Down House, former home of Charles Darwin, Downe, Kent, England UK Stock Photo Alamy
The Recent story of the Queens Head 'Awarded Pub of the Year 2014, by the Bromley section of CAMRA, and included in the good beer guides for 12 years (just included in 2023), it is an independant family run 16th century traditional country pub in the centre of Downe Village, a short drive or bus journey from Orpington or Bromley.
Village centre, Pub and Church, Downe, Kent, England UK Stock Photo Alamy
Downe village is a Conservation Area in the Metropolitan Green Belt and and was proposed in 2009 as a World Heritage Site (not ratified) based on Darwin's Landscape Laboratory. The village is the heart of the proposed site which extends to parts of Cudham and Keston.
The & Dragon public house in the village of Downe, Kent Stock Photo Alamy
8. Red House. 9.27 MILES. From the outside, Red House is reminiscent of a gingerbread house wrought in stone. It was built in 1859 by Victorian designer William Morris - of Morris…. View more attractions. Down House, on the edge of the quaint Kent village of Downe, was Charles Darwin's home from 1842 until his death in 1882.
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Downe, a parish in Kent, 16 miles from London, 5 SSW of St Mary Cray, 3 from Orpington station on the S.E.R., and 5½ SE by S of Bromley. It has a post and money order office under Farnborough (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Farnborough. Acreage, 1652; population, 581. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £400 with residence.
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Choose from 3 different lodges sleeping from 28 to 38. WANT TIME AND SPACE FOR YOURSELVES? Just 16 miles from London, Downe in rural Kent offers 86 acres of adventurous and traditional outdoor activities. Near the historic home of Charles Darwin, there's no better place to get close to nature. And with both modern lodges and a choice.
Layman's London Circular walk from Downe, Kent
An illustration of Charles Darwin's home at Downe in Kent. Charles Darwin. This article is more than 14 years old. Darwin's home nominated as world heritage site.
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But the village of Downe in Kent has acquired both a peculiar fame and a peculiar position. Its fame, gained through intimate association with two great names, Darwin and Lubbock, cannot be taken from it. Its position, as a rural site wellnigh within the tentacles of outer London, may yet, and indeed soon, be jeopardized ;.
Fizzlers' Rambles Ramble No. 9 Downe, Kent
Otford Solar Sytem Jonathan Wilson / Alamy Stock Photo. The Otford Solar System is a scale model built in 1999 to celebrate the new millennium. The scale is 1:4,595,700,000, so one millimeter is.
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Downe, formerly Down, ( / daʊn /) is a village in Greater London, England, located within the London Borough of Bromley but beyond London's contiguous urban area. Downe is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) south west of Orpington and 14.2 miles (22.9 km) south east of Charing Cross.
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Downe Circular Walk. 5 miles (8.7 km) This circular walk explores the countryside and villages around Downe. On the route you will explore the countryside and woods where Charles Darwin observed the natural world, helping him cultivate his now world famous theories. The walk starts at Down House where Darwin resided.
Down House, Luxted Road, Downe, , Kent BR6 7JT. Home of Charles Darwin. Exterior view of the
Kent Parishes Downe Guide to Downe, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. Contents 1 Parish History 2 Resources 2.1 Find Neighboring Parishes 2.2 Civil Registration 2.2.1 Registration Districts 2.3 Church Records 2.3.1 Church of England
Down House in Luxted Road, Downe, Kent, was the home of Charles Darwin and where he worked on
Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later 'Downe') in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the benefits of rural surroundings, where Darwin could make observations and undertake experiments in natural history, with reasonable
Layman's London Queen's Head, Downe, Kent
The riposte to this analysis, Sir Arthur continued, was being formulated in 'the village of Downe in the Kentish Uplands'. There, he explained, on the day of the president's 1858 lecture, Charles Darwin 'sat in his study struggling with the first chapter of a new book; but no one foresaw… that the publication of the completed book, The Origin of the Species, 15 months later (1859.
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Welcome to the Downe Village website. Please take time to look around. If you have any suggestions, please contact the webmaster (via the Residents' Association page) What's happening in Downe Events coming up in Downe: Saturday 13 January - Race Night (village hall)
Fizzlers' Rambles Ramble No. 9 Downe, Kent
Charles Darwin's home at Downe in Kent. Charles Darwin's home at Downe in Kent. Science. This article is more than 15 years old. At home with the Darwins.
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Nestled in the sleepy village of Downe in Kent and reached via winding country lanes is the home of Charles Darwin and his family. Visitors can explore Down House and the garden and discover Darwin's life as a family man and as one of the leading scientists of the 19th century. You will find examples of Darwin's work all around the house.
