Downe Bank Nature Reserve

Downe Bank Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Bromley, Greater London, England. Downe Bank Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the locality Darwin, as well as near the hamlet Hazelwood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Downe Bank and Down House.

Downe Bank

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Downe Bank is a nature reserve owned and managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust in the North Downs, close to Downe in the London Borough of Bromley. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest together with the neighbouring High Elms Country Park.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hazelwood and Downe.

Hazelwood

Hamlet

Hazelwood is a hamlet in Greater London, England. It is located within the London Borough of Bromley, to the east of Downe.

Downe

Village

Photo: Lunarsnowflakes, Public domain.

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.

Cudham

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Downe Bank Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Location: Bromley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.33107° or 51° 19′ 52″ north

Longitude

0.06402° or 0° 3′ 51″ east

Elevation

472 feet (144 metres)

Open location code

9F3283J7+CJ

GeoNames ID

10377778

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