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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。
Reference: https://www.cps.gov.uk/south-east
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
Local County Government 郡政府:
Kent County Council 肯特郡政府- https://www.kent.gov.uk
Local District Government 區政府:
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council - https://www.tmbc.gov.uk
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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