A new website for all the news that matters
Timeslocalnews.co.uk was launched more than five years ago, and in that time has been the most trusted source for all news in Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas of West Kent and Wealden. With tens of thousands of users each week, the website is known for being the first to bring the news to the […]
Tunbridge Wells lights up once more as lantern parade returns
The Winter Lantern Parade wound its way down Camden Road on Saturday [February 5] and saw 1,500 people brave the high winds to take part while shops and cafés stayed open late. Nell Price, organiser at Camden Road Education, Arts & Theatre Enterprise [CREATE] told the Times: “This year was absolutely the most people we […]
Fears for Council’s budget as Tory minority to be tested for first time
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s (TWBC) annual financial strategy for 2022/23 sets out Council Tax rates and how the authority is to pay for services such as waste collection. This year’s budget also includes the use of Council reserves to plug a £1.9million deficit caused by a reduction of income during the Covid pandemic. It is […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 9th February 2022
Taxpayers set for legal bill after planners reject reservoir plans
Last week at a meeting of Wealden District Council’s [WDC] Planning Committee [North], council officers urged members to approve plans to turn the disused fishing hut in Bewl Water, near to Lamberhurst, into four holiday apartments. The lodge has sat unused for six years and is set to collapse, but Bewl’s owners had plans to […]
LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE: Alex Greig
Where do you live? I now live in Southborough having previously lived in the town centre. How long have you lived there and what made you decide to move? We’ve been in our new home for just over a year – it’s a lovely, friendly area and close enough to town for everything else […]
A Cut Above
21…Lifestyle do so much more than just cut hair. In addition to the services carried out by their talented styling team, they have hair salon exclusivity on Aveda colour products for Tunbridge Wells, and also deliver exceptional beauty treatments. In addition to this they offer a lifestyle studio space to hire and also boast the […]
“This is going to be our best festival yet…”
It takes place over the weekend of June 17-19… So let’s start with you telling SO readers all about the essence of Black Deer? It is a festival on a mission to bring real roots-inspired music to the UK. We’re Europe’s leading Americana festival and an award-winning one at that! We were first established in […]
Volunteers needed after record breaking return for Repair Cafe
The repair centre, which takes place in Trinity Theatre, relaunched last autumn after being forced to close during the Covid pandemic due to social distancing measures. Now it has returned, the Repair Café saw its highest number of satisfied customers in its last outing so is appealing for more expert help. “We are looking to […]
Going Out Guide February 2 – February 8, 2022
THIS COMING week sees the start of a busy tribute music scene coming to Tunbridge Wells, kicking off with a timely testament to rock opera legend Meat Loaf. ‘Hits out of Hell’, featuring Dead Ringer for the American rocker, Craig Halford, is on at the Assembly Hall on Saturday, February 5. The show was booked […]
