St Mary's Platt

Platt
Platt
Platt shown within Kent
Population	1,679 (2011 Census)
District	Tonbridge and Malling
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sevenoaks
Postcode district	TN15
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
List of places UK England Kent 51°17′12″N 0°20′07″E / 51.286580°N 0.335400°E / 51.286580; 0.335400Coordinates: 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.

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.

The Anglican parish church of St Mary's dates from 1843. The architects were Messrs. Whichcord and Walker of Maidstone. The churchyard is the resting place of comic actor Richard Hearne who lived at Platt Farm, a fifteenth-century property in Long Mill Lane, in the village from the 1940s, from where he ran a market garden.

BBC broadcaster Adam Curtis grew up in Platt.

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