Downe Bank
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.Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: UK nature reserve
- Also known as: “Downe Bank SSSI”
Places of Interest
Highlights include London Biggin Hill Airport and Down House.
London Biggin Hill Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
London Biggin Hill Airport is an operational general aviation and minor commercial airport serving Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located 12 NM south-southeast of Central London.
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 Biggin Hill and Farnborough.
Biggin Hill
Town
Photo: Philip Talmage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggin Hill is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, about 15.2 miles south-southeast of Charing Cross. It is separated from London's built-up area by the Metropolitan green belt and is located adjacent to the Greater London boundary with Kent and Surrey.
Farnborough
Suburb
Photo: DavidAnstiss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Farnborough is a large village in Greater London, England. Historically within Kent, it is situated south of Locksbottom, west of Green Street Green, north of Downe and Hazelwood, and east of Keston, it is centred 13.4 miles southeast of Charing Cross.
Chelsfield
Village
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chelsfield is an area in southeast London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley and, prior to 1965, in the historic county of Kent. It lies south of Goddington, west of Well Hill, north of Pratt's Bottom and east of Green Street Green.
Downe Bank
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Bromley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3298° or 51° 19′ 47″ northLongitude
0.0637° or 0° 3′ 49″ eastOpen location code
9F3283H7+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 457564038OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q5303084
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