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[[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|The Robin Hood, Tunbridge Wells / Google Earth Street View.]]
[[File:{{#var:Image}}|thumb|right|500px|The Robin Hood, Birken Road / [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1185652 N. Chadwick, 28 Feb. 2009; Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]]
<div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-09. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}. Some contents courtesy Paul Skelton, webmaster of [http://www.dover-kent.com Kent's Public House Archive Site.]</p>
<div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-09. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}. Some contents courtesy Paul Skelton, webmaster of [http://www.dover-kent.com Kent's Public House Archive Site.]</p>
The still existing Robin Hood at 2 Birken Road, Tunbridge Wells, opened in 1972.
The still existing Robin Hood at 2 Birken Road, Tunbridge Wells, opened in 1971.


The pub is situated in a neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells known as [[Sherwood (Tunbridge Wells)|Sherwood]]. The area, several streets, businesses and facilities there probably owe their names to the presence of the pub. It is situated on the northwest corner of Birken and Sandhurst roads in a house built in 1912 and used as a private home until it was converted into the Robin Hood in 1971. The pub has changed owners and publicans several times over the years. In 1997 it was owned by Whitbread Medway Inns, in 2007 by Enterprise Inc PLC. Major alterations and refurbishmenst were undertaken and the premises were considerably enlarged in 2007. The pub closed in September 2012 but was purchased by Green King and reopened on 20 January 2013 as "'Robin Hood' Hungry Horse". It was renovated again in October 2018.<ref>The source for all this is [http://www.dover-kent.com/2014-project/Robin-Hood-Tunbridge-Wells.html Dover Kent Archives: Robin Hood, Sandhurst Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells,] written and compiled by Edward James Gilbert.</ref>
The pub is situated in a neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells known as [[Sherwood (Tunbridge Wells) (2)|Sherwood]], which inspired the names of several streets, businesses and facilities there. The pub is situated on the northwest corner of Birken and Sandhurst roads in a house built in 1912 and used as a private home until it was converted into the Robin Hood in 1971. The pub has changed owners and publicans several times over the years. In 1997 it was owned by Whitbread Medway Inns, in 2007 by Enterprise Inc PLC. Major alterations and refurbishmenst were undertaken and the premises were considerably enlarged in 2007. The pub closed in September 2012 but was purchased by Green King and reopened on 20 January 2013 as "'Robin Hood' Hungry Horse". It was renovated again in October 2018.<ref>The source for most of this is [http://www.dover-kent.com/2014-project/Robin-Hood-Tunbridge-Wells.html Dover Kent Archives: Robin Hood, Sandhurst Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells,] written and compiled by Edward James Gilbert.</ref>
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== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
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* [http://www.dover-kent.com/2014-project/Robin-Hood-Tunbridge-Wells.html Dover Kent Archives: Robin Hood, Sandhurst Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells.]
* [http://www.dover-kent.com/2014-project/Robin-Hood-Tunbridge-Wells.html Dover Kent Archives: Robin Hood, Sandhurst Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells.]
== Maps ==
== Maps ==
* 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (''c.'' 1873; surveyed 1866). No Copy in NLS
* 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (''c.'' 1873; surveyed 1866). No copy in NLS
* 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.12 (''c.'' 1873; surveyed 1866-68). No Copy in NLS
* 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.12 (''c.'' 1873; surveyed 1866-68). No copy in NLS
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.14473&lon=0.28330&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.14473&lon=0.28330&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)] (georeferenced)
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/103682192#zoom=5&lat=2812&lon=8474&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/103682192#zoom=5&lat=2812&lon=8474&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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Locality
Coordinate 51.14453, 0.282684
Adm. div. Kent
Vicinity 2 Birken Road, Tunbridge Wells
Type Public house
Interest Robin Hood name
Status Extant
First Record 1971
A.k.a. Robin Hood Hungry Horse
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Robin Hood (Tunbridge Wells).

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-09. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-13. Some contents courtesy Paul Skelton, webmaster of Kent's Public House Archive Site.

The still existing Robin Hood at 2 Birken Road, Tunbridge Wells, opened in 1971.

The pub is situated in a neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells known as Sherwood, which inspired the names of several streets, businesses and facilities there. The pub is situated on the northwest corner of Birken and Sandhurst roads in a house built in 1912 and used as a private home until it was converted into the Robin Hood in 1971. The pub has changed owners and publicans several times over the years. In 1997 it was owned by Whitbread Medway Inns, in 2007 by Enterprise Inc PLC. Major alterations and refurbishmenst were undertaken and the premises were considerably enlarged in 2007. The pub closed in September 2012 but was purchased by Green King and reopened on 20 January 2013 as "'Robin Hood' Hungry Horse". It was renovated again in October 2018.[1]

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Notes

  1. The source for most of this is Dover Kent Archives: Robin Hood, Sandhurst Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, written and compiled by Edward James Gilbert.


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