Tonbridge Daily Snippet

Up to the early 19th century Tonbridge Market took place between Church Lane and  East Street.  The cattle and sheep pens were set up in the centre of the High Street with a narrow space either side for passing carriages.  In 1856 the market moved from the High Street to open land between Bank Street and The Slade.

Following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in 1971 the cattle market closed and became a general Saturday market until 2003.