Downend may refer to: Places in England Downend, Berkshire, a village Downend, Isle of Wight Downend, South Gloucestershire, a suburb of Bristol Downend air crash Downend, a hamlet in the parish of Horsley, Gloucestershire Downend, a hamlet in the civil parish of Puriton in Somerset Downend Castle People Richard Downend (born 1945), English cricketer and rugby union player