Trains to Down House

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The nearest station to Down House is Bromley South, from here you can catch the 146 bus to Downe Church. It's then just a 9-minute walk to reach Down House.

It was at home in Down House that naturalist Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution by natural selection, which is now a centrepiece of modern scientific thought. And the house remains almost as if Darwin and his family have just popped out, with the old study - complete with furniture, fittings, specimens, and notebooks – laid out just as it was when he penned his masterwork, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

Ticket office

Ticket Machine	Available
Staff help	Unavailable
Staffing level	The staff is available at all times.
Oyster Prepay	Available
Oyster topup	Unavailable
Oyster validator	Available
Pre-purchase collection	Available
Travel card zone	Bromley South is in Zone 5

Luggage

Left Luggage	Unavailable
Left Luggage Website	https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Lost Property	Available
Lost Property phone number	0345 322 7021
Lost Property Website	https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Facilities

Shops	Available
Shops note	There is a WH Smith and a shoe repair shop located on the station.
Postbox	Unavailable
Telephones	Available
Telephone types	Cards and coins
Station Buffet	Available
Station Buffet notes	Buffet, coffee kiosk,
ATM	Available
ATM notes	Located on concourse
Bureau de Change	Unavailable
Tourist Information Office	Unavailable
Nearest station with more facilities	This station has step free access to all platforms - Step free access to all platforms via lifts accessible from the booking hall. There are also steps down to the platform from the booking hall. There is also a separate overbridge further down the platforms to assist with interchanging at the station but this has step access only.

Toilets

Toilets	Available
Toilets notes	Platforms - Available during staffing hours
Showers	Unavailable
Baby change	Available

WiFi

WiFi	Unavailable
WiFi notes	Find WiFi Hotspots around Bromley South station
Web kiosk	Unavailable

Staffing and customer service

Staff Help notes	*Helpline closed on Christmas Day Assistance/Help available from station staff from First to Last trains.
Customer Service notes	This station has Secure station accreditation - For more information contact 0345 322 7021
Customer help points	Available
CCTV	Available

Parking

Bicycle Facilities

Cycle storage	Available
Cycle storage spaces	107
Sheltered cycle storage	Available
Cycle storage CCTV	Available
Cycle storage notes	at the right hand side of station building
Cycle storage notes	There are stands available.

Accessibility

Step-free access	Step free access is available throughout the whole station.
Ramps for train access	Available
Wheelchairs	Available
Induction Loop	Available
Accessible ticket machines	Available
Accessible Booking Office counter	Available
Accessible taxis	Accessible taxis are available at this station, please see below for more information
Accessible taxis notes	Bromley South station is a major station with taxis usually available on a rank. Advance booking is not normally necessary or even possible, unless arriving early in the morning or late at night. Operators who may accept bookings include: Bromley (020 8313 9797) or Sherman (020 8290 0800) or Keen (020 7350 0202).

First Class Lounge

More about down house

It seems only right that the free interactive tour is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and Andrew Marr, and that visitors can walk freely through the gardens that were so important to the father of evolution. The greenhouses are even still stocked with the same plant specimens, including rare orchids and carnivorous plants, that he used for botanical experiments. Upstairs, on the first floor of the Georgian house, is the award-winning exhibition with his notebooks and explanations of the furore his ideas caused as it shook Victorian society to the core.

With your head heaving with ideas from the gentleman naturalist, make your way to Darwin’s old kitchen, now the cafe, and tuck into something grown in Down House’s very own kitchen garden.

Departures
Arrivals

Departing to	Train	Time	Platform	Status
to London Victoria	Southeastern	04:48	1	On time
to London Victoria	Southeastern	05:03	1	On time
to Luton	Thameslink	05:13	1	On time
to London Victoria	Southeastern	05:33		On time
to London Victoria	Southeastern	05:45		On time

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Arriving from	Train	Time	Platform	Status
from Orpington	Southeastern	05:02	1	On time
from Orpington	Thameslink	05:13	1	On time
from Orpington	Southeastern	05:31		On time
from Gillingham (Kent)	Southeastern	05:44		On time
from Orpington	Southeastern	05:47		On time

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Station details & facilities

Ticket office

Luggage

Facilities

Toilets

WiFi

Staffing and customer service

Parking

Bicycle Facilities

Accessibility

First Class Lounge

Departures and arrivals from Bromley South

Departures

Arrivals

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