Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England.
Royal Tunbridge Wells’ history can be traced back to the Iron Age where it lay within the territory of the Celtic tribe called the Belgae.
Royal Tunbridge Wells was a spa town for about 200 years from the mid-17th century, based on natural mineral springs. Royal Tunbridge Wells is also known as ‘The Queen of Watering Places’.
Royal Tunbridge Wells has been a fashionable holiday resort since the 17th century when sea bathing in combination with drinking water from mineral springs was popularised by Dr. Richard Russell of nearby Tunbridge Wells in the village of Speldhurst. Royal Tunbridge Wells’ growth however did not really start until the beginning of the 19th century.
Created: 30 October 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Local History around Royal Tunbridge Wells
There are some historic monuments around including:
Castle Hill earthworks, TonbridgeTown banksMedieval moated site and post-Medieval ice-house, Moat FarmPrehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks InnPrehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks InnTonbridge CastleMedieval hall at No 186 High StreetRiverhall blast furnaceHillfort and 19th century folly on Saxonbury HillMedieval moated site, Great Barnett's.Wildlife in and Around Royal Tunbridge Wells
Mammals found in Royal Tunbridge Wells
There have been 31 species of mammals recorded in the royal-tunbridge-wells area.
| (Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) |
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi) |
| Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) |
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Birds found in Royal Tunbridge Wells
There have been 50 species of birds recorded in the royal-tunbridge-wells area.
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) |
| Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
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Fish found in Royal Tunbridge Wells
There have been 18 species of fish recorded in the royal-tunbridge-wells area.
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) |
| Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri) |
| Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
| Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius) |
| Bream (Abramis brama) |
| Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario) |
| Bullhead (Cottus gobio) |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) |
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