Downe Bank Nature Reserve, Charles Darwin's "Orchis Bank" mentioned in the closing paragraph of On the Origin of Species

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Kent Wildlife Trust's Down Bank Nature Reserve, reputed to be Darwin's "tangled bank" as mentioned in the closing paragraph of The Origin of Species. Between the villages of Downe and Cudham in Kent. August.

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Location: Downe Bank Nature Reserve, Kent, England, UK, Europe
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Keywords: bank, board, charles, darwin, downe, footpath, interpretation, kent, nature, orchis, origin, reserve, sign, species, trust, wildlife