RTW Fencing Club hope to thrust forward to new heights
Royal Tunbridge Wells Fencing Club are looking ‘to step up to the next level’, despite success already in 2024 at county, regional and national series level. The local club, founded in 2005 by Jerry Raj and three-time Olympian Steven Paul, has 70 active members, with the largest group of their cohort being teenagers. But they […]
Event planning app set to launch later this month
Local events organiser Lisa Coghlan is launching a brand-new event planning app later this month. The Plan My Event app, which will be launching not only in Tunbridge Wells but nationwide, aims to help make finding upcoming events easier while also providing an easier way of organising your own events by connecting you with venues, […]
Nine cars left ‘stranded’ after pothole blowout on Frant Road
A major pothole on Frant Road, just south of Tangier Lane, resulted in nine cars being left ‘stranded’ on the roadside on the evening of February 14. Affected driver Jutta Wrobel explained that following her car ‘smashing down the hole’ around 5.45pm, she noticed there was a problem and pulled up further down the road […]
Fuggles launches book club with beer
Fuggles Beer Café is combining the perfect pairing of pages and pints this month with the launch of a brand-new book club. The book club will commence on February 27 at 7.30pm at the Café on Grosvenor Road, with all future meetings taking place on the last Tuesday of every month. The aim of the […]
Inspirational mum targets 20 challenges to match local cancer charity’s 20th anniversary
St John’s Primary School teacher and mum of four, Leigh Stevens has decided to undertake 20 challenges to fundraise for The Pickering Cancer Drop-In Centre on Monson Road, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in November. After being diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in February 2022, Leigh was recommended by her hospital to get in […]
Over 1,300 run town’s 41st half marathon
On Sunday (February 18), the Hendy Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon returned with 1,345 runners taking part on the day. No one managed to break the course record this year, however race winners Michael Ellis and Helen Gaunt, both from Tonbridge Athletics Club, crossed the finishing line in the impressive times of 01:10:16 and 01:20:09 respectively. […]
Hospital building ‘expected to be completed later this year’ after water damage delay
A student accommodation and teaching facility building, initially scheduled to open at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in 2022, is now ‘expected to be completed later this year’ following a delay caused by water damage, the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has confirmed. The building, which was announced in in June 2021 and was expected to […]
RTW Together BID rallies members as its ballot deadline approaches
The Royal Tunbridge Wells Together Business Improvement District (RTW BID) is entering its final week of canvassing local businesses and traders ahead of them either voting for or against another five-year term. The deadline for casting votes is Thursday February 29 and votes will be counted the following day on March 1. Businesses that form […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 21st February 2024
Southborough athlete competes at Special Olympics GB’s first National Winter Games
Southborough athlete Jane Andrews recently competed at the inaugural Special Olympics Great Britain National Winter Games in Folgaria, Italy that featured both alpine skiing and figure skating competitions. Jane represented the Special Olympics South East Ski Group in the week-long competition (January 27-February 3) alongside 11 other athletes from the southeastern region with intellectual disabilities. […]
