RAILWAY INN Pub of Tunbridge Wells

DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Sort file:- Tunbridge Wells, January, 2026.

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PUB LIST

PUBLIC HOUSES

Paul Skelton

Earliest 1852-

Railway Inn

Demolished 1995

106 Goods Station Road

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Mick White.

Above photo 29 May 1989, kindly sent by Philip Dymott.

Above Google image 2025, showing the location.

Kent & Sussex Courier, Wednesday 4 May 1887.

Tunbridge Wells Petty sessions. Licensing.

Temporary authority was granted to Mr. Joseph Fish to carry on the licence of the "Railway Inn," Goods Station Road, from Mr. George Butcher.

The Chronicle and Courier, 16 September, 1921.

Lamberhurst Brewery Estate.

Important sale at Tunbridge Wells.

One of the biggest sales of licensed houses held in the provinces in recent years was conducted by Messrs. Wickenden and Sons at the Pump Room, Tunbridge Wells, on Friday, when the Lamberhurst Brewery Estate, comprising 68 lots, came Under the Hammer. The lots sold were:-

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"Railway Inn," Tunbridge Wells, £4,800

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From the Town and Country Planning Dept, Royal Tunbridge Wells, 2 June 1995.

Dear Sir/Madam,

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990.

THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) ORDER 1995

NOTIFICATION OF GRANT OF PERMISSION TO DEVELOP LAND.

PLANNING APPLICATION NUMBER : TW/95/10130/FUL/RCC DATE VALID : 2nd June 1995

PROPOSAL: Demolition of former Railway Inn and erection of a block of 6 warden care flats for the elderly

LOCATION: Railway Inn 106 Goods Station Road Tunbridge Wells Kent

TAKE NOTICE chat the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, the local planning authority under the Town and Country Planning Acts, HAS GRANTED PERMISSION for the development of land described and situated as above and being in accordance with your application for permission dated 2nd June 1995

The building was demolished around about 1995 and new flats built in its place.

LICENSEE LIST

SIMMONS Thomas to May/1852