spa-town strolling, free
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells · Kent · Charing Cross → Tunbridge Wells
A genteel spa town of colonnades and common land, fifty minutes out. The Pantiles and the commons are free to roam.
Getting there. Tunbridge Wells station is a few minutes walk from the Pantiles, and the common rises just behind the town.
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Tunbridge Wells · Kent · Charing Cross → Tunbridge Wells
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The lowdown
Royal Tunbridge Wells grew up as a Georgian spa and the prettiest bit, the Pantiles, is a colonnaded walk of shops and cafes around the original chalybeate spring, free to stroll and still serving spa water in season.
Behind the town the Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall commons give you wild heath, woodland and the strange sandstone outcrops of Wellington Rocks and the High Rocks, all free to roam. An easy genteel day out south of London.
The catch
Getting there from London
Cheapest lineCharing Cross or London Bridge → Tunbridge Wells
Journeyaround 50 min
Train fareadvance singles, book ahead
The Pantiles, the commons and the streets are free. Only lunch and the train cost.
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