THE 5 BEST Things to Do in Pembury
Things to Do in Pembury
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- BillyBadger66Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK39 contributionsLocal produce and great selection of pick your own fruit, with the fairly recent addition of a tea room/coffee shop makes for a winning combinationWritten September 17, 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Geoff HCranbrook, UK12,175 contributionsDue to the increasing population around the Upper and Lower Greens on the main roads through Pembury village, in September 1874 the District Church of St Peter (nown known as "The Upper Church of St Peter Pembury") was consecrated as a Chapel-of-ease [a church building, other than a parish church, built within the parish boundaries for the attendance of those parishioners who cannot conveniently reach the parish church] for the Parish Church of St Peter Pembury (now known as "Pembury Old Church" {well worth a visit in its secluded setting}. The Upper Church is now quite different to that dedicated in 1847. First of all, the original Church had a 92 foot steeple. This, however, was removed in 1984 as the stonework was crumbling. Later, the interior was completely remodelled and today's simple layout makes for a very peaceful atmosphere.Written February 19, 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Geoff HCranbrook, UK12,175 contributionsThe Portland stone, cenotaph-style Pembury War Memorial was dedicated in September 1921 by Rev H Sinclair Brooke. Rev. Brooke would have known many of the Pembury men who gave their lives in the First World War because he had been the Vicar of Pembury for the twenty years rom 1898 to 1918. The Memorial stands 16 feet high and the original cost was £365.19s.4d (£365.97). The names of the 49 fatalities from the First World War were originally engraved on a stone plaque but, after Pembury suffered 17 fatalities in the Second World War, it was decided that there would bed two matching bronze plaques. As these bronze plaques tarnished over the years and as there were eight misspelt names and as a request had been received to add a further World War I fatality, in 2018 new stone plaques were engraved. These plaques were in position, and the Memorial refurbished, in time for Remembrance Sunday on 11 November 2018; the Centenary of the cessation of the First World War. The Memorial, however, gives the dates of the First World War as being 1914 to 1919. 1919 is not a mistake. Although Germany had formally surrendered on 11 November 2018, on 28 June 2019 Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the First World War.Written February 20, 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Geoff HSissinghurst, UK17,427 contributionsIt's not often that you find anything interesting to look at in a hospital car par but, on the access path from the car park to the entrance at Pembury Hospital in Tunbridge Wells, there are two interesting monuments. The first is a war memorial commemorating the work done, and care given, by the Voluntary Aid Detachments and hospital staff who looked after both military and civilians injured in both the First World War and the Second World War. The second is the Foundation Stone of the Kent and Sussexm Hospital dedicated by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York (who later became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) in 1932. Underneath this Foundation Stone was a time capsule which came to light when that hospital closed. When Pembury Hospital was opened in 2013, a new time capsule was buried under the Foundation Stone in its new position. I just wonder when that time capsule will, again, see the light of day.Written February 4, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
