David W's Tonbridge Pillbox Safari

During the Second War War Commander in Chief, General Edmund Ironside (a former pupil of Tonbridge school pupil)  ordered the mass construction of anti-tank lines in a last ditch effort to protect Britain.

Pick up your old kit bag and go for a 5.5 mile/2.5 hr evening walk on a Pillbox Safari around Tonbridge starting on  The Green opposite the The George & Dragon Public House Tonbridge.

The pill boxes you will see on this walk are just a small link in a historic chain of defence, but will hopefully give you an insight into these remnants of World War 2 and the defensive line that “Fort Tonbridge” once sat upon.

We pass Tonbridge School with it's own pillbox(!), head past the Castle Gate House to the railway line,
up the hill to Powdermills, a small hamlet between Hildenborough and Leigh. Then downhill past the Plough pub, across fields to the Tonbridge Flood Barrier then back along the river all the way to past Lucifer’s Bridge(!), back to Tonbridge Swimming Pool and the Castle.

There will be an optional pub stop at the end of the walk at the Ivy House.