Down House
Type: Historic Houses
Location: Biggin Hill
Telephone: 01689 859119
Distance: 3.7 mile(s)
Contact information
Owner: English Heritage
Downe Village
Biggin Hill
Kent
Telephone: 01689 859119
Getting there: Orpington station 3.5 miles 146 Bus from Bromley stations
Opening information: Late March - Christmas Wed - Sun only 29 Mar - 30 Sept 10 - 6 , 1 - 31 Oct 10 -5, 1 Nov - 23 Dec 10 - 4 Open Bank Holidays
Prices: Adults £6.60 Children £3.30 Concessions £5.00 EH members free Family ticket £16.50 Group discounts available
Facilities and additional information
Home and workplace of Charles Darwin from 1842 until his death in 1882. His work on The Origin of the Species was based as much on his findings on the North Downs as on his voyages to the Galapagos Islands. Many of Darwin s books, instruments and notes can be viewed.
Additional information
tearoom, shop, toilets