Here are some of our favorite local sustainable shops:
The first completely plastic-free store in Tunbridge Wells.
Services available:
- Local produce
- Refill/use your container
- Reduced or zero plastic
- Café
- Water bottle Refill scheme
Details:
13 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5TD
01892 457860
info@thezerowastecompany.com
www.thezerowastecompany.com
Local health food shops with qualified nutritionists in store.
Services available:
- Refill/use your container (food, cleaning products, etc.)
- Reduced or zero plastic
- Local produce
Details:
53 St John’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9TP
01892 549310
or
10 High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1UX
01892 538155
hello@besthealthfoodshop.com
https://www.besthealthfoodshop.com/
We are the first closed loop, fully sustainable brewery. We bore our own water, create our own power and turn our spent brewers grain into flour which is used all over from pizza restaurants to bakeries.
Services available:
- Locally brewed beer
- Refill your own container available
- Take out or drink in, deliveries using electric van
- Wood-fired pizza days
Details:
The Barn, Rendlye Farm, Sandhill Lane, Eridge, East Sussex, TN3 9LP
sales@goodthingsbrewing.co
https://goodthingsbrewing.co/
Greengrocer in Tunbridge Wells town centre, supplying soft fruit from their farm in Pembury and other produce from Kent and Sussex where possible.
Services available:
- Local produce
- Reduced or zero plastic
Details:
15 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2PS
01892 616632
hello@localitytwells.co.uk
https://www.localitytwells.co.uk/
Independent bakery and coffee shop in Camden Road producing a range of sourdough breads, pastries, etc.
Services available:
- Local produce
- Reduced or zero plastic
Details:
120 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2QZ
01892 514255
bicyclebakery@mail.com
http://www.thebicyclebakerytw.com/
Growers of organic vegetables, fruit and flowers to certified organic standards.
Services available:
- Local produce
- Organic produce
Details:
Cherry Gardens Farm, Cherry Gardens Hill, Groombridge, Kent, TN3 9NY
01892 862307
info@cherrygardensfarm.co.uk
http://www.cherrygardensfarm.co.uk/
Alongside the butchery you will find an array of local artisan foods with wines and beers from the vineyards of Kent and Sussex, hand crafted cheeses and fresh fruit and seasonal vegetables.
Services available:
- Local produce
Details:
Bunny Lane, Eridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 9BY
01892 541238
hello@fullers-tw.co.uk
https://shop.fullers-tw.co.uk/
Lynne’s Organic Farm is a fully organic smallholding of just over 35 acres in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We produce organic pork, eggs and fruit and vegetables, all available in our small Farm Shop.
Services available:
- Local produce
- Organic produce
- PYO soft fruit and flowers
Details:
Limekiln Forest Road, Eridge, TN3 9LQ,
07793 467353
jeremy@lynnesorganicfarm.org
https://www.lynnesorganicfarm.org/
Grass fed free range beef and lamb direct from the farm in Penshurst.
Services available:
- Local produce
Details:
Coldharbour Farm Oast, Penshurst, Kent, TN11 8EX
07834 990698
harry@penshurstbeef.co.uk
Local Farmers’ Markets
Tunbridge Wells has markets on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month in the Pantiles from 10am to 4pm and one in Market Square round the back of the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month.
Speciality goodies include bread, cakes, homemade deli nibbles and fish as well as the usual farm produce.
Cranbrook holds a farmers’ market on the 4th Saturday of the month from 9.30am to 1pm in the Vestry Hall at the corner of the High Street and Stone Street in the centre of the town.
In the Elizabethan Barn at Sissinghurst Castle, only 2½ miles from Cranbrook, on the second and fourth Friday in summer months (10.30am to 3pm) there is a market. Here you can find produce from the Castle’s very own vegetable plot! Check their site for extra dates over Autumn and Winter.
Lamberhurst holds a market on the first Wednesday of every month from 9am – 11.30am in the Memorial Hall in this beautiful Wealden village.
Here you can buy locally made chocolate, deli food, cakes, and chutneys as well as honey, vegetables and eggs.
Penshurst Place has a farmers’ market in the beautiful grounds of the stately manor house on the 1st Saturday of every month and there is free parking.
