As a quickly developing and popular Victorian era spa town, the town of Tunbridge Wells did not gain its first church until 1829, when the Decimus Burton designed Holy Trinity Church opened.

[2] However, as the town's expansion quickened, and with no additional land into which to expand the grounds, Woodbury Park proved too small.

[2] After Tunbridge Wells town corporation had procured lands on the northern edge of Frant forest/southern edge of the town, the initially named Frant Forest Cemetery opened in 1873.

[4] Enlarged twice and now covering over 28 acres (11 ha), today the grounds house over 44,000 burials.

[1] In June 2014, a new Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery association were formed.