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List of downs

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Down is used in the name of geographical features or locations that are downland or close to downland, including:

  • Abbotts Ann Down, hamlet in Hampshire, England
  • Afton Down, chalk down near the village of Freshwater on the Isle of Wight
  • Andover Down, hamlet in Hampshire, England
  • Arreton Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight
  • Ashley Down, area in the north of Bristol
  • Aston Down, east of Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England
  • Asylum Down, neighborhood in Accra, Ghana
  • Ballard Down, area of chalk downland on the Purbeck Hills in Dorset, England
  • Batcombe Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England
  • Bathampton Down, overlooking Bath, Somerset, England
  • Beaminster Down, one of the highest hills in West Dorset, England
  • Bembridge Down, Site of special scientific interest north-east of Sandown, Isle of Wight
  • Bin Down, hill, 203 metres (666 ft) high near Liskeard in the county of Cornwall, England
  • Black Down, Dorset, hill on the South Dorset Ridgeway in Dorset, England
  • Black Down, Somerset, the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England
  • Black Down, Sussex, the highest hill in the county of Sussex, England
  • Black Hill Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England
  • Blow's Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
  • Bolberry Down, clifftop area on the coast of Devon, England
  • MoD Boscombe Down, aircraft testing site in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
  • Botley Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Bourton Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England
  • Brading Down, chalk down southwest of Brading, Isle of Wight
  • Brean Down, promontory off the coast of Somerset, England
  • Brickworth Down and Dean Hill, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Brighstone Down, chalk down on the Isle of Wight
  • Broadhalfpenny Down, historic cricket ground in Hambledon, Hampshire
  • Burcombe Down, area of chalk grassland south of Burcombe in Wiltshire, England
  • Burham Down, woodland reserve in Kent
  • Calbourne Down in Calbourne, a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight
  • Camp Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Camp Down, Portsdown Hill, Admiralty semaphore station, near Portsmouth, England
  • Castle Down, windswept plateau of maritime heath in the island of Tresco, Isles of Scilly
  • Catherington Down, Hampshire, England
  • Chaldon Down, one of the highest hills on South Dorset's Jurassic Coast in England
  • Charlton Down, village in Dorset, England
  • Charnage Down Chalk Pit, geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Chavey Down, hamlet in Berkshire, England
  • Cherhill Down, village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England
  • Chilbolton Down, hamlet in the civil parish of Chilbolton, Hampshire, England
  • Claverton Down, suburb on the south-east hilltop edge of Bath, Somerset, England
  • Clearbury Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Clifton Down, public open space in Bristol, England, north of the village of Clifton
  • Cockey Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Combe Down, village suburb of Bath, Somerset, England
  • Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines, Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bath, Somerset, England
  • Compton Down, hill on the Isle of Wight just to the east of Freshwater Bay
  • Copehill Down, UK Ministry of Defence training facility on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
  • County Down, county in Northern Ireland
  • Crawley Down, village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England
  • Culver Down, chalk down to the north of Sandown, Isle of Wight
  • Danks Down and Truckle Hill, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Dorset Down, breed of sheep native to the Dorset Downs region of England
  • Downe, a village in Greater London, England; formerly known as Down
  • Duncan Down, open, public, area to the south west of Whitstable, England
  • Dundry Down, village south of Bristol, England
  • Durdham Down, area of public open space in Bristol, England
  • East Down, Devon, village and civil parish in the Barnstaple district of Devon, England
  • Ebsbury Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Emery Down, small village in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England
  • Epsom Down, used as a cricket venue between 1816 and 1819, near Epsom, England
  • Farthing Down, open space in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon, England
  • Finkley Down, suburb and hamlet in the civil parish of Finkley in Hampshire, England
  • Five Ash Down, small village within the civil parish of Maresfield, East Sussex, England
  • Fyfield Down, part of the Marlborough Downs, north of the village of Fyfield, Wiltshire, England
  • Galley Down Wood, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire, England
  • Garston's Down, Site of special scientific interest which is south of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
  • Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb, in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England
  • Hadlow Down, village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England
  • Head Down, Hampshire, one of the highest points in the county of Hampshire, England
  • Headley Down, village within the civil parish of Headley, Hampshire, England
  • Henwood Down, one of the highest points in the county of Hampshire, England
  • High Down (Isle of Wight), area of downland on Isle of Wight, England
  • Hingston Down, hill not far from Gunnislake in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
  • Holybourne Down, high point near Alton, Hampshire, England
  • Houghton Down, hamlet in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England
