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.
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  • 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
  • Address: Luxted Road, Orpington, BR6 7JT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Biggin Hill Airport and St Mary’s Church, Downe.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a general aviation and minor commercial in in the , 12 NM south-southeast of .

Church
Photo: Philip Talmage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in the village of , is the Parish Church for the parish of Downe. It is a Grade II* listed building, which dates from the 13th century. is situated 1,600 feet north of Down House.

Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a nature reserve owned and managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust in the , close to in the . 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.

Village
Photo: Lunarsnowflakes, Public domain.
, formerly Down, is a village in , England, located within the , which formed part of the historical county of Kent until 1965, and is beyond 's urban sprawl.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in , England. It is located within the , to the east of .

Hamlet
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berry's Green is a small hamlet in the in , England, situated outside of London's contiguous built-up area. It is a fairly wooded rural area with a scattering of farmland.

Down House

Latitude
51.33144° or 51° 19′ 53″ north
Longitude
0.05342° or 0° 3′ 12″ east
Open location code
9F3283J3+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 120876216
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data 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”
  • Persian: “خانه داون”
  • Persian: “داون هاوس (لندن)”
  • Persian: “داون هاوس”
  • Portuguese: “Down House”
  • Russian: “Даун Хаус”
  • Slovenian: “Down House”
  • Spanish: “Down House”
  • Swedish: “Down House”
  • Tajik: “Доун Ҳоус”
  • Ukrainian: “Даун-гаус”
  • Ukrainian: “Даун-хауз”
  • Urdu: “ڈا‍‌‎ؤن ہا‎ؤس”
  • Western Armenian: “Տաուն Հաուս”
  • “Down House”

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