TWWS - Getting to the venue

The photo sets on this page will show you how the locality as you arrive in Speldhurst from three directions:

From Tonbridge

From Southborough and Tunbridge Wells via this route

From Tunbridge Wells via Langton Green

From Tonbridge, you can go either

via Brook Street past West Kent College and Judd school, keep following this road, which becomes Haysden Lane. Do not turn off any side roads en route until you go up a fairly steep hill and then reach a T junction. Turn Right here, then immediately left, down BARDEN ROAD, or

via the A26 up Quarry Hill, over the A21, follow this road up hill towards Southborough, and turn right at 'Bidborough Corner' where the sign posts point towards Bidborough and Penshurst. Follow this road  through Bidborough out of the village. The road (Penshurst Road) goes downhill, turns right then climbs gently. There will be a road in from the right (Haysden Lane) which has a small finger board to Leigh, shortly after which you turn left down BARDEN ROAD.

Barden Road drops down into a valley with a couple of sharp bends at the bottom. It then climbs back up into Speldhurst village.

Follow this road (lots of parked cars on the left hand side, and turn right into Northfields, then take the first right into St Mary's Lane, and there you are.

In Barden Road, junction with Northfields	In Northfields, junction with St Mary's Lane	View in St Mary's Lane towards Hall	Speldhurst Parish Hall

If you miss the junction at Bidborough Corner, continue right through Southborough following the instructions below.

From Southborough

If coming from the north, you will pass the Victoria Hall on your left, then reach a junction with traffic lights. You will need to turn right at this junction (by the Majestic Wine shop). This leads into Speldhurst Road.

If approaching from the south and from Tunbridge Wells direction on the A26, you will pass the Cross Keys pub on the right. The road climbs up, and you reach traffic lights. You turn left here into Speldhurst Road. The Majestic Wine shop will be on your left.

In either case, follow the road, which is twisty and narrow. It drops down into a valley and there is a road coming in from the right (Stockland Green) as you descend, then from the left (Rusthall) at the bottom. The road climbs up into the village.

Near the top of the hill, there is a junction (shown below) into Barden Road, which you can take if you wish. If you go along this road, take the first on the left (Northfields), then take the first right into St Mary's Lane, then you are there.

Entering Speldhurst, Barden Road is off to the right	In Barden Road, Junction with Northfields	In Northfields, junction with St Mary's Lane	View St Mary's Lane towards Hall	Speldhurst Parish Hall

Otherwise the RECOMMENDED way is to follow the road round to the left, past the George and Dragon pub (on the left), parish church (on the right). Keep on straight ahead, the road turns sharp right (now called Penshurst Road), then take the first right into Northfields, then the first left into St Mary's Lane.

Entering Speldhurst, follow the road to the left	In Penshurst Road, view of junction with Northfields	In Northfields, junction with St Mary's Lane	In St Mary's Lane, view towards Hall	Speldhurst Parish Hall

From Tunbridge Wells and Langton

The road in from Tunbridge Wells via Langton Green is the easiest if you are approaching from the south. In Langton there is a cross roads by a pub, the parish church, and cricket ground. The road (Speldhurst Road) is signposted to Speldhurst. The name changes to Langton Road at the Speldhurst end. Follow this road straight to the village, where you will arrive at a T junction, with the parish church ahead of you.

Turn left at this junction into Penshurst Road, then the road turns immediately sharp right. Follow the road, take the first right into Northfields, then the first Left into St Mary's Lane.

In Langton Road, looking towards parish church.	In Penshurst Road, view of junction with Northfields	In Northfields, junction with St Mary's Lane	In St Mary's Lane, view towards Hall	Speldhurst Parish Hall