Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle from Royal Wootton Bassett
Visiting Highclere Castle? The car starts in Royal Wootton Bassett. It is 39.5 miles via the A3102, M4 and A34, 52 minutes in clear traffic. Highclere Castle lies south-east of Royal Wootton Bassett, in Hampshire. Between Royal Wootton Bassett and the house you go through or past Chiseldon. Highclere Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden. Highclere Castle is built in the Jacobethan style. Historic England lists Royal Wootton Bassett's Mr Bevirs's Office at Grade II*. Royal Wootton Bassett is classed as a market town. Historic England lists Royal Wootton Bassett's Church of St Bartholomew and All Saints at Grade II*.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Royal Wootton Bassett. Opening: general admission mainly in spring and summer, plus special seasonal tours and events; gardens open only when the castle is. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. For lunch or tea, The Pheasant Inn is 32 minutes away. Back to Royal Wootton Bassett is 51 minutes. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is roughly 1 hour from Royal Wootton Bassett.
- Royal Wootton Bassett to Highclere Castle52 min, 39.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Highclere Castle to Royal Wootton Bassett51 min, 39.3 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.orgMr Bevirs's Office, in central Royal Wootton Bassett, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukRoyal Wootton Bassett is classed as a market town.
Source: wikidata.orgChurch of St Bartholomew and All Saints, in central Royal Wootton Bassett, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukGeneral 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 Royal Wootton Bassett to Highclere Castle?
52 minutes (39.5 miles) via the A3102, M4 and A34 in clear traffic; the return is 51 minutes.
Can we add a second house?
Shaw House is 25 minutes from Highclere Castle.
Which way does the car go from Royal Wootton Bassett?
Via the A3102, M4 and A34, passing Chiseldon; 39.5 miles in all.
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