For Sale4 Bedroom Detached House in Birchwood Avenue, Southborough, Kent Tn4 0ue£1,095,000

What the Owners Sayy: When we first saw this cottage about five years ago, we instantly fell in love with it and named it ‘Pixie Cottage’ and thought it looked just like a gingerbread house. It was the character of the house and the beautiful gardens that we adore and are very sad to be leaving but we need to move for health reasons. The cottage is very conveniently located only half a mile from the centre of Southborough with its 75 acre Common providing wonderful opportunities for walks and cycle rides. For horsey enthusiasts there is the 850 acre Honnington Equestrian Centre that also offers a bike track and clay pigeon shooting while the town and surrounding area includes excellent pubs and restaurants including the Hand and Sceptre as well as convenience stores, independent shops, a cricket club and a good primary school. There is a modern civic centre with its medical centre, pharmacy and a library as well as a hall with regular exercise classes and multifunctional spaces for hire. While it is less than a mile to Bidborough village with its good primary school and nursery as well as a post office, convenience store, garage and the award-winning Kentish Hare pub/restaurant. It is only a couple of miles to Tonbridge with its mainline station, where trains can whisk you to London Bridge in about half an hour, as well as independent shops, hair and beauty salons, bars, restaurants and retail outlets. There are excellent educational facilities with a number of primary schools including Slade Primary rated Outstanding by Ofsted, several Outstanding grammar schools, the West Kent College of further education and a small University of Kent campus plus the famous independent Tonbridge School founded in 1553. This provides a leisure club with extremely good facilities available to external club members including a swimming pool, gymnasium, athletics track and tennis courts while the town itself has golf, football, rugby, tennis and cricket clubs. Nearby Tunbridge Wells features the famous Pantiles with its mix of independent shops, bars and restaurants, while the rest of the town includes high street stores, a variety of eateries, individual shops, hair and beauty salons, luxury and boutique hotels and retail parks. There is a nine-screen Odeon cinema, the Trinity Theatre, the well-respected Assembly Hall Theatre and exhibitions in the Amelia Scott cultural centre. For sports aficionados there is the Neville Golf club and cricket, football, rugby and tennis as well as a swimming pool and the indoor sports and tennis centre. As far as education is concerned Tunbridge Wells also has local primary and grammar schools with some being rated Outstanding by Ofsted while a number of excellent private schools are also available within the locale.*