Brook, Kent

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Brook
Brook, Kent (Kent)
Brook, Kent

Brook shown within Kent
Population 307 (Parish)
District Ashford
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TONBRIDGE
Postcode district TN25
Dialling code 01233
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Ashford
List of places: UKEnglandKent

Coordinates: 51°11′58″N 0°54′50″E / 51.199329, 0.913873

Brook is a village and civil parish in the Ashford borough of Kent, England, situated about five miles east of Ashford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 307.

The 12th century parish church is dedicated to St Mary. There is also a Baptist chapel. The church of St. Mary, erected about 1075, is of stone, in the Early Norman style, and has a tower containing 3 bells: the tower was struck by lightning in 1896, and the northwest corner destroyed, but was restored in 1899: there are 160 sittings.

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