Downland, Downs, or The Downs may refer to:

Places

Topography

In the 'hill' context, the word 'down' derives from

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(Gaelic or Welsh) ''dun'' "hill, hill fort". *

Downland Downland, chalkland, chalk downs or just downs are areas of open chalk hills, such as the North Downs. This term is used to describe the characteristic landscape in southern England where chalk is exposed at the surface. The name "downs" is deriv ...

, a geographical feature

Australia

Darling Downs, Queensland The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally ...

, a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland

Europe

The Downs (ship anchorage) 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 Foreland, North and the South Foreland, near the town of Deal, Kent ...

, the sea area between Goodwin Sands and the East Kent coast *

The Downs, Bristol The Downs are an area of public open limestone downland in Bristol, England. They consist of Durdham Down to the north and east and Clifton Down to the south. They are used for leisure, walking, team sports and sightseeing (especially at the ...

, a public open space in Bristol, England *

North Downs The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent. Much of the North Downs comprises two Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Areas of Outstanding Natural Be ...

, England, the counterpart of the South Downs. The two are often referred to as a collective term *

South Downs The South Downs are a range of chalk hills in the south-eastern coastal counties of England that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the ...

, 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 Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Berkshire Downs are wholly within the traditional county of Berkshire, although split between ...

, England *

Downs (townland, County Westmeath) Downs is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about north–east of Mullingar, and has an area of approximately . Downs is one of nine townlands in the civil parish of Taghmon in the barony of Corkaree. The modern–day rural ...

, a townland in Taghmon civil parish, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath, Ireland *

North Wessex Downs The North Wessex Downs are an area of chalk downland landscapes located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. The North Wessex Downs has been designated as a National Landscape (formerly known as Area of ...

, England

North America

Downs, Illinois Downs is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,201 at the 2020 census, up from 1,005 in 2010. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Downs was originally a small ...

, a village in the United States *

Downs, Kansas Downs is a city in Osborne County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 800. History Downs had its start in the year 1879 when the Central Branch Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for ...

, a small city in the United States *The Downs, a hilly peninsula in

Ferryland Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371. Seventeenth century settlement Ferryland was originally established as a station for migratory fi ...

, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Other

Downs (surname) Downs is a surname of Old English origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Downs (1876–1924), Scottish cricketer *Anthony Downs (1930–2021), American economist * Bertis Downs IV (born 1956), American entertainment lawyer * ...