Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle from Frimley
Visiting Highclere Castle? The car starts in Frimley. The drive is 50 minutes (32.2 miles) via the A331, M3 and A339. Between Frimley and the house you go through or past Hook, Old Basing and Basingstoke. Highclere Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden. Highclere Castle is built in the Jacobethan style. Some 19,000 people call Frimley home. Surrey is Frimley's county. Frimley (FML) is the station, a couple of minutes from the middle of Frimley.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Frimley. Opening: general admission mainly in spring and summer, plus special seasonal tours and events; gardens open only when the castle is. The chauffeur parks up near Highclere Castle for as long as the visit takes. Shaw House is 25 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. The way home to Frimley takes 50 minutes (32.0 miles). From the Oxford base, Frimley is 65.2 miles and 1 hour 7 minutes via the M40 and M25.
- Frimley to Highclere Castle50 min, 32.2 miles, in clear traffic
- Highclere Castle to Frimley50 min, 32 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.orgFrimley had about 19,000 residents in 2011.
Source: wikidata.orgFrimley is in Surrey.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Frimley by road is Frimley (FML), within a couple of minutes' drive.
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 Frimley to Highclere Castle?
50 minutes (32.2 miles) via the A331, M3 and A339 in clear traffic; the return is 50 minutes.
Which way does the car go from Frimley?
Via the A331, M3 and A339, passing Hook, Old Basing and Basingstoke; 32.2 miles in all.
Is the train an alternative?
The house's own nearest station is Newbury, 22 minutes away by road; a car goes door to door.
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