 The Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery opened in 1873, known initially as the "Frant Forest Cemetery" due to its location, laid out over by the then town surveyor.Royal Tunbridge Wells also has a library, museum and art gallery in Civic Way.Tunbridge Wells is mentioned in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Valley of Fear", H. G. Wells' "Christina Alberta's Father", Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow", Philip Reeve's "Mortal Engines", E. M. Forster's "A Room with a View", Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest", Arnold Bennett's "The Old Wives' Tale", and Zadie Smith's "White Teeth".