Education
- For list of all schools in Tunbridge Wells, see List of schools in Kent
Kent County Council is one of fifteen local authorities in the UK that still provides selective education through the eleven plus exam,
Royal Tunbridge Wells does not have a university of its own, but the Salomons Campus of Canterbury Christ Church University is located just outside the town (near Southborough and provides postgraduate programmes.
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