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Platt, Kent

Coordinates: 51°17′12″N 0°20′07″E / 51.286580°N 0.335400°E / 51.286580; 0.335400
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Platt
Platt is located in Kent
Platt
Platt
Location within Kent
Population1,679 (2011 Census)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSevenoaks
Postcode districtTN15
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°17′12″N 0°20′07″E / 51.286580°N 0.335400°E / 51.286580; 0.335400

Platt, or St. Mary's Platt is a village in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The village contains a church which was built in 1843 and which stands on a hill overlooking the village centre. The architects were Whichcord and Walker of Maidstone.[2]

The hamlet of Crouch (pronounced Crooch) lies within the parish. The River Bourne flows through the western part of the parish. Basted Paper Mill was within the parish boundary.

BBC broadcaster Adam Curtis grew up in Platt.[3]

Nearest Settlements

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. ^ churchplansoline [1] Retrieved 27 May 2011
  3. ^ Lethem, Jonathan (27 October 2016). "Adam Curtis and the Secret History of Everything". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

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