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Down House tel: 01689 859119 Area: Kent |
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| Visitor Information | www.english-heritage.org.uk -- email: |
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Down House |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
1st Feb - 31st Mar; 10am-4pm; Wed-Sun; House 11am - 4pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: No |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £ 9.30; Concessions £7.90; Child £4.70; Family £23.30 | ||||||
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| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Charles Darwin's "Sand Walk" or thinking-path. | English Heritage Garden Grade: II | |||||
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| English Heritage have been recreating the gardens as the Darwins« would have seen them, although small in size many elements of bigger gardens exist including bedding, shrubberies and mixed borders, an orchard, and a traditional kitchen garden and greenhouse. Victorian plant varieties are used throughout the garden adding to the period feel. The gardens are of special merit due to the scientific work Darwin undertook. An interesting and famous feature is Charles Darwin's "Sand Walk" or thinking-path. Visitors can see Darwin's experiments re-created in his outdoor laboratory in the gardens. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| Down House was the home of Charles Darwin and his family for the last 40 years of his life. It is here that he wrote about his theories on evolution and about the more specific elements of our natural world. | ||||||
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/ Sightseeing: Dover Castle and the secret wartime tunnels, Kent Walmer Castle and gardens, Deal Deal Castle, Deal Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent |
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