Royal Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells, previously just Tunbridge Wells, is a town in western Kent, England, south-east of central London, close to the border with East Sussex upon the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formations at the Wellington Rocks and High Rocks. The town came into being as a spa in the Restoration and enjoyed its heyday as a fashionable resort in the mid-1700s under Beau Nash when the Pantiles, and its chalybeate spring, attracted significant numbers of visitors who wished to take the waters. Though its popularity as a
Royal Tunbridge Wells the main reservoir in the area is Bewl Water. The Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery opened in 1873, known initially as the "Frant Forest Cemetery" due to its location, laid out over by the then town surveyor. Royal Tunbridge Wells also has a library, museum and art gallery in Civic Way. Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Valley of Fear", H. G. Wells' Christina Alberta's Father, Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow", Philip Reeve's "Mortal Engines", E. M. Forster's "A Room with a View", Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest", Arnold Bennett's The Old Wives' Tale and Zadie Smith's "White Teeth". The