For Sale4 Bedroom House in Horns Lodge, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge£1,350,000

What the owners say: We moved here some seven years ago as the excellent and secluded location was ideal for our needs.  However we feel it is now time for us to downsize. We love being in the country and the property being on a private road that only leads to the farm, means it is very safe for children and pets. At the same time we have access to good schools, regular trains to London and even a parade of shops only a mile away. We can walk to the village of Shipbourne which is reputed to be one of the most sought after villages in Kent. There is a large village green looked after by Fairlawn Estates, an historic church and a charming village hall at the end of a Kentish Hall House as well as tennis courts, a good primary school, an excellent weekly farmer’s market and the well-known Chaser Inn and restaurant, while buses will take you to the surrounding towns and villages. There are excellent local educational facilities with a number of primary schools including Slade Primary rated Outstanding by Ofsted, several Outstanding grammar schools including the high achieving The Judd for boys and Tonbridge Grammar School for girls with specialist status including performing arts, maths and ICT, music and sports. There is also Somerhill prep and Hilden Grange Preparatory schools, the independent Kent College, the West Kent College of further education and a small University of Kent campus as well as the famous independent Tonbridge School founded in 1553. This provides the thriving EM Forster theatre and 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 includes golf, football, rugby, tennis and cricket clubs.