Various roads in Tonbridge and Malling - Amendment 48: Speed limit order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order would be to make the experimental order permanent and reduced the 30mph speed limit to 20mph speed limit on the following lengths of roads:

  • Brook Street – from its junction with Quarry Hill Road to a point 12 metres east of its junction with Lower Haysden Lane.
  • Hadlow Road – from its junction with Bordyke to a point 40 metres south west of its junction with Cannon Lane.
  • High Street – from its junction with Vale to a point 95 metres north of its junction with Bordyke.
  • Sovereign Way – from its junction with Medway Wharf Road to a point 8 metres south east of its junction with Avenue Du Puy.
  • Vale Road – from its junction with Railway Approach to its junction with Sovereign Way.

For their entire length:

Aldwych CloseAlexandra RoadAllington DriveAngel Lane
Arne CloseArnolds CourtAshburnham RoadAshden Walk
Atkins CloseAvenue Du PuyAvenue Le PuyAvon Close
Baker LaneBank StreetBarchester WayBeaulieu Road
Beecham RoadBeechmont RiseBeverley CrescentBickmore Way
Bishops CloseBishops Oak RideBliss WayBordyke
BotanyBourne Close Bourne Lane Bracken Walk
Brantingham CloseBriar WalkBrickworks CloseBrindles Field
Brindle's FieldBritten CloseBrock LaneBrookes Gardens
Burns CrescentCage Green RoadCannons Wharf Canterbury Crescent
Castle StreetCastlefieldsCavendish CloseCaxton Mews
Cedar CrescentChaucer Gardens Cherry GroveCherry Tree Road
Cherwell CloseChestnuts Close,Cheviot CloseChichester Road
Chiltern Way Clyde RoadColin Blythe RoadCollege Avenue
Colne RoadCommercial RoadConstable RoadCornfield Way
Coventry RoadCowdreysCrabapple RoadCranford Road
Croft CloseDame Kelly Holmes WayDarenth AvenueDarwin Drive
Delius DriveDenbeigh DriveDernier Road Derwent Road
Dodd Road Dove RoadDrayton RoadDriffield Gardens
Dry Bank CourtDry Bank RoadDry Hill Park CrescentDry Hill Park Road
Dry Hill RoadEastfield GardensElgar CloseElm Lane
Elmshurst GardensEly GardensEstridge WayExeter Close
Fairfield CrescentFaraday RideFernholt Five Oak Green Road
Fleming WayFoalhurst CloseForest GroveFosse Bank Close
Framley RoadFrank Woolley Road Gainsborough Gardens Garden Road
George StreetGilbert CloseGodfrey Evans CloseGoldsmid Road
Greenfrith Drive Greentrees AvenueGuards CloseGuestwick
Hadlow Road East Service Road Hamble RoadHandel WalkHartfield Close
Harvest RoadHavelock RoadHawden RoadHawthorn Walk
Haydens MewsHazel ShawHazlewood Close Headley Close
Heather WalkHelen Keller CloseHigham Gardens Higham Lane
Higham School Road HillsideHopgarden RoadHops Close
Howard DriveHunt RoadKelvin CloseKendal Close
Kendal DriveKennet Road Keswick CloseKeyes Gardens
Kinnings RowKnight RoadLandseer Close Larch Crescent
Lavender HillLavender MewsLawn RoadLawrence Road
Leconfield CloseLime Tree CloseLionel RoadLoampits Close
Lockington CloseLodge Oak LaneLongmead WayMabledon Road
Magnolia Close Manor GroveMartin Hardie WayMasefield Way
Medina RoadMedway Wharf RoadMerlin CloseMersey Road
Mill Bank Mill CrescentMill Lane Mill Stream Place
Milton GardensMitre CourtMolescroft Way New Wharf Road
Newton Avenue Northwood Road Norton CrescentNorwich Avenue
Nursery CloseOakmeadOaks Close Oakshott Close
Old Barn CloseOld Hadlow Road Old London Road Orchard Drive
ParkwayParsons Place Peach HallPembury Grove
Pen Way Penfolds Close Pine Ridge Pippins Close
Plane WalkPortman ParkPriestley DrivePriory Grove
Priory RoadPriory StreetPriory WalkPurcell Avenue
Quarry BankQuarry GardensQuarry RiseQuincewood Gardens
Raeburn Close Ramblers WayRed House Close Redbud Road
Rembrandt CloseReynolds CloseRidgeway CrescentRiver Walk
Rochester RoadRodney AvenueRomney WayRose Street
Rother Road Rowan MewsRowan ShawRoyal West Kent Avenue
Rutherford WaySalisbury CloseSalisbury Road Scott Road
Severn CloseShakespeare RoadShandon CloseShelton Close
Silverhurst DriveSpeysideSpringwell RoadSt Bernards Road
St Eanswythes Court St Georges MewsSt Marys RoadSt Pauls Close
St Stephens Street Stainer RoadStair RoadStour Close
Strawberry ValeStreamsideSullivan RoadSussex Road
Swanland DriveTamar RoadTannery RoadThames Road
The BrentThe ChaseThe HaydensThe Ridgeway
The SpinneyThiepval DriveThorpe AvenueTilebarn Corner
Town Acres Trench RoadTruro WalkTudeley Lane
Turner RoadTweed Road Tyne RoadUridge Crescent
Uridge RoadValley CloseValley Forge Close Vaughan Avenue
Vauxhall Gardens Walton Road Waterloo PlaceWaveney Road
Weald View RoadWelland Road Wells CloseWelton Close
West Rise Wheatsheaf WayWhistler RoadWhite Cottage Road
Whitefriars WharfWhitelake RoadWillow Lea Wilson Road
Winchester RoadWye RoadYardley CloseYardley Park Road
York ParadeYork Parade


