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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Patrick Barkham

‘It’s now or never’: Tunbridge Wells residents race to save commons from developers

Tunbridge Wells campaigners Roger Barton, John Barber and Nick Leech walking dogs in woodland
Tunbridge Wells campaigners (from left) Roger Barton, John Barber and Nick Leech. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Tunbridge Wells locals still talk about the time Arrested Development played at the minuscule music venue on the edge of its picturesque commons. The hip-hop stars enjoyed a picnic beside the spectacular rocky outcrop on the leafy 106 hectare (256-acre) common land in the heart of the Kent town.

“Now we want development arrested for the commons,” said John Barber, a local resident and the former chair of the Friends of Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall Commons charity.

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