page_title: BBC South East
section_title: Studios
hierarchical_section_title: BBC South East / Studios
caption_attribution_description: English: The Great Hall Arcade This large building opposite the railway station is a high quality shopping arcade. It also houses the Tunbridge Wells branch of the BBC, Radio Kent &amp; a BBC shop.
context_page_description: BBC South East is the BBC English region serving Kent, East Sussex, part of West Sussex and a small part of Surrey.
  The BBC region was created in September 2001 by the joining of the Heathfield transmitter with the Bluebell Hill and Dover transmitters to form a new regional TV service. Unlike ITV Meridian, it does not serve southern Essex, this area being part of the BBC London region instead.
context_section_description: The regional broadcasting centre is based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent with local radio studios and television bureaux located in Brighton and Guildford and smaller offices in Hastings, Chatham and Dover. BBC South East is the only one of the BBC regions not based in a major city.
  The Tunbridge Wells studios are located in The Great Hall, a historic building previously used as public rooms, photography studios, a performance venue, a cinema, a dancing school and until 1980, a nightclub called Carriages. In 1980, the building was severely damaged by fire. It was renovated and bought and now contains an arcade of shops, a hidden car park and the headquarters of BBC South East and BBC Radio Kent. The studios, as is now the trend with most modern developments, can be viewed by the public through tours or through the display windows into the offices from the public areas. Until late 2015, the complex contained a BBC Shop.
caption: The Great Hall, Tunbridge Wells
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