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  • Dr Who, Tom Baker's former house is now a B&B in Church Road, Tunbridge Wells. Call 07964 400147 for details. http://www.TheLancers.co.uk
  • Naffanual is in TV - seen him presenting a few sport programmes on Extreme Sports
  • ray mears lives in between ticehurst and etchingham, 20 mins from tunbridge wells
  • Sid viciuos and jo brand went to school here, kelly holmes from tonbridge, jilly goolden, ian hislop, the floopy haird guy off cold feet, guy in the red jumper from art attack, and that italien woman off of eastenders (bepes mum) all live around somewhere
  • What about all them upcoming stars from the T Wells cult film "We've Got The Toaster"?! Go to www.wevegotthetoaster.com - the film was made entirely in T Wells with local people so you're sure to someone or somewhere in it! Also, the website has some funny promo videos with people in character mooching around the town and giving you the tour!
  • Jo brand the comedian and a tennis player (name? nope. i have no idea. lol)
  • Drummer from keane lives round here.
  • Seen Nick Knowles in Sainsburys and Vic Reeves and Wife in RVP
  • Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells is now online see http://www.disgusted.tw
  • Graham Norton has a flat here,Robbie Williams has a house 5 minutes up the road.
  • David from Cold Feet
  • Johnny Marr totally used to live in my spare room. He was renting it out with David Bowie.
  • phil babb, ex irish liverpool and sunderland premiership footballer lives in tunbridge wells, ON MY STREET!
  • Gerry Rafferty lives locally and can be seen now and again driving a large mercedes which has got platinum hub caps (he alegedly has a different lady with him each time he is seen out) Hats off to him !!!
  • the guy whol looks like a rat out of eastenders
  • Tim Burchell...........who's he???
  • apparently nigel harman lives in the pantiles?!
  • jilly from food and drink
  • Dido is from Matfield and the Mr Men are also from Tunbridge Wells.
  • Davina Mcall lives in T wells. Someone from the Who lives nearby, and Westlife have been spotted in McDonalds.
  • I live here. Isn't that enough..?
  • Former Dr Who Assistent (and later unfortunatly Eastenders) Louise Jameson.
  • Jordon actually now lives in Maresfield and i think Jilly Goolden lives in Nutley but shes regulary in and out of T Wells and Crowborough!
  • jack ryder used to live in tonbridge, i saw him in town once!
  • George Cohen - 1966 World Cup Winner. Very nice chap. Louise Jameson, actress of TV and stage, absolutely charming. I saw Chris Evans once loading an antique into his Bentley in the High Street, does not live here. Paul McCartney out in East Sussex and the guy from The Who. Henry Cooper. Jamie from EastEnders in Tonbridge. Yes, Gilly Goolden, did a Private Secretary's Certificate training course at West Kent College. James Braxton off Bargain Hunt, works at auctioneers at the Pantiles - he's getting famous.
  • Gary Barden ex of Michael Schenker Group
  • i saw the guy with floppy hair from cold feet in safeways, and the presenter who used to be in byker grove in que pasa.
  • Tim Burchell - what a guy!!
  • Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck is rumoured to live in the area. Known to dads for being in the yardbirds as well as various other solo and colaborational (is that a word) work. Known to a whole generation of hip hop kids for the drum break on 'come dancing', used by De La Soul, Diamond D and Gangstarr etc...
  • HELLO!? HAVE YOU ALL FORGOTTEN MARTIN CORRY? OF ENGLAND RUGBY AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS BOYS GRAMMAR FAME??
  • Ian Hislop - doesnt live in the town but commutes from here every now and again
  • Kian from Westlife has been spotted in Davinchis, just visiting. Quite a few theatre celebraties from London live nearby. Bob Hoskins has a house just outside of Tunbridge Wells. The wine Woman from Food and Drink lives nearby. One of the Honeyz lives in Crowborough, or her mum does.
  • jordan (d topless model) is movin near d pantiles god wot is dis twn comin 2 we hav a reputation 2 uphold
  • Neil Faraday from KMFM lives in Queen's Road.
  • mark fish! charlton keeper. seb fontane (thorrins) fat comedy bitch
  • George Cohen(1966 World Cup winner)and the lady who played the Bepe's mum in Eastenders.David Gower was born here as was Shane McGowan from the Pogues.
  • Shane McGowan was born in Tunbridge Wells - I shit you not.
  • Rosa Di Marco.
  • Tom Baker and Joanna Lumley. Mr Hinks--eerrrr clay! Texxture!
  • Geoff Hurst........Louise Jameson (WOW I hear you cry). One interesting one though is Olympic Bronze Medallist Kelly Holmes!!!!!
  • Kelly Holmes, Jilly Goolden
  • Steve Russell ( animal Hospital )
  • Sean Connery goes camping in Hawkenbury Woods...
  • I heard Dido lived hear but I don't think its true! We have a couple of Pro golfers and some geezer from the 66 world cup winning squad! We also have Chrissie B "The bad boy MC"!
  • Not many famous celebrity's, Sir Paul Condom and ex-Sex Pistols Sid Vicious but thats about it.
  • Virginia Wade (the once wimbledon champion) went ot my old school TWGGS!! Jo Brand as has already mentioned also went there!!
  • How could you forget Animal, lead singer with The Anti-Nowhere League (a.k.a. Nick Culmer, who used to live in Southborough)!!
  • Matthew Marsden? ok so he hardly counts bless 'is cottons. Oh yeah and Jamie from Eastenders lives in tonbridge. Yeh yeh!!
  • Jo Brand used to go to TWGGS (yes really)
  • My website http://www.infowar.co.uk The company I'm mates with http://www.diligence.co.uk Err Krishnan Guru Murphy, Jilly the wine taster from food and wine, Vasrious band members, denise van outen and loads of other people.

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Last updated: 2008-10-14

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