Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle from Southampton
Highclere Castle, with collection in Southampton. Allow 54 minutes; the route runs via the A33, M3 and A34. Highclere Castle lies north of Southampton. Between Southampton and the house you go through or past 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. Southampton counts as a city. With about 271,000 residents, Southampton is a big centre of well over 100,000 people. Hampshire is Southampton's county.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Southampton. The car brings you to the entrance of Highclere Castle and stays close for the return. For lunch or tea, The Pheasant Inn is 32 minutes away. Return to Southampton: 34.1 miles. The car sets out from Oxford, 66.3 miles from Southampton.
- Southampton to Highclere Castle54 min, 34.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Highclere Castle to Southampton59 min, 34.1 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.orgSouthampton is classed as a city.
Source: wikidata.orgSouthampton had about 271,000 residents in 2016.
Source: wikidata.orgSouthampton 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
What drive time should we allow from Southampton to Highclere Castle?
54 minutes (34.5 miles) via the A33, M3 and A34 in clear traffic; the return is 59 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
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.