Royal Tunbridge Wells
About Royal Tunbridge Wells
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, attracted visitors who wished to take the waters. Though its popularity as a spa town waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town still derives much of its income from tourism. The prefix "Royal" was granted to it in 1909 by King Edward VII; it is one of only three towns in England with the title.
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Tunbridge Wells does not have a Waitrose.
from 492: No Such Thing As York Minster Crisps · read transcript
More facts about Royal Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells has 56,000 people but no Waitrose, while nearby Tonbridge has only 8,000 and does have one.
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Richard Osman wrote a Waitrose trolley service into a novel, no copy editor checked it, and now the people of Tunbridge Wells are furious.
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Coordinates: 51.1325, 0.2638