Hawkhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. The parish lies to the south-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Hawkhurst itself is virtually two villages. One, the older of the two, consisting mainly of cottages clustered around a large triangular green known as The Moor, and the other, farther north on the main road, called Highgate (which was considered to be updated to town status because of its increasing population and the council's plans to build more houses). Highgate stands on a crossroads and is where the shops and hotels lie .