Cranbrook Common
Built-up area in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
| Coordinates: | 51.12, 0.557 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 79 38 |
| Dialling code: | 01580 (Cranbrook) |
Cranbrook Common is a small green and residential area on the edge of the historic market town of Cranbrook, in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. It sits within the rolling, wooded landscape of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and reflects the region’s agricultural past - historically linked with hop-growing, cider production and a local weaving and flannel industry - with a number of timber-framed, Georgian and Victorian buildings nearby.
Today Cranbrook Common feels like a village hub within Cranbrook, with independent shops, cafés and community activities, while many residents commute to Tunbridge Wells or London. The common and surrounding lanes attract walkers and visitors interested in rural Kent, period architecture and local events; it’s valued for its close-knit community life and modest local economy based on small businesses and tourism.
Postcode districts covering Cranbrook Common
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Maidstone 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Gillingham 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Chatham 16.7 miles27 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Ashford 13.8 miles22.3 km
- Gravesend 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Sittingbourne 17.8 miles28.7 km
- Bexhill-on-Sea 19.3 miles31 km
- Tonbridge 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Sevenoaks 19.4 miles31.2 km
- Rochester 18.4 miles29.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden Ward 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Sissinghurst Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Cranbrook & Sissinghurst Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Coursehorn Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Cranbrook Built-up area 1.8 miles3 km
- Frittenden Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Hartley Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Staplehurst Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Biddenden Built-up area 3.4 miles5.4 km
- East End Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Benenden Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Curtisden Green Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
Example postcodes in Cranbrook Common
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 31.8 miles51.1 km
- London Gatwick Airport 32 miles51.5 km
- Staplehurst Railway Station 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Headcorn Railway Station 4.4 miles7.1 km
Hotels near Cranbrook Common Ad
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 1.9 miles3 km
- The Star and Eagle Hotel 4 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 8.1 miles13 km
- Weald of Kent 3 5.2 miles8.3 km
- The Print House Inn 4 6.5 miles10.5 km
- The Woolpack Hotel 4 6.7 miles10.7 km
- White Lion Tenterden 6.6 miles10.7 km
- King Hotel Tenterden 5.5 miles8.8 km
- London Beach Country Hotel 3 6.1 miles9.7 km
Local points of interest
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 5.6 miles9 km
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Minepit Wood Forest 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Pulans Wood Forest 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Hale Wood Forest 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Boughton Place Estate 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Hayden Wood Forest 6.9 miles11 km
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Parsonage Wood Forest 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Bayham Abbey Estate 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 9.5 miles15.3 km