Alfred Romary set up the family business here in 1862 baking his famous Romary Biscuits. They were exported all over the world. Queen Victoria even paid this little bakery a visit in 1876 and loved the biscuits so much she granted them a Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty.

In 1935 Rowntree purchased the company and built a new factory elsewhere in Tunbridge Wells but baking continued here in Church Road on a smaller scale for some time. Rowntree stopped making the Tunbridge Wells Wafers locally in 1957.

The factory is now home to a very popular local clothing store, click below to explore and see if you can spot the old oven in the basement where the biscuits were baked.