Tunbridge Wells Local Information
Practical local information for Tunbridge Wells: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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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...
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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.
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Tunbridge Wells planning news: 12,204 homes by 2038
The Local Plan adopted in December 2025 sets a minimum of 12,204 homes by 2038, 2,450 of them at Paddock Wood and east Capel, and it is already 1,382 short.
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Things to do in Tunbridge Wells: Scotney £20, Commons free
Scotney Castle is £20, a Spa Valley steam ticket £18, Bedgebury parking £15.50 all day and the Commons cost nothing. Prices and hours checked in August 2026.
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Tunbridge Wells Roadworks This Week: Mount Sion and Rusthall Gas Works, Fireworks Closures
Gas works shut Mount Sion, Frant Road side streets and Rusthall roads into December. The Boundary closes, and the A264 shuts for the Dunorlan fireworks.
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Tunbridge Wells house prices: £430,000, £800k Speldhurst
The average Tunbridge Wells house price, sold prices by town, village, ward and postcode, flats against detached, and where the market is heading in 2026.
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Tunbridge Wells trains to London: 52 mins, £6,156 a year
Tunbridge Wells to London Charing Cross takes 52 minutes at best. Peak and off-peak times, fares and season tickets, station parking, and closures.
Bins
Tunbridge Wells Bin Collection Days: 3 Days Off a Year
How to check your bin day in Tunbridge Wells, which bin goes out which week, the 7am rule and the only three days a year the council does not collect.
Parking
Parking in Tunbridge Wells: £2.30 an Hour, £8 All Day
Every Tunbridge Wells car park priced, from Crescent Road to Camden Road, with where it is free after 6pm and the six that charge a night rate, plus permits.
Council Tax
Tunbridge Wells Council Tax Bands: Band D £2,437.55
Every Tunbridge Wells council tax band, A to H, for 2026/27 in all 17 towns and parishes, from Frittenden to Paddock Wood, with Band D up 4.1% this year.
Bins
Tunbridge Wells Christmas Bin Collections: 2026 Dates
Tunbridge Wells has not published its Christmas 2026 bin dates yet. Last year every collection ran up to two days late until 11 January. What to expect.
Schools
Tunbridge Wells School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term 26 Oct
Bennett Memorial term dates for 2026/27 next to Kent's, the three grammars, Skinners' Kent Academy, St Gregory's and Cranbrook School, with INSET days.
Trains
Tunbridge Wells Christmas Trains 2026: No Service 25 Dec
No trains on Christmas Day, almost none on Boxing Day, early finishes on Christmas Eve. Southeastern's 2026 works are not yet out; last year's show the pattern.
Half Term
October Half Term Tunbridge Wells: Dates and 10 Things On
Kent schools break 26 to 30 October; some local secondaries go earlier. No trains through Tunbridge Wells all week. Scotney's trail, free museum days, workshops.