Points of Interest & Landmarks in Royal Tunbridge Wells
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Points of Interest & Landmarks in Royal Tunbridge Wells
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Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks
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- GrimbofromRTWRoyal Tunbridge Wells, UK50 contributionsThere is so little left of RTW's Spa town past. This is one of the few things still around and is fairly underwhelming. Clearly there seems to be an inverse relationship between health giving properties of the water and its taste. Reminds me of he medicines of my childhood.Written 27 August 2018This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- ClubberGOA36 contributionsStopped in at the Brown Trout on our way home from Folkestone, and had a lovely lunch with my three year old.
The staff were super friendly, the food was absolutely delicious and they were really engaged and engaging with my son. It was a midweek lunchtime and it was quiet but had a steady through flow of customers and I can see why. It was very pleasant atmosphere and decor in there and I could easily have spent an afternoon there.
The menu was extensive, and had a good children's menu.
Despite it being over two hours away, I'll definitely go back for a Sunday lunch some time.Written 12 November 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - daisy1312potterAlton, UK65 contributionsThe memorial is kept up together you can read all the names on it. There is a seat beside it so you can rest after walking.Written 1 August 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Geoff HCranbrook, UK12,169 contributionsThe Portland stone, cenotaph-style Pembury War Memorial was dedicated in September 1921 by Rev H Sinclair Brooke. Rev. Brooke would have known many of the Pembury men who gave their lives in the First World War because he had been the Vicar of Pembury for the twenty years rom 1898 to 1918. The Memorial stands 16 feet high and the original cost was ÂŁ365.19s.4d (ÂŁ365.97). The names of the 49 fatalities from the First World War were originally engraved on a stone plaque but, after Pembury suffered 17 fatalities in the Second World War, it was decided that there would bed two matching bronze plaques. As these bronze plaques tarnished over the years and as there were eight misspelt names and as a request had been received to add a further World War I fatality, in 2018 new stone plaques were engraved. These plaques were in position, and the Memorial refurbished, in time for Remembrance Sunday on 11 November 2018; the Centenary of the cessation of the First World War. The Memorial, however, gives the dates of the First World War as being 1914 to 1919. 1919 is not a mistake. Although Germany had formally surrendered on 11 November 2018, on 28 June 2019 Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the First World War.Written 20 February 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Geoff HCranbrook, UK12,169 contributionsMatfield War Memorial, adjacent to St Luke's Church, is made of sandstone and comprises a tall, plain Latin cross with a downturned sword. On the memorial are inscribed the names of 26 fatalities from the First World War to which have been added the names of 10 fatalities from World War 2. There are two sets of brothers from the First World War; A Clarke, who was aged 17 when he died on 3 March 1917, and his elder brother T Clarke, who died on 24 November 1917. A Clarke is buried in the graveyard of St Luke's Church. The second set of brothers in C Collins and F Collins. Whilst the name of C Collins is on the Memorial the name of F Collins is not. F Collins was aged 20 when he died on 20 May 1916 and he is buried in the Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. There is an interesting Battalion mentioned on the Memorial. G Playford was in the Kent Cyclist Battalion when he died. The Kent Cyclist Battalion was a bicycle infantry battalion of the Territorial Force. The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army created in 1908 to supplement British Land Forces without resorting to conscription. The Kent Cyclist Battalion was formed at Tonbridge, Kent on 1 April 1908. There is another famous surname on the Memorial; Sassoon. Second Lieutenant Hamo Sassoon was mortally wounded at Gallipoli. He died on 1 November 1915, aged 28, on board the Hospital Ship SS Kildonan Castle and was buried at sea. Hamo Sassoon's more famous brother, who survived the war, was Siegfried Sassoon, one of the "War Poets".Written 13 February 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
