Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle from Didcot
Highclere Castle from Didcot, by chauffeur. It is 23.4 miles via the B4493, A4185 and A34, 43 minutes in clear traffic. It is a direct run with no town of note in between. Highclere Castle is built in the Jacobethan style. Highclere Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden. Didcot Parkway (DID) is the station, a couple of minutes from the middle of Didcot. Didcot's population was put at about 32,000 in 2021. Didcot Parkway is on the Cherwell Valley Line.
How the day runs
Your chauffeur calls for you in Didcot at the agreed hour. The chauffeur parks up near Highclere Castle for as long as the visit takes. Pair it with Shaw House, 25 minutes by road. Going home, allow 44 minutes to Didcot. From the Oxford base, Didcot is 14.0 miles and 25 minutes via the A4144 and A34.
- Didcot to Highclere Castle43 min, 23.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Highclere Castle to Didcot44 min, 23.8 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.orgThe closest National Rail station to Didcot by road is Didcot Parkway (DID), within a couple of minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgDidcot had about 32,000 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgDidcot Parkway station is on the Cherwell Valley Line and Great Western Main Line.
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 Didcot to Highclere Castle?
43 minutes (23.4 miles) via the B4493, A4185 and A34 in clear traffic; the return is 44 minutes.
When is Highclere Castle open?
Opening: general admission mainly in spring and summer, plus special seasonal tours and events; gardens open only when the castle is.
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.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 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.