Abstract
Just outside the fashionable spa of Tunbridge Wells, in a woodland setting on the south side of a little valley of a tributary of the Medway, there is a range of tall sandstone cliffs or tors split up by remarkable chasms — High Rocks (TQ 559384). These rocks became a popular excursion from the spa after they had been visited in 1670 by the Duke of York, who later became James II. Today they are visited not only by those who enjoy the varied autumn tints of the oaks, pines, yews, holly and rhododendrons growing among the rocks, but also by mountaineers who come to practise their rock-climbing skills on the 10 m high, lichen-covered cliffs.
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© 1992 A. S. Goudie and R. A. M. Gardner
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Goudie, A., Gardner, R. (1992). The High Rocks of Tunbridge Wells. In: Discovering Landscape in England & Wales. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2298-6_43
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