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The Pantiles - Something in the Water!

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5TN

  • Multiple dates available
  • | In person
  • | Pre-booking required
  • | Walk / Tour

This walking tour will look at the history of the Pantiles where in 1606, the medicinal springs that would put Tunbridge Wells on the map were discovered.

David Woosnam

David Woosnam

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells

The chance discovery of a mineral spring in 1606 in a wooded valley marked the unlikely beginning of Royal Tunbridge Wells. It quickly became one of the most fashionable destinations in England focused around what became The Pantiles. Word spread through court circles, and soon the great and the good (including royalty) were travelling to this rural retreat to drink the healing waters, dance in the open air, browse the shops, flirt, gossip, and gamble away their afternoons. By the early 18th century, Tunbridge Wells had become the place to see and be seen: a genteel escape away from London but where scandals were whispered of behind fans. The Pantiles — with its colonnaded walk, elegant lodging houses, and daily parade of visitors — became the beating heart of this new social world. Today, the Pantiles retains its Georgian splendour as a retail and leisure destination, still blissfully cocooned from the the outside world.

Timings

Monday 14 September:
10.30-11.45
Friday 18 September:
10.30-11.45
Saturday 19 September:
10.30-11.45
Sunday 20 September:
10.30-11.45

Location & directions

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5TN

Directions:
The walk will start and end outside the chemist at No. 4 The Pantiles (across the road from the Church of King Charles the Martyr)
Contact on day:
David Woosnam
Telephone number:
+447950200031

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking required
Booking conditions:
Please us the SignUp booking website link below. You will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp and SignUp does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me, David Woosnam on 07950 200031 and I can sign you up manually.
Booking website:
https://signup.com/go/YOrUJWX

Accessibility details

The walk will include approx. total 10 steps up and 10 steps down.

Additional information

The walk will start and end outside the chemist at No. 4 The Pantiles (across the road from the Church of King Charles the Martyr) and will last for approx. 75 minutes.

Max number of people:
14
Estimated duration:
1 hour(s) 15 minute(s)

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