Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 34 min4:43 am – 9:17 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 54 min8:00 am – 3:53 pm
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People9,097 residentsin the Tunbridge Wells Central census areaMedian age 36.84,636 households40% of homes owner-occupied19% owned outright11% social rented, 47% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.5% unemployment rate73% of adults are economically active, 5,249 in work, 13% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 15%, professional and scientific services 10%Getting to work: 42% work from home, 33% go by car, 7% take public transport, 17% walk or cycle71% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages49% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 3% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 84%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 1°C871 mm of rain a year, 26 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December52 days of air frost, 15 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesDunorlan Parkpark · under a mile · 22 haGrosvenor Recreation Groundpark · under a mile · 14 haMolyneux Park Gardenspark · under a mileSpa Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 17 haSouthdown Housesports ground · under a mileBanner Farmplaying field · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes16 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Apr 200739 mi away, Folkestone, KentMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Jan 202440 mi away, English ChannelSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 9.6 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband80% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)5,075 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation110 m361 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 72 to 146 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHomeopathic Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryLonsdale Medical Centre11 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyA E Hobbs LTD9 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistCalverley Gardens Dental Practiceright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi27 schools15 primary, 6 secondary, 3 independent, 2 special, 1 otherPrimaryThe Wells Free Schoolages 4-11, 213 pupilsunder a milePrimaryClaremont Primary Schoolages 5-11, 436 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryThe Skinners' Schoolages 11-18, 1,149 pupilsunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Gatwick Airport LGW20 miRailway stationTunbridge Wellsunder a mileBus stationBus StationSevenoaks10 miFerryWest Street PierGravesend22 miBus stops143 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the TN1 postcode district.
