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Guide Price£100,000

Land Lying to the South West of Hamsell Manor Lodge, Groombridge Lane, Tunbridge Wells, TN3

Land size
3.77 acres

Key Features

  • FOR SALE BY CONNECT UK AUCTIONS
  • Auction Date: Thursday 17th September 2026
  • Circa 3.77 Acres / 15,257 Square Metres / 164,221 Square Feet
  • Vacant Possession
  • Freehold
  • Excellent Location
  • Access / Right of Way from Eridge Road (A26)
  • Future potential for various development, subject to all necessary consents
  • Purchasers considering further development potential are deemed to rely on their own enquiries
  • For enquiries, please speak with Sam Spreadbury

Description

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Freehold Land with Shed and Pond, Circa 3.77 Acres, in an Excellent Location. Future potential for various development, subject to all necessary consents. Prospective purchasers must rely solely on their own enquiries.

ACCOMMODATION:
Circa 3.77 Acres / 15,257 Square Metres / 164,221 Square Feet

Access / Right of Way from Eridge Road (A26)

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LOCATION:
Groombridge Lane is situated in a desirable semi-rural location on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells, offering an attractive balance of countryside tranquillity and convenient access to the town’s extensive amenities. The historic and highly regarded town of Tunbridge Wells provides a wide selection of independent shops, cafés, restaurants and leisure facilities, together with excellent schooling and transport connections.

TENURE:
Freehold.

VIEWINGS:
During daylight hours. Please feel free to view at your leisure.

AUCTION DATE:
Connect Realtime® Bidding commences at 12pm with closing bids at 1pm, Thursday 17th September 2026.

The Lot is for sale via Traditional Auction. This is a timed auction, which requires both parties to complete the transaction within the completion date as per the auction legal pack. The buyer, is required to register, with Connect UK Land Auctions, in order to participate and will be required to go through, identification verification process. The auction Legal Pack, is available by request. You are required to complete your own due diligence prior to bidding. The Lot is subject to an undisclosed Reserve Price. The Reserve Price and Starting Bid being subject to change.

UNCONDITIONAL LOT:
Auction Fees apply, upon the fall of the gavel, as per the auction legal pack. The purchaser is legally bound to buy and the vendor is legally bound to sell the Property/Lot. The auction conditions require a full legal completion 28 or 42 days following the day of auction (unless otherwise stated in the legal pack). Delayed completion available, please request further details if required.

For enquiries, please speak with Sam Spreadbury

DISCLAIMER:

*Connect UK Auctions does not warrant or accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the property descriptions or related information provided here and they do not constitute property particulars. All displayed property boundaries use data provided by Land Registry and is assumed to be correct and updated regularly. However for the avoidance of doubt all displayed property boundaries are indicative and for marketing purposes only.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-09-10

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 117 Development Land listings in South East England (1+ acres).

This Property£26,525 / acre
Development Land Average (1+ acres) £315,168 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Mbps

Under 10 Mbps here

Suitable for

  • Basic browsing & email

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Groombridge St Thomas' Church of England Primary School1.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    117
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Mark's Church of England Primary School2.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    333
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Frant Church of England Primary School2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    96
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Broadwater Down Primary School2.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    109
    Type
    Community school
  • Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School2.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    403
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Beacon Academy2.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,642
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bennett Memorial Diocesan School4 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,913
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Skinners' School4.3 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,149
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Boys
  • Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School4.4 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,123
    Type
    Foundation school
    Gender
    Girls
  • St Gregory's Catholic School4.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,093
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Budgens Langington Green Filling Station, Rusthall2.8 miles
Lidl Crowborough, Crowborough2.9 miles
Morrisons Crowborough, Crowborough2.9 miles

GP surgery

Groombridge And Hartfield Medical Group1.9 miles

Pharmacy

Boots2.8 miles

Hospital

Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital3.1 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Eridge Rail Station357 metres

Nearest bus stop

Railway Station455 metres

Typical drive times

Wadhurst11 min · 7.8 miles
Crowborough5 min · 3 miles
Southborough13 min · 6.1 miles
Royal Tunbridge Wells8 min · 4.2 miles
Brighton and Hove (city)48 min · 29 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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