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    • Sep 19, 2020
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Tonbridge (湯布里奇), Kent (肯特郡)

Tonbridge is located in Kent, and around 29 miles (47 km) south east of London. It is a great commuter town that only takes 35mins train ride to London. Tonbridge has many excellent private and state grammar schools.

湯布里奇(Tonbridge) 位於英格蘭肯特, 在倫敦東南約29英里（47公里）。這是一個很好的通勤小鎮 (commuter town)，乘坐火車僅需35分鐘即可到達倫敦。湯布里奇擁有許多優秀的私立和文法學校。





 

Transport 交通







Some of the major London stations:

1 – London Victoria

2 – London Bridge

3 – London St Pancras International

4 – London Waterloo

5 – London Paddington

6 – London Euston

7 – London Liverpool Street







Train 火車

Tonbridge to London Bridge

Southeastern: 32-37mins

Tonbridge to London Charing Cross

Southeastern: 47mins

Tonbridge to London Cannon Street

Southeastern: 46mins

Tonbridge to London Waterloo East

Southeastern: 38-45mins

Train price 火車價格 (October 2023)

Weekly season ticket 週票: £99.90

Monthly season ticket 月票: £383.70

Annual season ticket 年票: £3996.00



Car 駕駛

Driving to Central London: 1hr to 1h45mins (depending on traffics)

駕駛前往倫敦市中心：1小時至1小時45分鐘（視交通情況而定）



 

Tonbridge House Prices

Average House price 平均房價 (2020):

£ 402,043


Sale 買屋: can use the link below to consider 以下連結可作參考

Rental 租屋:



 

Education 教育


Schools in Tonbridge 學校


Tonbridge has a well-known public school (Tonbridge School) and 3 excellent grammar schools (state schools).

Tonbridge 有著名的私立學校, 叫Tonbridge School, 和 3間優秀的文法中學 (公校)


Ofsted rating: List of schools’ ratings in Tonbridge

教育、兒童服務與技能標準局: 湯布里奇的教育評分


State Schools 政府資助學校 (公校)


Primary 小學



Secondary 中學


Grammar schools 文法中學

  • Grammar schools are more academic, and pupils are selected by means of examination called the 11+.

  • 文法學校更具學術性，通過考試選擇學生(入學試稱為11+ ) 類似香港Band 1 學校。

Please read our "State Grammar Schools" post for further details

請閱讀我們的“文法中學”的文章以獲取更多詳細信息



Comprehensive schools

綜合學校 - 學生不挑不揀不考試就可以入讀



Special School

特殊學校

Independent School / Private School

私立學校 (收費)


Tonbridge School, a famous public school, was established in 1552. In 2020 GCSE results, 95% students were at Grades 9, 8 and 7 (equivalent to A* or A). Many students went into some well-known Universities e.g. Oxford, Cambridge etc

Tonbridge School是一間著名的私立男校，成立於1552年。在2020年GCSE成績中，95％的學生分別處於 Grade9、8和7（相當於A *或A）。還有許多學生進入了一些著名的大學, 例如 牛津，劍橋等。


 


Local Government 地方政府


Unitary authority – have the powers of a non-metropolitan county (Kent County Council)

and District Council combined.


單一管理區 – 負責郡政府 (肯特郡政府 Kent County Council) 和區政府的事務。

e.g. Local grammar school exam 例如負責文法中學考試


Refer to the document: Councils and MPs for further explanation

請參閱文檔: 地方政府和國會議員 以獲取更多解釋



Local County Government 郡政府:



Local District Government 區政府:



MP國會議員


Constituency 選區: Tonbridge and Malling



Tom Tugendhat MP – Conservative 保守黨 tom.tugendhat.mp@parliament.uk




Mayor 市長 of Tonbridge and Malling:

Jill Anderson (Conservative 保守黨)



County councillors郡議員 in Tonbridge and Malling:


7 councillors representing 6 electoral divisions

Tonbridge: Richard Long and Michael Payne



Local Councillors 地方/區議員– represent for your local community and are elected

他們都是選民選出來代表自己的社區（ward）


Find your Borough councillors 尋找你的地方/區議員:

54 councillors representing 24 wards





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