Platt’s Heath
Platts Heath is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lenham, Kent, England. It is also the source of the River Len, which flows in a westerly direction to join the River Medway at Maidstone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Platt’s Heath, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Lenham railway station.
Lenham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lenham railway station serves Lenham in Kent, England. It is 49 miles 11 chains down the line from London Victoria. The station, and all trains serving it, is/ are operated by Southeastern. The station has two tracks running through and two platforms.
Boughton Place
Building
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boughton Place, formerly Bocton Place or Bocton Hall, is a country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England. It is the historic home of the Wotton family and birthplace of Sir Henry Wotton, ambassador to Venice under James I.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandway and Boughton Malherbe.
Sandway
Hamlet
Sandway is a hamlet about one mile to the SW of Lenham in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Boughton Malherbe.
Boughton Malherbe
Village
Photo: Dave Skinner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, equidistant between Maidstone and Ashford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 428, including Sandway and Grafty Green, increasing to 476 at the 2011 Census.
Grafty Green
Village
Grafty Green is a village in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, falling within the civil parish of Boughton Malherbe. It contains two public houses.
Platt’s Heath
- Category: locality
- Location: Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.22373° or 51° 13′ 25″ northLongitude
0.6869° or 0° 41′ 13″ eastElevation
430 feet (131 metres)Open location code
9F326MFP+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 8671384946OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Platt’s Heath” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Platt’s Heath”
- French: “Platt’s Heath”
- Polish: “Platts Heath”
- Welsh: “Platt’s Heath”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Liverton Street and Elmstone Hole.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Platts Heath Primary School and Sandway Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Platt’s Heath”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.