Demand for good schools pushes more Tunbridge Wells homes over £1m mark
THE NUMBER of homes in Tunbridge Wells worth over £1million has increased by more than 43 per cent over the past three years, estate agent Savills has reported. Tunbridge Wells saw 539 sales over the £1million mark in 2021 and 2022, compared to 378 sales in the previous two years. The absolute number of homes […]
Students receive valuable lessons about their future career pathways
Earlier this month, The Skinners’ Kent Academy in Tunbridge Wells hosted a special week-long event for students in order to mark National Careers Week. The Times discovers more about the event and how it benefited the pupils… National Careers Week (NCW) offers students around the UK the opportunity to obtain free careers guidance and […]
More hospital public parking but less allocated to the staff
IN RESPONSE to increasing demand, Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury is to allocate more parking spaces to patients and visitors, although apparently at the expense of staff parking. In last week’s Times poll held on Facebook and Instagram, 86.82 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement: ‘I often struggle to find a space’ with […]
Daffodil appeal overtakes former fundraising targets
THIS year’s Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal amassed a record number of donations in collections from Crowborough, despite the cost-of-living crisis. Volunteer collectors at Morrisons in Crowborough have raised £1,093.17 for the charity, which provides nursing and hospice care for those with a terminal illness, as well as a telephone line and other support. Acknowledging […]
Going the extra hundreds of miles
A WOMAN who set out to raise money for cancer research, after her friend’s life was devastated by both her own cancer diagnoses and those of her family, has raised more than four times her original fundraising goal. Jane Stubbings met Denise Lyons when they were both training to be nurses 40 years ago. Over […]
Moulding memories of life’s milestones
PRESERVING flowers is a way of holding on to memories for a Tunbridge Wells-based artist who creates decorative plaster moulds from milestone bouquets and arrangements. A former art teacher, Bonnie Flashman Payne, became an artist five years ago so she could work alongside having a family, and creates the plaster tiles at her kitchen table. […]
The Amelia’s ‘Minnie’ mascot off to London for major exhibition
ONE of the town’s oldest museum attractions, a preserved Maltese Terrier displayed in a custom Tunbridge Ware cabinet, is off to London to take part in a major exhibition of dog portraiture. ‘Minnie’, a long-haired white dog, was preserved even before the Tunbridge Wells Natural History and Philosophical Society founded its original collection in 1885. […]
New children’s hospice lightens load on families
With the opening of the Hospice in the Weald for Children, more help is now at hand for the families and child-sufferers of life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses. Known within the community for providing outstanding care for terminally ill adults and their loved ones, Hospice in the Weald has now extended its services to include care […]
Fly-tipping incidents drop, but prosecutions still down
Incidents of fly-tipping in Tunbridge Wells have dropped over the past year, although prosecution is still proving difficult. New figures have revealed that despite the lower numbers, only four fines were issued to offenders in Tunbridge Wells in 2022. According to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), 857 incidents were reported […]
SKATE season could be cut short
The face of SKATE Tunbridge Wells could change this year − if recommendations by the Council are made. The SKATE season could be cut down and more attractions added to the event – including a Ferris wheel, a carousel and other children’s rides. On March 8, the Cabinet Advisory Board for Communities and Economic Development […]
