17 Avon Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1
Description
Description
A detached commercial building of traditional brick work, arranged over two floors with rear extensions, covering the majority of the site. There is a useful driveway from the rear of the property leading out to St. James` Road.
The property was until recently used as a joinery workshop and offers potential for a wide range of alternative commercial uses and indeed residential conversion or comprehensive redevelopment.
Floor Areas
Ground Floor - Front building - 908 sq ft
- Rear extension - 410 sq ft
- Lower rear extension - 545 sq ft
First Floor - 907 sq ft
Total Building Floor Area - 2770 sq ft
Total Site Area - 3250 sq ft
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-08-12
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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- Listed Property
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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
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School225 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 201
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School664 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 629
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Skinners' Temple Grove919 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 163
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- St John's Church of England Primary School998 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 633
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- The Wells Free School999 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 213
- Type
- Free schools
Secondary
- The Skinners' School867 metresOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,149
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Boys
- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School0.7 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,123
- Type
- Foundation school
- Gender
- Girls
- Skinners' Kent Academy0.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,017
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys0.9 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,875
- Type
- Community school
- Gender
- Boys
- St Gregory's Catholic School1 mileOfsted: 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Durlings, Tunbridge Wells
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