Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle from Andover
Out of Andover for the day, to Highclere Castle. Allow 36 minutes; the route runs via the A3057, A303 and A34. On the way the car passes Whitchurch. Highclere Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden. Highclere Castle is built in the Jacobethan style. Andover is a town of 50,000 to 100,000 people, about 51,000 at the last figure. Andover (ADV) is the station, a couple of minutes from the middle of Andover. For Andover, the county is Hampshire.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Andover. Opening: general admission mainly in spring and summer, plus special seasonal tours and events; gardens open only when the castle is. The car brings you to the entrance of Highclere Castle and stays close for the return. Shaw House is 25 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. Going home, allow 37 minutes to Andover. Ravensley is based in Oxford; reaching Andover takes 1 hour 8 minutes.
- Andover to Highclere Castle36 min, 20 miles, in clear traffic
- Highclere Castle to Andover37 min, 20.7 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Highclere Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgHighclere Castle is built in the Jacobethan style.
Source: wikidata.orgAndover had about 51,000 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Andover by road is Andover (ADV), within a couple of minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgAndover is in Hampshire.
Source: wikidata.orgGeneral admission mainly in spring and summer, plus special seasonal tours and events; gardens open only when the castle is
Source: highclerecastle.co.ukHome of the Earls of Carnarvon, presented as the 'real Downton Abbey'.
Source: highclerecastle.co.ukEgyptian Exhibition across six rooms on the 5th Earl and Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Source: highclerecastle.co.uk
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Questions
How many miles is Highclere Castle from Andover?
20.0 miles via the A3057, A303 and A34, 36 minutes in clear traffic; 37 minutes back.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
The Pheasant Inn, 32 minutes away from Highclere Castle.
Can we add a second house?
Shaw House is 25 minutes from Highclere Castle.
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