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1848 chart showing the position of the Downs off the coast of Kent. NB: depths are in fathoms. The Downs is a roadstead (an area of sheltered, favourable sea) in the southern North Sea near the English Channel, off the east Kent coast in southern England, between the North and the South Foreland, near the town of Deal.
The term 'downs' is from Old English dūn, meaning 'hill'.The word acquired the sense of 'elevated rolling grassland' around the 14th century. [7] These hills are prefixed 'south' to distinguish them from another chalk escarpment, the North Downs, which runs roughly parallel to them about 30 mi (48 km) away on the northern edge of the Weald.
Durdham Down is the north and east part of the Downs, extending to Westbury Park and Henleaze, with an area of 85 hectares (210 acres). [1] It is owned by Bristol City Council for the benefit of the people of Bristol.
The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, designated on 31 March 2010. [1] The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east through the counties of Hampshire , West Sussex and East Sussex .
Durdham Down is an area of public open space in Bristol, England. With its neighbour Clifton Down to the southwest, it constitutes a 400-acre (1.6 km 2 ) area known as The Downs , much used for leisure including walking , jogging and team sports .
The Downs, Bristol, a public open space in Bristol, England; North Downs, England, the counterpart of the South Downs. The two are often referred to as a collective term; South Downs, England, the counterpart of the North Downs; The Downs, a large grassy area on the University of Nottingham's University Park Campus; The Downs, White Horse Hills ...
The Kent Downs is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Kent, England. [1] They are the eastern half of the North Downs and stretch from the London / Surrey borders to the White Cliffs of Dover , including a small section of the London Borough of Bromley .
1955 OS map of Clifton Down and Durdham Down. Clifton Down is an area of public open space in Bristol, England, north of the village of Clifton.With its neighbour Durdham Down to the northeast, it constitutes the large area known as The Downs, much used for leisure including walking and team sports.