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ANOTHER SIDE OF LOCAL LIFE 021


THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO FALL IN LOVE WITH, OR SIMPLY REDISCOVER ALL OVER AGAIN


View of the Town © David Hodgkinson Winter Lantern Parade © David Bartholomew


Beyond the borough TOUR TONBRIDGE


• Haysden Country Park – nature trails, dog walks and fi shing • Hadlow Tower – Grade I listed with breath-taking views


• Old Soar Manor – 13th century domestic architecture • All Saints’ Church – the only church worldwide still to have all of its windows in stained glass • Jane Austen – the celebrated author’s literary links


Wellington Rocks © David Bartholomew Grosvenor & Hilbert Park © Dave Barnett


music readily available from the Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society and Symphony Orchestra. • Visit www.tunbridgewellsevents.co.uk


Heritage hotspots


The Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society’s Heritage Open Days celebrate the borough’s culture and architecture, allowing visitors free access to interesting properties. Dozens of events take place over a September weekend each year, spanning building openings, exhibitions, guided walks, tours and talks, alongside displays of arts and crafts, music and traditional skills. Additionally, Woodbury Park Cemetery is an original Victorian mortuary garden featuring exotic planting and


memorials of the town’s various pioneers. • Visit tunbridgewellsheritageopendays.org


Historic highlights


Local historian Richard Snow cites the Victoria Cross Grove in Dunorlan Park as a must-see landmark, remembering the 10 Victoria Cross holders associated with the borough. Equally fascinating are the Civic Society’s 40 commemorative plaques, honouring notable former residents on associated buildings, such as Queen Victoria, courtesan Madame Caballero and anarchist Henry Seymour. More details of the town’s colourful figures can be found in the society’s booklet, The Writing on the Wall. • Visit www.thecivicsociety.org


SIGHTS OF SEVENOAKS • Bradbourne Lakes – walk the dog, feed the ducks or catch a fi sh • Riverhill Himalayan Gardens – discover world-class British sculpture • Emmetts Garden – Edwardian estate with formal rose garden • Shoreham Aircraft Museum – hundreds of aviation relics • Broughton Manor – rich and fascinating history in Otford


WEST MALLING WONDERS • Blue plaques – an impressive collection celebrating past citizens and visitors, including The Beatles • Hope – bronze sculpture depicting the town’s history


• Manor Park Country Park – native trees, ducks and swans • Great Comp Garden – rare shrubs and exotic perennials • Leybourne Lakes Country Park – 93 hectares of lakes, grassland, woodland and marshland


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