  • Itchin Stoke Down, rural location near the town of Alresford in Hampshire, England
  • Kentisbury Down, location of an Iron Age enclosurenear Blackmore Gate, Exmoor, Devon, England
  • Kimpton Down, village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England
  • Lady Down Quarry, geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down, adjacent National Trust properties in Berkshire, England
  • Maes Down, geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Shepton Mallet and Stoney Stratton in Somerset, England
  • Melbury Down, area of downland in northern Dorset, England
  • Milber Down, Iron Age hill fort on the hill above the suburb of Milber, Newton Abbot, Devon, England
  • Mockham Down, the site of an Iron Age Hill Fort close to Brayfordhill in Devon, England
  • Mottistone Down, Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Mottistone, Isle of Wight
  • Nine Barrow Down, elongated hill, the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills in Dorset, England
  • Normanton Down Barrows, Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England
  • Northington Down, hamlet in the civil parish of Northington, Hampshire, England
  • Odd Down, area of the city of Bath, Somerset, England
  • Odstock Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Old Castle Down, Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales
  • Old Down, hamlet near Olveston and Tockington in South Gloucestershire, England
  • Otterham Down, village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, England
  • Overton Down, a long-term project in experimental archaeology in Wiltshire, England
  • Park Gate Down, stretch of chalk downland near Elham in East Kent, England
  • Parsonage Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Payne's Down, prominent hill near Axminster, Dorset, England
  • Perham Down, village in Wiltshire, England, near Ludgershall and Tidworth
  • Perriam Down near Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England was used as a cricket venue between 1787 and 1796
  • Pincombe Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Pitcombe Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England
  • Porth Hellick Down, area of downland on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly
  • Porton Down, United Kingdom government military science park
  • Prescombe Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Rampisham Down, chalk hill in the Dorset Downs, near Dorchester, Dorset, England
  • Rew Down, Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve, Isle of Wight
  • Roundway Down and Covert, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Seaton Down, the location of an Iron Age hill fort near Seaton, Devon, England
  • Shovel Down, area of Dartmoor in Devon, England that is covered in megaliths
  • Southern Down or Southerndown, village in South Wales to the southwest of Bridgend
  • St. Catherine's Down, chalk down on the Isle of Wight, near the southernmost point on the island
  • St Boniface Down, chalk down on the Isle of Wight, England
  • Starveall and Stony Down, Site of Special Scientific Interest in Codford and Wylye, Wiltshire, England
  • Steeple Langford Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Steeple Langford in Wiltshire, England
  • Stenbury Down, chalk down on the Isle of Wight
  • Stockton Wood and Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Stonehill Down Nature Reserve, downland nature reserve on the Purbeck Hills, Dorset, England
  • Stoney Down, hill and forested countryside in Dorset, England
  • Stormy Down, Site of Special Scientific Interest near Pyle in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales
  • Stratford Toney Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Tennyson Down, hill at the west end of the Isle of Wight just south of Totland
  • Throope Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Thruxton Down, west of Andover, Hampshire, England
  • Toller Down, one of the highest hills in the county of Dorset, England
  • Trendlebere Down, woodland managed by Natural England in Dartmoor, Devon, England
  • Twyford Down, area of chalk downland southeast of Winchester, Hampshire, England
  • Tytherington Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Upton Cow Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • War Down, one of the highest hills in the county of Hampshire, England
  • Waterpit Down in Forrabury and Minster, a civil parish in Cornwall, England
  • Watership Down, Hampshire, hill in Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green in Hampshire, England
  • Wavering Down, geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England
  • West Down, civil parish and village located in North Devon, England, between Braunton and Ilfracombe
  • Headon Warren and West High Down SSSI, Site of special scientific interest, Isle of Wight
  • West Yatton Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Westover Down, chalk down on the Isle of Wight
  • Wether Down, one of the highest hills in the county of Hampshire, England
  • Whiddon Down, hamlet within the parish of Drewsteignton in Devon
  • Whitehill Down, Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales
  • Willingdon Down, Site of Special Scientific Interest in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
  • Win Green Down, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England
  • Windmill Down, rural location near the town of Hambledon in Hampshire, England
  • Wingletang Down (St Agnes), Site of Special Scientific Interest on the island of St Agnes in the Isles of Scilly, England
  • Winterbourne Down, Gloucestershire, village in South Gloucestershire, England
  • Worthy Down Camp, British Army barracks near Winchester, Hampshire, England
  • Yellowmead Down, location of Yellowmead stone circle near Sheepstor in Devon, England

Battles on downs

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See also

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