The Chalybeate Spring

Underwhelming

There’s literally nothing here. A vending machine and a plaque above the spring very underwhelming. You walk around looking in the chemist it backs on to like am I missing something here but no. Vendi...

Could be interesting - if anyone cared (supposing the spring has not dried up)

This should be the highlight of Royal Tunbridge Wells but it isn’t: on ‘Junilee Sunday,’ there was no visible spring - just rust coloured covers. Nothing attractive at all. Very dismal and disappointi...

Iron rich water

The Chalybeate Spring is the reason for the existance of the town of Tunbridge Wells. Historically important. The water tastes very strongly of Iron so you either like it or loasth it.

What you see in this photo is just about it! A 60 second visit!

Not a lot to see. Central plaque on the wall. Couple of sealed off hatches in recesses behind a low metal fence on the end of a building. Plenty of rust stains on the white brickwork from the heavi...

Drinking rusty bicyles

There is so little left of RTW's Spa town past. This is one of the few things still around and is fairly underwhelming. Clearly there seems to be an inverse relationship between health giving prope...