Why Tunbridge Wells?
Why Tunbridge Wells?
TW Flats was established in March 2004 to provide the historic and highly fashionable spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells with a independent estate agency that specializes in flats and apartments.
In September 2005 Justin and Adam expanded the TW remit to include TW Lettings, building on the success already achieved. Adding to and complementing the services already on offer.
Partners, Justin and Adam, have combined their years of estate agency experience and knowledge of the area to provide a dedicated service for an expanding market.
Royal Tunbridge Wells contains a large variety of properties ranging from from studios priced at around £80,000 to penthouses and townhouses in excess of £1 million.
A unique slice of old England mixed with the dynamic sense of vitality.
Great Communication
Tunbridge Wells is situated within 50 minutes of London via train to London bridge, waterloo east and Charing cross, with regular services from both Tunbridge wells main line station and high brooms station. Tunbridge wells also offers great access via the A21 to the M25, and the south coast via the A21 and A26.
Beautiful Countryside
This corner of Kent certainly lives up to its reputation as the Garden of England. The Tunbridge Wells area not only has more than its fair share of the UK's top gardens, it also provides easy access to Ashdown Forest the largest area of open access land in the south-east of England. Alternatively travel to the East of Tunbridge Wells and you will find some of the finest countryside including Hop farms, Fruit Farms and a maze of rivers and brooks.
Close to the coast
Tunbridge wells is close to some of the most historical coast lines in England, with access from the A21 To 1066 country and along from there east to many of the Cinque Port towns and west to the fashionable and bustling towns of EastBourne and Brighton.
Travel Abroad
Tunbridge wells is perfectly situated for travel to foreign climbs. With Heathrow being within 60 miles and Gatwick 30 miles, and the local Manston Airport within 40 Miles for European travel. Trips to the continent are also well catered for with Ashford’s Euro star terminal for foot passengers, Folkston’s Le Shuttle which provides car crossing and Dover ferry terminal.
Close to local Towns
With easy links to major local towns such as Crawley, Tonbridge, Maidstone and Bromley our town is ideally situated for almost anything.
History
Royal Tunbridge Wells has been attracting visitors for 400 years, ever since the chance discovery of the
Chalybeate Spring
by a young nobleman in 1606.
Word of the newly discovered spring water soon spread, and visitors from London and elsewhere flocked to 'the Wells' to try the waters. Coffee houses, lodgings, shops, taverns and gaming houses soon sprang up in one continuous line near the Spring joined by a covered colonnaded walkway which later became known as the
Pantiles.
In Georgian times particularly, Tunbridge Wells became a well-known and popular spa resort, a rival to nearby Brighton. The lively social scene in Tunbridge Wells was famously organized by the dandy, Richard Beau Nash and made sure that residents and visitors alike adhered to the 'rules' of social behavior.
In the early 1800s Tunbridge Wells became a very desirable place for rich business and professional people not just for a holiday but also in which to live. A great deal of building was undertaken to the north of the small spa as large villas and family houses were built - many of them by the architect Decimus Burton. Evidence of this grand period of new architecture in Tunbridge Wells still survives today.
King Edward VII officially recognized the popularity of Tunbridge Wells with its many royal and aristocratic visitors over the centuries by granting the town its "Royal" prefix. In 1909 the town became known, as it is to this day, as Royal Tunbridge Wells, one of only two towns in England to be granted this title.
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