Saltbox Hill, London

Name: Saltbox Hill
Address: London, United Kingdom

#2410 among attractions in London

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Saltbox Hill is a 22.2 biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in three separate areas in Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley. One area of 6.9 hectares is owned and managed by the London Wildlife Trust. It is also a Site of Metropolitan Importance. It is a steeply sloping 55 acre biological site, which is close to Charles Darwin's home, Down House, and inspired him and provided him with a picnic place. ()

Elevation: 479 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°19'30"N, 0°0'34"E

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Bromley (Biggin Hill)London United Kingdom

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Day trips

Saltbox Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Down House, Titsey Place, Selsdon Wood, Addington Park.

2 miE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Down House, London
50 min walk • Down House is the former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family. It was in this house and garden that Darwin worked on his theory of evolution by natural selection, which he had conceived in London before moving to Down.
3.3 miS
Museum, Park
Titsey Place
85 min walk • Titsey Place is an English country house near Oxted in Surrey, England. It was successively the seat of the Gresham and Leveson-Gower families and is now preserved by a charitable trust for the nation.
2.5 miW
Park
Selsdon Wood, Warlingham
65 min walk • Selsdon Wood is a woodland area located in the London Borough of Croydon. The park is owned by the National Trust but managed by the London Borough of Croydon. It is a Local Nature Reserve. The wood has a Friends group - the Friends of Selsdon Wood - who have their own website.
2.9 miNW
Park
Addington Park, Warlingham
75 min walk • Addington Park is a park situated in Addington in the London Borough of Croydon. The park covers an area of 24.5 acres.
2.7 miE
Park
Downe Bank, Keston
70 min walk • Downe Bank is a nature reserve owned and managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust in the North Downs, close to Downe in the London Borough of Bromley. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest together with the neighbouring High Elms Country Park.
1.5 miNW
Park
Addington Vale, Keston
40 min walk • Addington Vale is a 48 acres park situated in New Addington in the London Borough of Croydon. The park extends from King Henrys Drive in the north to Arnhem Drive in the south.
2.1 miE
Church
St Mary's Church, London
54 min walk • St Mary's Church in the village of Downe, Bromley is the Church of England Parish Church for the parish of Downe. It is a Grade II* listed building, which dates from the 13th century. The church is dedicated to either St Mary the Virgin or St Mary Magdalene.
3.2 miS
Hill
Botley Hill, Tatsfield
82 min walk • Botley Hill is a hill in Surrey and is the highest point of the North Downs with a height of 269.6 metres. The Prime Meridian crosses the hill.
2.4 miNE
Windmill
Keston Windmill, Keston
62 min walk • Keston Windmill is a grade I listed Post mill in Keston, formerly in Kent and now in the London Borough of Bromley. The mill was built in 1716 and is conserved with its machinery intact but not in working order.
2 miNE
Museum
Keston Roman villa, Keston
50 min walk • The Keston Roman villa is an archaeological site in Keston in the London Borough of Bromley, England. The villa consisted of several buildings including a mausoleum. The latter is preserved above ground. Excavations at the villa were carried out over the last hundred years. A sarcophagus was found by farmers around 1783.
1.4 miNW
Library
New Addington Library, Keston
37 min walk • New Addington Library is a public library in New Addington, South London. It stands in the London Borough of Croydon and is part of the Croydon Libraries arm of the council. The library was relocated to the New Addington Centre in 2013.

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Hail & Ride Jewels Wood • Lines: 464 (9 min walk)