ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Museum and Art Gallery
Open Mon/Sat 9.30am-5pm. No admission charge.
A stylish 18th-century spa town. One of the most elegant parts of the town
is the Pantiles, a 17th-century arcade where the gentry of the Regency
period used to gather and take the waters. It now houses specialist shops
and studios, but at its centre is the Chalybeate Spring, where you can still
take a glass of spring water for 25p. The museum/gallery, at the northern
end, has a good collection of local ceramics, Tunbridge ware, and
agricultural relics.