Built-up area in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
| Coordinates: | 51.098, 0.533 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 77 36 |
| Population: | 4,368 |
| Dialling code: | 01580 |
Cranbrook is a compact historic market town in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, tucked into the rolling woodlands and pastures of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its streets and timber-framed buildings reflect centuries of rural industry - notably the former wool and cloth trade - and the surrounding landscape still shows the patterns of hop gardens, orchards and smallholdings that characterise the Weald.
The town has a strong local identity, with independent shops, a regular market feel and a lively community calendar; in the 19th century Cranbrook also gave its name to a small colony of genre painters who recorded rural life. Today it combines village charm with commuter links to larger towns and London, and is a convenient base for visiting nearby attractions such as Sissinghurst, making it popular with families and countryside enthusiasts.
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