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Down House

Down House was the family home of Scientist Charles Darwin from 1842 until his passing in 1882. Charles and wife, Emma, went in search of a suitable home for their growing family. They found an 18th century home ‘…at the extreme verge of the world..’ with room for expansion, acres of land, and neighbours who were neither ‘..too near nor too far..’.

Extended and improved during Darwin’s lifetime, it was first and foremost the family home but also a living laboratory. Darwin, a devoted father, often involved the children with his experiments

Walk along Darwin’s ‘thinking Path’ and see study where countless papers including On The Origin Of Species were written.