On this day tour, you will explore some of the Downton Abbey film locations featured in both London and the Oxfordshire countryside.  London’s highlights include off-the-beaten track locations full of historical buildings and cobbled streets, as well as grand houses, clubs and restaurants with aristocratic and regal links.  Leaving the hubbub of town, your afternoon will be spent visiting Downton Village, Yew Tree Farm and enjoying the picturesque Cotswold scenery and villages.

Travelling by mini coach, the tour will provide you with an insight into the making of the show and uncover stories behind some of the places that you will visit on the tour.

Morning

Starting in central London, your tour will take you to the Inns of Court which have been popular sites for filming. You will see the clinic Lady Edith visits when she discovers she is pregnant and the Russian Refugee church where Prince Kuragin is staying.  You can follow in the footsteps of Mr Bricker & Cora when they go for a walk and spot the café where Tom spies Lady Rose out with the Jazz singer, Jack Ross.  Other London sites visited include exteriors of the Liverpool Grand Hotel and Grantham House.  After you have explored London Town, it is time to head out to the countryside.  The first location that you visit is about 70 miles out of town and (depending on traffic) the journey lasts between 1.5 – 2 hours.

Lunchtime

Upon your arrival at the historic 10th century farmstead which featured as Yew Tree Farm in Series 4 and 5, you can enjoy a complimentary Cotswold platter.  Following lunch, you will have a guided tour of this location which featured as the home of Mr Drewe, the struggling tenant who agrees to secretly help raise Lady Edith’s daughter.

Afternoon

From here, you will set off to the heart of rural Oxfordshire where several villages have been used in the world of Downton Abbey.  You will see ‘Kirbymoorside’, where Anna’s bus splashes through the stream outside the pub where Bates worked when he left Downton Abbey.  You’ll also get to pass the pub where Branson and Lady Sybil stay when they elope in Series 2.

Most notably, you will visit Downton Village where you will get a guided tour of the village and see familiar sites such as exteriors of Downton hospital, the village pub, the former home of Matthew Crawley and the local church, amongst others.  Following this guided, tour you will be able to explore the village for yourself.

The tour finishes at Temple Station. Customer Reviews

Please note:  This tour does not visit Downton Abbey due to the limited opening times of Highclere Castle.  If you would like to visit Highclere Castle, please see our Downton Abbey and Village Tour

DISCLAIMER: This tour is an unlicensed and unauthorised tour of sites featured in the television series ‘Downton Abbey’ produced by Carnival Film and Television and NBCUniversal International Limited. Brit Movie Tours Limited and this tour does not have any association with, or connection to, the television series ‘Downton Abbey’, Carnival Film and Television or NBCUniversal International Limited.

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Downton Abbey Town and Country Filming Locations Tour