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Pantiles - Kent Tourism
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A beautiful spa town
officially known as Royal Tunbridge Wells, this
charming town owes its fame to the medicinal
chalybeate spring discovered by a nobleman in
1606. Over the years it became increasingly
popular with the aristocracy and came to rival
both Brighton and Bath. Its oldest surviving
street is the arcaded Pantiles, with its pretty
shops, restaurants and inns, which dates from
1700. King Edward VII recognised the value of the
town in 1909 by granting it ‘royal’ status.
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