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Borough councillors voted 18 to 15 to pause the new Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Council. It will wait until the Government decides the future of Kent's councils.
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Health
Landlord's 8 Minutes of CPR Honoured at SECAmb Kent Awards
A pub landlord's 8 minutes of CPR in the rain saved a window cleaner. SECAmb, Tunbridge Wells' ambulance trust, honoured him at Kent awards marking 1,030 years.
Cost of living
Tunbridge Wells £100 Energy Payment: 65% of Homes in Line
About 34,450 Tunbridge Wells homes are in bands A to D, the ones in line for the £100 payment from January. That is 65% of the borough, against 81% for England.
Parking
St John's Road Permit Parking Survey Ruled Out by Board
No new permit parking survey for the streets around St John's Road, the transport board has decided. A permit would have cost £95 a year; the survey £5,000.
Health
Delilah, 4, Honoured at Paddock Wood Ambulance Centre
A Kent girl of four relayed a 999 call handler's questions to her mum, then knocked on three doors for help. SECAmb thanked her at its Paddock Wood centre.
Business
Gorringe's Moves Its Tunbridge Wells Office to Mount Ephraim
Gorringe's has moved its Tunbridge Wells valuation office to 16 Mount Ephraim, with free parking outside. Drop-in valuations run Tuesday afternoons and all day Thursday.
Community
This Is Us Dance Marks 10 Years of Inclusive Classes
This Is Us, the inclusive dance group for children and adults with additional needs, is ten. Classes run at Bishops Down Primary on Mondays and Tuesdays, from £9.
New Year's Eve
Tunbridge Wells New Year's Eve: Pantiles Party From £15
The Pantiles New Year's Eve party runs 7pm to midnight on Thursday 31 December, from £15 if you arrive before 8.30pm. Every ticket price, and the gate prices.
Jobs
Tunbridge Wells Claimant Count Hits 1,835 as Over-50s Rise 16%
1,835 people in Tunbridge Wells borough claimed unemployment-related benefits in September, the most since November 2024. Over-50s rose 16% in a year.
Local Info
Tunbridge Wells Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in Tunbridge Wells today: unleaded from 140.8p and diesel from 148.8p a litre, across 4 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning...
Weather
Tunbridge Wells Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Tunbridge Wells weather today: drizzle, 10°C by day and 2°C overnight, with a 45% chance of rain and winds up to 4 mph.
Community
Tunbridge Wells Girl, 12, Wins a Pride of Britain Award
Kirsty Waugh, 12, from Tunbridge Wells, is a 2026 Pride of Britain winner after raising about £250,000 while on chemotherapy for a brain tumour.
Christmas
Tunbridge Wells Santa's Grotto 2026: Enchanted Cabin and Bewl
The Enchanted Cabin at Royal Victoria Place opens 14 November with a gift for every child; Bewl's elf quest runs 12 dates. Dates, booking and free options.
Tunbridge Wells grew up around the spring on the Pantiles, got its Royal in 1909 and has been explaining the difference between itself and Tonbridge ever since. They are separate towns, five miles apart, in separate boroughs, and plenty of post has been to both before it got where it was going.
This site covers the Tunbridge Wells borough: the town and the Common, Southborough, Rusthall, Pembury, Paddock Wood, Cranbrook and the Weald villages out towards Hawkhurst. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council decides planning, bins, car parks and licensing here, Kent County Council runs the roads and schools, and both publish their evidence where hardly anybody reads it. We read it and write it up, with a link to the document.
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