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Tonbridge (/ ˈ t ʌ n b r ɪ dʒ / TUN-brij) [2] (historic spelling Tunbridge) is a market town in Kent, England, [1] on the River Medway, 4 miles (6 km) north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles (19 km) south west of Maidstone and 29 miles (47 km) south east of London.
An 1896 reconstruction of Tonbridge Castle in the 13th century. Following the Norman Conquest, Richard Fitz Gilbert was granted land in Kent to guard the crossing of the River Medway. He erected a simple Motte-and-bailey castle on the site. To dig the moat and erect the motte 50,000 tonnes of earth were moved.
Tonbridge and Malling is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. The council is based at Kings Hill . The borough also includes the towns of Tonbridge and Snodland along with numerous villages including Aylesford , West Malling and surrounding rural areas.
Tonbridge volunteers send boxes to Central Asia and Eastern Europe. ... A Kent sorting office has sent 56,000 shoeboxes to children across the world as part of the international Samaritan's Purse ...
Tonbridge is a parliamentary constituency in Kent, centred on the town of Tonbridge. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It is currently held by Conservative Tom Tugendhat , who was MP for the predecessor seat of Tonbridge and Malling from 2015 to 2024.
Tonbridge Priory was a priory in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1337 and then rebuilt. The priory was disestablished in 1523. The building stood in 1735, but was a ruin by 1780.
Tonbridge railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the town of Tonbridge, Kent. It is 29 miles 46 chains (47.6 km) from London Charing Cross via Sevenoaks . Trains calling at the station are operated by Southeastern and Southern .
Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (died 1136), nobleman, founded Tonbridge Priory and held Tonbridge Castle; Philip Goodrich (1929–2001), Bishop of Tonbridge from 1973 to 1982; Jilly Goolden (born 1959), food critic, attended West Kent College; Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (1865–1946), MP for Tonbridge 1892–1906