Tenterden, High Street
Tenterden, High Street

Tenterden High Street

Tenterden

A tree-lined high street at the heart of a Wealden market town that grew rich on wool.

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Old streetsTime here: 45 min – 1.5 h

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66a High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AU

Quick facts

Trees were planted to line the High Street in 1871.

A charter of 1449 made Tenterden a limb of Rye within the Cinque Ports, giving the town self-government.

Raw wool brought prosperity after the Black Death, and Flemish weavers later made the town a centre of broadcloth.

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