Offering wonderful walking, cycling and riding opportunities
3 miles to Hawkhurst
12 miles to Tunbridge Wells
Flimwell is a small village located about 3 miles West of Hawkhurst and 2 miles North-East of Ticehurst, with the A21 running through it from Hastings in the South to the M25 and London to the North, making this a highly convenient location for road access to the coast and motorway network.
Discover more about Flimwell
The village offers an award-winning smokery and delicatessen with café, a Church. and a village hall that was newly opened in 2020, and hosts a number of classes and private bookings. There is also a tasty ice cream parlour attached to it.
The area is most widely known due to its proximity to Bewl Water Reservoir and Bedgebury Pinetum, two star attractions of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, offering wonderful walking, cycling and riding opportunities within a mile or two.
Hawkhurst, Ticehurst and Wadhurst all provide further amenities including schools and Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets in Hawkhurst. The larger shopping centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells is located about 12 miles away, straight up the A21.
Stonegate and Etchingham stations are about 6 miles equidistant away, providing services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street (Stonegate to London Bridge in under 1 hr).
The village shares a “good” primary school (Ofsted 2019) with the neighbouring village of Ticehurst. There are secondary schools in Hawkhurst and Wadhurst and preparatory schools in Hawkhurst.