Downe
Downe, formerly Down, is a village in Greater London, England, located within the London Borough of Bromley, which formed part of the historical county of Kent until 1965, and is beyond London's urban sprawl.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lunarsnowflakes, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Downe and Down House.
St Mary’s Church, Downe
Church
Photo: Philip Talmage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in the village of Downe, Bromley is the Church of England Parish Church for the parish of Downe. It is a Grade II* listed building, which dates from the 13th century.
Down House
Photo: Anthonyeatworld, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Down House is the former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family. It was in this house and garden that Darwin worked on his theory of evolution by natural selection, which he had conceived in London before moving to Down.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hazelwood and Green Street Green.
Hazelwood
Hamlet
Hazelwood is a hamlet in Greater London, England. It is located within the London Borough of Bromley, to the east of Downe.
Green Street Green
Suburb
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Green Street Green is an area in south-east London, located in the London Borough of Bromley and, prior to 1965, in the historic county of Kent. It is located south of Orpington, west of Chelsfield, north-west of Pratt's Bottom, north of Hazelwood, and south east of Farnborough. Green Street Green is situated 1½ miles northeast of Downe.
Cudham
Village
Cudham is a village in the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England. It is located on the Greater London border with Kent, bordering the Sevenoaks District. Cudham is situated 1½ miles southeast of Downe.
Downe
- Type: Village with 327 residents
- Description: village in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Bromley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.33715° or 51° 20′ 14″ northLongitude
0.05472° or 0° 3′ 17″ eastPopulation
327Elevation
518 feet (158 metres)Open location code
9F3283P3+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 10296066154OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2651033Wikidata ID
Q125344
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Downe” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Downe”
- Albanian: “Downe”
- Aragonese: “Downe”
- Armenian: “Դաունի, Լոնդոն”
- Basque: “Downe”
- Belarusian: “Даўн”
- Belarusian: “Доўн”
- Bosnian: “Downe”
- Breton: “Downe”
- Catalan: “Downe”
- Cebuano: “Downe”
- Chinese: “唐恩”
- Chinese: “道恩 (大倫敦)”
- Croatian: “Downe”
- Czech: “Downe”
- Danish: “Downe”
- Dutch: “Downe”
- Esperanto: “Downe”
- Estonian: “Downe”
- Finnish: “Downe”
- French: “Downe”
- Galician: “Downe”
- Georgian: “დაუნი”
- German: “Downe”
- Greek: “Ντάουνι”
- Hebrew: “דאון”
- Hindi: “डाउन, लंदन”
- Hindi: “डाउन”
- Hungarian: “Downe”
- Icelandic: “Downe”
- Irish: “Downe”
- Italian: “Downe”
- Japanese: “ダウネ”
- Japanese: “ダウン (イギリス)”
- Japanese: “ダウン”
- Lithuanian: “Downe”
- Lombard: “Downe”
- Low German: “Downe”
- Luxembourgish: “Downe”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Downe”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Downe”
- Norwegian: “Downe”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Downe”
- Persian: “داون، لندن بزرگ”
- Piemontese: “Downe”
- Polish: “Downe”
- Portuguese: “Downe”
- Romanian: “Downe”
- Russian: “Даун”
- Slovak: “Downe”
- Slovenian: “Downe”
- Spanish: “Downe”
- Swedish: “Downe”
- Swiss German: “Downe”
- Thai: “ดาวน์”
- Turkish: “Downe”
- Ukrainian: “Даун”
- Urdu: “ڈاؤن، لندن”
- Venetian: “Downe”
- Walloon: “Downe”
- Welsh: “Downe”
- Western Armenian: “Տաունի Լոնտոն”
- Yiddish: “דאון”
- Yiddish: “דאַון”
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