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Home > Heritage > Twilight tours at Down House

Twilight tours at Down House

By Caroline King - December 7, 2013Posted in : Heritage, Science and Technology

Down House, Home of Charles Darwin (Photo: English Heritage)

Down House, Home of Charles Darwin (Photo: English Heritage)

When: 12th December 2013, 6pm – 8pm

Where: Home of Charles Darwin (Down House), Luxted Road, Downe, Kent BR6 7JT

£: Adults £12, concessions £10.80, English Heritage members £6 (concessions £5.40)

What is it?

As winter arrives, head to English Heritage’s Down House and join one of their exclusive twilight tours.  Down House was the home of Charles Darwin and the tour will give you the chance to see Darwin’s family home as you have never seen it before.

Down House visitors can see the study where Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species as well as get a glimpse into family life.

Booking is recommended.

More info: www.english-heritage.org.uk

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