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Charles Darwin Audio Trails - Bromley |
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 12:51 |
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Darwin and the Dinosaurs |
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The latest addition to this series of Charles Darwin themed audio trails.
The year is 1852. The Crystal Palace has recently been moved to Penge from Hyde Park and leading scientist Richard Owen and sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse-Hawkins have been commissioned to create a series of life-sized models depicting extinct animals. Join them as they discuss how to construct the world's first dinosaur theme park.
If you have mobile internet, why not download the audio files direct to your mobile phone when your next at Crystal Palace Park?
Visit the Darwin and the Dinosaurs webpage for more details.
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| Downe Audio Trail |
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Charles Darwin found school 'boring', thought his university years were a waste of time and felt sick at the sight of blood! So how did he become one of the world's greatest scientists?
Find out as you follow this amazing audio trail around the village he spent most of his life.
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| Visit the Downe webpage for more details. |
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| Keston Audio Trail |
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What do meat-eating plants, white-bellied bats, a fish called 'pet' and teenage mutant ninja turtles have in common?
Find out on this amazing audio trail around one of Darwin's favourite 'countryside laboratories'.
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| Visit the Keston webpage for more details. |
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| High Elms Audio Trail |
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| Hear how Darwin's friend and former resident of this estate, John Lubbock, used to like conducting strange experiments with 'new technology' of the day - and what has happened over the last 100 years. |
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| Visit the High Elms webpage for more details. |
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| Cudham Audio Trail |
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| Go back to 1859, the year Charles Darwin's most famous book was published and explore the area around Cudham with three of Darwin's ten children, Henrietta (16 years old), George (14) and Francis (11). |
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| Visit the Cudham webpage for more details. |
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| Beck Corridor Audio Trail |
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| Lucy and Max get off at the wrong train stop whilst their parents continue on into London. What they think will be a leisurely wait for the next train turns into a battle to save nature as they explore the Beck Corridor. |
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| Visit the Beck webpage for more details. |
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 More information about Charles Darwin's life in Bromley can be found at www.darwinslandscape.co.uk |
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Where are the audio trails?
Take a look at the map to the left, which shows you the location of all five audio trails. Click on one of the trails and it also allows you to work out directions to its start point from any UK location.
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How long are the audio trails?
Full details about each walk, including the lnegth of the walk, the time it should take and the terrain you will be walking on, can be found by downloading the map and directions PDF file of the audio trail you interested in. This PDF is also supplied in the 'zipped' folder containing the audio trail files.
In general though the walks are about 2 miles in length and will take approximately 2 hours to complete. Most routes are suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs, but please familiarise yourself with the route before setting off.
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