This order has been made for the following reasons:

    • avoid the danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.
    • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs.
    • for facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians).

Following the statutory consultation period, the scheme has been reviewed and the decision has been taken to make this Order permanent.

Full details, including the scheme plan, can be found in the Public Notice and Statement for Reason document.

Anyone may, by application to the High Court by 28 March 2022 at 12:00 Midday, challenge the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained in them on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or any instrument made thereunder, or that there has been a failure to comply with any statutory requirement to the Orders.

The effect of this made Order would be to make the experimental order permanent and reduced the 30mph speed limit to 20mph speed limit on the following lengths of roads:

  • Brook Street – from its junction with Quarry Hill Road to a point 12 metres east of its junction with Lower Haysden Lane.
  • Hadlow Road – from its junction with Bordyke to a point 40 metres south west of its junction with Cannon Lane.
  • High Street – from its junction with Vale to a point 95 metres north of its junction with Bordyke.
  • Sovereign Way – from its junction with Medway Wharf Road to a point 8 metres south east of its junction with Avenue Du Puy.
  • Vale Road – from its junction with Railway Approach to its junction with Sovereign Way.

For their entire length:

Aldwych CloseAlexandra RoadAllington DriveAngel Lane
Arne CloseArnolds CourtAshburnham RoadAshden Walk
Atkins CloseAvenue Du PuyAvenue Le PuyAvon Close
Baker LaneBank StreetBarchester WayBeaulieu Road
Beecham RoadBeechmont RiseBeverley CrescentBickmore Way
Bishops CloseBishops Oak RideBliss WayBordyke
BotanyBourne Close Bourne Lane Bracken Walk
Brantingham CloseBriar WalkBrickworks CloseBrindles Field
Brindle's FieldBritten CloseBrock LaneBrookes Gardens
Burns CrescentCage Green RoadCannons Wharf Canterbury Crescent
Castle StreetCastlefieldsCavendish CloseCaxton Mews
Cedar CrescentChaucer Gardens Cherry GroveCherry Tree Road
Cherwell CloseChestnuts Close,Cheviot CloseChichester Road
Chiltern Way Clyde RoadColin Blythe RoadCollege Avenue
Colne RoadCommercial RoadConstable RoadCornfield Way
Coventry RoadCowdreysCrabapple RoadCranford Road
Croft CloseDame Kelly Holmes WayDarenth AvenueDarwin Drive
Delius DriveDenbeigh DriveDernier Road Derwent Road
Dodd Road Dove RoadDrayton RoadDriffield Gardens
Dry Bank CourtDry Bank RoadDry Hill Park CrescentDry Hill Park Road
Dry Hill RoadEastfield GardensElgar CloseElm Lane
Elmshurst GardensEly GardensEstridge WayExeter Close
Fairfield CrescentFaraday RideFernholt Five Oak Green Road
Fleming WayFoalhurst CloseForest GroveFosse Bank Close
Framley RoadFrank Woolley Road Gainsborough Gardens Garden Road
George StreetGilbert CloseGodfrey Evans CloseGoldsmid Road
Greenfrith Drive Greentrees AvenueGuards CloseGuestwick
Hadlow Road East Service Road Hamble RoadHandel WalkHartfield Close
