page_title: Pembury
section_title: The district church of St Peter
hierarchical_section_title: Pembury / Religious sites / The district church of St Peter
caption_attribution_description: English: St Peter's Upper Church, Hastings Road, Pembury, Kent, England, seen from the southwest. Built in 1846–47 much closer to the centre of the village than the ancient parish church.
context_page_description: Pembury is a large village in Kent, in the south east of England, with a population of 6,128 at the 2011 Census. It lies just to the north-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
  The village centre, including the village green and High Street area is a conservation area.
context_section_description: The District Church of St Peter, usually referred to as the "Upper Church" was built in 1847 on land donated by the Marquess Camden of Bayham.  Built from local sandstone, also donated by the Marquess, it was erected on one of the highest points in the village. The church was built as a "Chapel of Ease" to serve the expanding communities around the village green who were some distance away from the old church.
  The clock on the tower was added in 1872 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the church.  A 92 foot high spire was added to the tower in 1886 but was removed exactly one hundred years later as it had become unsafe.
caption: St Peter's Upper Church, Pembury
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