Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2

An attractive, modern family house on the popular south side of Tunbridge Wells, well placed for the amenities of the town, extensive choice of schools and travel links.


Description

177 Forest Road is a well-presented and substantial family house built by Millwood Designer Homes in 2007. This modern five bedroom home enjoys a tucked away position and provides well-proportioned accommodation arranged over two split-level floors, with an integral garage on the lower-ground floor.

The entrance hall provides access to a cloakroom and a useful boot cupboard, with stairs rising to the inner hall. A dedicated study enjoys the view over the front gardens and includes bespoke fitted cupboards, bookshelves, and a built-in desk set into the bay window, offering a peaceful and practical workspace, ideal for today's working from home needs.

Glazed double doors open into the spacious drawing room, featuring a striking fireplace with stone surround, hearth and mantel, and two pairs of French doors opening onto Juliet balconies to the front. To the rear of the house, a further reception room is used by our clients as a formal dining room and benefits from French doors leading directly onto the garden terrace, but could of course be used as a family/TV room/playroom if needed.

The stylish kitchen/breakfast room overlooks the rear garden and was thoughtfully designed to include extensive storage and preparation space, with a range of integrated appliances, space for a range style oven and an American-style fridge freezer. There is also a very useful walk-in store cupboard. A separate utility room mirrors the style of the kitchen and provides further storage, a Belfast sink and space for both a washing machine and tumble dryer.

The principal bedroom suite is located on the first floor and enjoys views to the front, with two fitted cupboards and a stylish en suite bathroom. There are three additional bedrooms on this level together with a family bathroom. Positioned off a half-landing, the guest bedroom offers a degree of privacy, benefitting from its own en suite shower room and a fitted cupboard, perfect for visitors or as an independent suite for older children or extended family.

To the rear, the south-east facing garden is a lovely feature, enjoying a level lawn, with easy maintenance in mind bordered by mature planting and shrub beds, providing screening and colour. A paved terrace with a pretty pergola provides a charming area for outdoor dining and entertaining.

Location

177 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: 2,483 sq ft



Directions

Postcode: TN2 5JA.

Additional Info

Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.

Services: Mains water, electricity gas and drainage.