Why put up these signs? Partly because of its evolution as the coming together of five former hamlets the village of Pembury is particularly well provided with twittens, cut-throughs and...
Community
GREAT BIG GREEN WEEK – 8th to 16th June 2024
The Nationwide Great Big Green Week started in 2021 organised by the Climate Coalition. Its purpose is a celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. Many...
Message from Kent Police – November 2023
Over the past month we have been meeting with parish and borough councillors across the whole of the Tunbridge Wells district. This is a new initiative to further engage with the councils embedded...
Neighbourhood Development Plan – Referendum Result
More than 50% of the votes were in favour of the Neighbourhood Development...
Survey – Performance of Kent Police
Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Scott has launched the annual consultation about the performance of Kent Police and crime levels in local areas. It’s an anonymous survey and will...
Referendum for the Pembury Neighbourhood Plan
Following on from the successful examination of the Plan, the Neighbourhood Plan will be going to local referendum on Thursday 14 September 2023. This is a fantastic achievement by all those who...
Overgrown Hedges
Overgrown hedges on roads and pavements can be a real problem at this time of year. Whose responsibility is it to cut back overgrown hedges? If a hedge is growing out of a resident/landowner’s...
A264 closure – Gas Network Upgrade
SGN will be upgrading the gas network in the Pembury Road area of Tunbridge Wells. This work will upgrade the old metal gas mains and services with new plastic pipe. The contractor, WCB...
New Defibrillator Cabinet outside Paydens
It is over nine years ago that the Parish Council installed our Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) at the Pharmacy in the High Street. It has been accessed as a precaution on a couple of...
Downingbury Farm Pond
Well done to the team of volunteers helping with the renovation of the Downingbury Farm Pond! According to Farm residents this Pond, which has been present since at least 1770, had...