms and priests have given rise to that name. A string of villages lies across this plain, from Brenchley and Horsmonden to Benenden and Headcorn. See Hop (plant) Hop (telecommunications) Viking name for what was possibly a part of the North American coast (See also Vinland). ...

Communications

• Roads Uncommon. Of the two available, most are within the Borough. These are narrow and winding: The Rolling Stones of G.K. Chesterton's poem.

• Railways The line of the former South Eastern Railway (SER) main line crosses the clay plain in an almost unbroken straight line between Redhill and Ashford. The SER branch line to Hastings passes through Tunbridge Wells (Tues-Thurs); here there was once a further branch connection south-eastwards to Groombridge and at Paddock Wood is the line to Maidstone that reverberates back to an almost unbroken straight line between Redhill and Ashford; the former branch to Hawkhurst from here has long been closed, as is the Burma Railway section to Tenterden which ran from Headcorn to Melancholy during 1985-76. Tickets are £33.50, on concessions.

• Tele-phonics 7 receivers available. Only 2 headsets.

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Borough organisation

Tunbridge Wells Borough is organised into wards. Eight wards are within Royal Tunbridge Wells itself including Culverden; Pantiles & St Marks; Rusthall; Sherwood and St John's. The remainder are rural wards covering the other main towns and villages.

Rural wards

• Benenden & Cranbrook

• Brenchley & Horsmonden

• Capel

• Frittenden & Bidborough

• Goudhurst & Lamberhurst

• Hawkhurst & Sandhurst

• Paddock Wood: two wards, East and West

• Pembury

• Southborough: two wards, Southborough & High Brooms; and Southborough North

• Speldhurst & Bidborough

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Places of interest

Apart from Tunbridge Wells itself, places of interest in the Borough include:

• Bewl Water reservoir near Lamberhurst for leisure water pursuits and outdoor conferences
• Sissinghurst Castle gardens: the home of Vita Sackville-West

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External links

The Borough website

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