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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Royal Tunbridge Wells, Hawkhurst, Pembury, Southborough, Kent, Rusthall, Cranbrook, Kent, Paddock Wood, Subbuteo, The Pantiles, Goudhurst, Baker's Cross, Linden Park Cricket Club, Spa Valley Railway, KMFM West Kent, Benenden, Tunbridge Wells Forum, Freight Transport Association, Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells, BBC Radio Kent, Sissinghurst, BBC South East, Horsmonden, Lamberhurst, Brenchley, Frittenden, Matfield, Sandhurst, Kent, Speldhurst, Capel, Kent, Bidborough, Kent and Sussex Courier, Swattenden, Langton Green, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge ware, Ashurst, Kent, Bedgebury Cross, Kilndown, Monkeyman superhero hoax, Five Oak Green, Curtisden Green, Coursehorn, High Brooms, Great Culverden, Colliers Green, Adams, Stone Cross, Kent, Hartley, Cranbrook, Beal's Green. Excerpt: Royal Tunbridge Wells (usually shortened to Tunbridge Wells) is a town in west Kent, England, about 40 miles (64 km) south-east of central London by road, 34.5 miles (55.5 km) by rail. The town is close to the border of the county of East Sussex. It is situated at the northern edge of the High Weald, the sandstone geology of which is exemplified by the rock formations at the Wellington Rocks and High Rocks. The town came into being as a spa in Georgian times and had its heyday as a tourist resort under Richard (Beau) Nash when the Pantiles and its chalybeate spring attracted visitors who wished to take the waters. Though its popularity waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town remains popular and derives some 30% of its income from the tourist industry. The town has a population of around 56,500 and is the administrative centre of Tunbridge Wells Borough and the UK parliamentary constituency of Tunbridge Wells. In the United Kingdom Tunbridge Wells has a reputation as being the archetypal conservative "Middle England" town, a stereo...
