Down House
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anthonyeatworld, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family
- Also known as: “Home of Charles Darwin, Down House”
- Address: Luxted Road, Orpington, BR6 7JT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London Biggin Hill Airport and St Mary’s Church, Downe.
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.
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. St Mary’s Church, Downe is situated 1,600 feet north of 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downe and Hazelwood.
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.
Hazelwood
Hamlet
Hazelwood is a hamlet in Greater London, England. It is located within the London Borough of Bromley, to the east of Downe.
Berry’s Green
Hamlet
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berry's Green a small hamlet in the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London, UK, situated outside of London's contiguous built-up area. It is a fairly wooded rural area with a scattering of farmland.
Down House
- Categories: historic house museum, history museum, building, and tourism
- Location: Bromley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.33144° or 51° 19′ 53″ northLongitude
0.05342° or 0° 3′ 12″ eastOpen location code
9F3283J3+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 120876216OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3038318
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Down House” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Down House”
- Armenian: “Դաուն Հաուս”
- Azerbaijani: “Daun Evi”
- Basque: “Down House”
- Belarusian: “Даўн-гаўс”
- Catalan: “Down House”
- Catalan: “Down”
- Chinese: “達爾文故居”
- Dutch: “Down House”
- Finnish: “Down House”
- French: “Down House”
- Galician: “Down House”
- Georgian: “დაუნ-ჰაუსი”
- German: “Down House”
- Greek: “Οίκος Ντάουν”
- Hebrew: “בית דאון”
- Irish: “Teach Down”
- Italian: “Down House”
- Japanese: “ダウン”
- Japanese: “ダウンハウス”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Down House”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Down House”
- Portuguese: “Down House”
- Russian: “Даун Хаус”
- Slovenian: “Down House”
- Spanish: “Down House”
- Swedish: “Down House”
- Tajik: “Доун Ҳоус”
- Urdu: “ڈاؤن ہاؤس”
- Western Armenian: “Տաուն Հաուս”
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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 “Down House”. Photo: Anthonyeatworld, CC BY-SA 3.0.