Harvest RoadHavelock RoadHawden RoadHawthorn Walk
Haydens MewsHazel ShawHazlewood Close Headley Close
Heather WalkHelen Keller CloseHigham Gardens Higham Lane
Higham School Road HillsideHopgarden RoadHops Close
Howard DriveHunt RoadKelvin CloseKendal Close
Kendal DriveKennet Road Keswick CloseKeyes Gardens
Kinnings RowKnight RoadLandseer Close Larch Crescent
Lavender HillLavender MewsLawn RoadLawrence Road
Leconfield CloseLime Tree CloseLionel RoadLoampits Close
Lockington CloseLodge Oak LaneLongmead WayMabledon Road
Magnolia Close Manor GroveMartin Hardie WayMasefield Way
Medina RoadMedway Wharf RoadMerlin CloseMersey Road
Mill Bank Mill CrescentMill Lane Mill Stream Place
Milton GardensMitre CourtMolescroft Way New Wharf Road
Newton Avenue Northwood Road Norton CrescentNorwich Avenue
Nursery CloseOakmeadOaks Close Oakshott Close
Old Barn CloseOld Hadlow Road Old London Road Orchard Drive
ParkwayParsons Place Peach HallPembury Grove
Pen Way Penfolds Close Pine Ridge Pippins Close
Plane WalkPortman ParkPriestley DrivePriory Grove
Priory RoadPriory StreetPriory WalkPurcell Avenue
Quarry BankQuarry GardensQuarry RiseQuincewood Gardens
Raeburn Close Ramblers WayRed House Close Redbud Road
Rembrandt CloseReynolds CloseRidgeway CrescentRiver Walk
Rochester RoadRodney AvenueRomney WayRose Street
Rother Road Rowan MewsRowan ShawRoyal West Kent Avenue
Rutherford WaySalisbury CloseSalisbury Road Scott Road
Severn CloseShakespeare RoadShandon CloseShelton Close
Silverhurst DriveSpeysideSpringwell RoadSt Bernards Road
St Eanswythes Court St Georges MewsSt Marys RoadSt Pauls Close
St Stephens Street Stainer RoadStair RoadStour Close
Strawberry ValeStreamsideSullivan RoadSussex Road
Swanland DriveTamar RoadTannery RoadThames Road
The BrentThe ChaseThe HaydensThe Ridgeway
The SpinneyThiepval DriveThorpe AvenueTilebarn Corner
Town Acres Trench RoadTruro WalkTudeley Lane
Turner RoadTweed Road Tyne RoadUridge Crescent
Uridge RoadValley CloseValley Forge Close Vaughan Avenue
Vauxhall Gardens Walton Road Waterloo PlaceWaveney Road
Weald View RoadWelland Road Wells CloseWelton Close
West Rise Wheatsheaf WayWhistler RoadWhite Cottage Road
Whitefriars WharfWhitelake RoadWillow Lea Wilson Road
Winchester RoadWye RoadYardley CloseYardley Park Road
York ParadeYork Parade


This order has been made for the following reasons:

    • avoid the danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.
    • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs.
    • for facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians).

Following the statutory consultation period, the scheme has been reviewed and the decision has been taken to make this Order permanent.

Full details, including the scheme plan, can be found in the Public Notice and Statement for Reason document.

Anyone may, by application to the High Court by 28 March 2022 at 12:00 Midday, challenge the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained in them on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or any instrument made thereunder, or that there has been a failure to comply with any statutory requirement to the Orders.