Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2

A modern, detached, five bedroom house offering considerable potential found on the south-side of Tunbridge Wells well placed for amenities, road & rail, & extensive choice of schools.

Description

Having been in the same family's ownership from new in 1967, 214B Forest Road is a much loved family home that now offers a wonderful opportunity for a new family to put their stamp on the property moving forward, modernising, extending and configuring the house as they wish, subject to all necessary consents.

With the property in very good order, a new heating system installed in 2023 and an EICR report commissioned in 2024 (for which all documentation is available), the new owners can take up residence as soon as they wish whilst they make their exciting plans for the future of the house and their new home.

The ground floor is currently arranged with a generous sitting room to the front of the house and a dining room to the rear, with sliding glazed doors providing the view over and opening directly onto the gardens beyond. The kitchen provides good storage and preparation space with outlook over the garden and opens onto the breakfast room which also has direct access to the garden. A modest shower room and a separate WC completes the ground floor.

The first floor is currently arranged with five, light, bright, spacious bedrooms with good storage, family bathroom and access to the loft.

Outside - To the front the property is comfortably set back from Forest Road with a sizeable frontage, further planting could be undertaken should more screening be desired.

To the rear the house enjoys a generous town garden, mainly laid to lawn with established planting to the borders providing privacy and screening from neighbouring property but without impeding on the wonderful far reaching views across the town from the first floor.

The house is approached over a private driveway with parking for several vehicles, together with a double garage.

Location

214b Forest Road is located on the popular south side of Tunbridge Wells on this highly regarded residential road comprising mainly prestigious detached family houses. The town centre is easily accessible, being approximately 1.7 miles and offering an extensive range of shops, department stores, restaurants, bars and coffee houses, together with two theatres, one of which also shows films.

The historic and picturesque Pantiles Georgian shopping colonnade and the old High Street area is a walk of just over a mile, and the Royal Victoria Place shopping mall is reached in approximately 1.7 miles. Knights Park out of town retail park is approximately four miles and offers a multi-screen cinema complex, bowling alley, health/fitness club and further large outlet stores. Local amenities include a "One-Stop" local store, with Post Office and Fullers Butchers in Hawkenbury and TN2 Food and Wine is a popular family-run grocery store on the Frant Road.

There are several parks and open green spaces in the vicinity, including Dunorlan Park and the town’s Common, with its extensive acreage of woodland and open spaces, loved by children and dog walkers for generations, as well as Hargate Woods which are accessible off Broadwater Down. The Nevill Golf Club and Nevill Ground (tennis and cricket) are nearby in Warwick Park.

The surrounding countryside is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and boasts several places of historic interest and attractive walks, including the famous Ashdown Forest, sailing and fishing at Bewl Water near Wadhurst and cycling trails at Bedgebury Forest.

Private and state schools: Tunbridge Wells has a number of well-regarded primary schools as well as The Mead, Rose Hill and Holmewood House preparatory schools. At secondary level, The boys’ and girls’ Grammars and Skinners are in the St John’s area on the northern side of town, approximately 2.4 miles and the Skinners’ Kent Academy in Sandown Park is approximately 2.2 miles Independent secondary options include Beechwood Sacred Heart School, Tonbridge for boys, Mayfield for girls and co-education options at Sevenoaks, Eastbourne and Brighton.

Mainline rail: Tunbridge Wells (approximately 1.2 miles) has services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and Cannon Street with journey times of under an hour.

The Centaur Commuter Coach service also stops along Forest Road and at Tunbridge Wells Station.

Communications: The A21 is accessible just north of Tunbridge Wells, which links to the London M25 orbital and thereby the national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports.

Square Footage: 1,800 sq ft



Directions

Postcode: TN2 5JB.

Additional Info

Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.

Services: Mains Gas, Electricity, Water & Drainage.