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Can anyone tell me which are the nice villages around Tonbridge/Tunbridge Well/Sevenoaks

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 12:34

ie those that would be suitable to live in!

Must have

Good primary school
Shop
Pub (or two or three)
Not be too far from train station
No noise from motorways etc

TIA

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charliecat · 15/05/2006 12:41

\link{http://www.villagenet.co.uk/sevenoaks-weald/villages/langtongreen.php\Langton Green} is popular and is 10 mins out of town away from TWs railway station...good school.
I live in \link{http://www.villagenet.co.uk/sevenoaks-weald/villages/rusthall.php\Rusthall} which is nearer town, village before Langton Green but my kids dont go to local school.
Highbrooms has mainline station. Convienient, St Johns School is very popular.
\link{http://www.villagenet.co.uk/sevenoaks-weald/villages/speldhurst.php\Speldhurst}, tiny little place, tiny school.

charliecat · 15/05/2006 12:45

\link{http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=www.ashleysestateagents.co.uk/images/logo1.gif&imgrefurl=www.ashleysestateagents.co.uk/search.htm&h=122&w=325&sz=9&tbnid=iT3kKZNBhjh7bM:&tbnh=42&tbnw=114&hl=en&start=8&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drusthall%2Bhigh%2Bst%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG\this is round the road from me} To give you an idea of prices. Its bloody expensive round here. I rent}

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 12:45

Thanks so much

Also surrounding small towns within striking distance

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 12:49

that link didn't come up with anything

is \link{http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/details/id/hatw526524\this} in a nice place?

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charliecat · 15/05/2006 12:51

yep, and good school as far as I know. You would through Langton Green and bypass Rusthall to get to TW railway station.

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 12:53

or \link{http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/details/id/huwa168739\this}

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 12:54

you are a star thanks!

So what's it like living round there?

Shops, restaurants etc? People?
Any good dogwalking?

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charliecat · 15/05/2006 12:54

Im not sure fordcombe has a village shop anymore BTW. I remember some stuff in the paper about it.

charliecat · 15/05/2006 12:59

Ive only ever been there to go to the village feteBlush Its a posh area and you would have to know someone to be going that way IYKWIM. You would also need to drive definately. Like I said, not sure about the village shop still being open, no demand IIRC will ask about eating pubs for you.
Schools good :)
Theres also groombridge which does have pub, dogwalking etc. and good school at groombridge too.

LeahE · 15/05/2006 13:03

Plaxtol is lovely. I have friends who live there and every time I see them I get pangs of jealousy. School is good, a fantastic local pub (plus several others within easy walk), village shop, very quiet, fairly close to Sevenoaks. Sigh...

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 13:03

is crowborough nice?

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charliecat · 15/05/2006 13:06

Theres also hawkenbury and pembury...
Hawkenburys near dunorlan park for dog walking
Pembury has good pub for eating.
Im gonna try and sell rusthall to you...lol.
In the one road we have a chippy, a chinese, a thai place, a pizza shop, a post office, a laundrette, drycleaning place, a fresh fruit and veg shop, a hardware store/pet shop. All with outside the shop parking along the main street. Cough and 2 ones stops...didnt say that..
Theres rusthall common for dog walking, as well as 2 big woods either side of rusthall.
Theres 3 pubs here. The rocks which are fab. you can walk to town in 20 mins.
Theres the cricket ground for learning to ride a bike and a game of footy..
there sweeps cave to find too :)

charliecat · 15/05/2006 13:07

Crowboroughs nice, a small town itself. Nice houses there. Woods and very near open countryside. Quick road out to Hastings for the sea too.

Gem13 · 15/05/2006 13:11

Groombridge seems lovely. Bakers, PO, etc. Hartfield has some nice houses - not so sure about school. There's always Forest Row for the flashy Steiner school (Michael Hall - set in a mansion plus grounds).

Crowborough is a bit strange - lots of very big houses and big estates but not enough town to match.

Had a friend who went to school there and was bullied and thinks (understandably) it is a loathsome place.

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 13:14

Steiner not for dd I don't think!

Have found lovely house nr crowborough \link{http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-11560982.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy\here} is it nice there?

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charliecat · 15/05/2006 13:17

Gems right when she says theres a lot of big houses and not enough town to go with them. You would have to travel into T.Wells for clothes, shopping etc.
Gorgeous House.

Gem13 · 15/05/2006 13:18

Lovely house. Would imagine the drive in to the station might be fairly stressful though. Single road - very fast hill with overtaking stretch - then windy again.

charliecat · 15/05/2006 13:21

What about wadhurst? Thats has its own station.

charliecat · 15/05/2006 13:22

\link{http://cslinter.net/ibbett/customer/boxsearch.php\see what pops up here}

charliecat · 15/05/2006 13:23

\link{http://www.knightfrank.co.uk/WS1020292\I always wanted to live in this house when i was wee}

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 13:25

Can't be as bad as the tube! At least you are in your car Grin Surely is only 5 miles though...

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Gem13 · 15/05/2006 13:25

Just a thought... Have you considered TW itself? I wonder whether, coming from the smoke, you might find the country a bit rural like.

There are grammar schools in TW too which are competitive and some highly regarded primary schools. Some gorgeous houses too!

honeybunny · 15/05/2006 13:27

Crowborough seems to be in the middle of no-where. Nice walking in Ashdown Forest, but a drive away. We gave up looking in Crowborough cos it was always such a pain to get to, still is IMO. We too live in Rusthall. Village school crap but friends have got children into Fordcombe and Speldhurst and Langton village schools from here. But you do have to be able to prove you are church goers and get a written ref from your vicar to be considered for Speldhurst aand Fordcombe.
Groombridge is lovely. Frant and Wadhurst are nice but much pricier. Hildenborough and Bidborough seem nice with good schools but not overly friendly according to some of my friends trying to get into local schools and social scene there. Rotherfield is also another nice village as is Mayfield. Again good schools. Both have train stations.

charliecat · 15/05/2006 13:28

Come do the drive and see if you would prefer to be be nearer the town. Think you might want to be.
Also check to see how much its going to cost to park in T.Wells to get to the train station. Crowborough and Wadhurst have stations but im not sure where the lines go.
And that 5 miles. 3 of it is that hilly bit, 1 of it is winding road and the last mile is chockablock into town.

honeybunny · 15/05/2006 13:30

Just make sure you are in Kent for the grammars. No need to live in TW itself. House prices are much more competitive in town especially in the better school areas like Claremont.

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