Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle from Bishop's Waltham
Highclere Castle, with collection in Bishop's Waltham. The drive is 57 minutes (32.3 miles) via the B2177, M3 and A34. Heading north from Bishop's Waltham, the house is 32.3 miles away. Between Bishop's Waltham and the house you go through or past Colden Common, Kings Worthy and Whitchurch. Highclere Castle is built in the Jacobethan style. Highclere Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden. Bishop's Waltham is in Hampshire. Historic England lists Bishop's Waltham's Church of St Peter at Grade II*. The River Hamble runs by Bishop's Waltham.
How the day runs
The day starts at your Bishop's Waltham address. Opening: general admission mainly in spring and summer, plus special seasonal tours and events; gardens open only when the castle is. You walk straight in at the visitor entrance; the car is close by for later. Pair it with Shaw House, 25 minutes by road. Going home, allow roughly 1 hour to Bishop's Waltham. The car sets out from Oxford, 63.9 miles from Bishop's Waltham.
- Bishop's Waltham to Highclere Castle57 min, 32.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Highclere Castle to Bishop's Waltham1 hr 2 min, 31.8 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Highclere Castle is built in the Jacobethan style.
Source: wikidata.orgHighclere Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgBishop's Waltham is in Hampshire.
Source: wikidata.orgChurch of St Peter, in central Bishop's Waltham, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukBishop's Waltham lies on or beside the River Hamble.
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
What drive time should we allow from Bishop's Waltham to Highclere Castle?
57 minutes (32.3 miles) via the B2177, M3 and A34 in clear traffic; the return is roughly 1 hour.
Can we add a second house?
Shaw House is 25 minutes from Highclere Castle.
Which way does the car go from Bishop's Waltham?
Via the B2177, M3 and A34, passing Colden Common, Kings Worthy and Whitchurch; 32.3 miles in all.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.