For millions of viewers around the world, Highclere Castle is Downton Abbey: a Jacobethan palace home to riveting plots and beloved characters. But for Lady Fiona, the 8th Countess of Carnarvon, it is ...

One of the most exciting London dry gins to hit the market in recent decades was born, unexpectedly, in the United States. At least, that’s where the spark for it first flared into existence. Indeed, ...

Viking today announced its support for the development of a new contemporary events pavilion at Highclere Castle, the home of the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon and iconic filming location of Downton ...

HIGHCLERE CASTLE, England, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Highclere Castle Gin, the world's most awarded super-premium gin, proudly announces its debut in Canada through a new partnership with the ...

Fans of Highclere Castle can now own a piece of their award-winning gin brand. ESSEX, Conn., March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Highclere Castle, known to millions of fans around the world as "the real ...

Highclere Castle's Rococo Revival Drawing Room, with its original green damask wallcovering, is the setting for a scene with Elizabeth McGovern (left) and Laura Carmichael. Rory Mulvey In 2009, before ...

As a huge Downton Abbey fan, I’ve been lucky enough to visit Highclere Castle – the “real Downton Abbey” – a few times, and have learned so much by talking to Lady Carnarvon, who calls Highclere home.

Being a Crawley seems like a dream: A home in a sprawling castle, dinner parties, evening cocktails, a full staff. The list goes on. Now, to celebrate the release of the new "Downton Abbey" film (out ...

Have plans for November 26? If you consider yourself a Downton Abbey superfan, we have one suggestion: clear your calendar ASAP. For one night only, Airbnb is offering two lucky guests the opportunity ...

NEWBURY — On the day my sister-in-law and I made our pilgrimage from London to Highclere Castle , where “Downton Abbey” is filmed, my husband took the kids to the Harry Potter studios. So we were all ...

My cries were in vain. The crowd clogging the slick sidewalk did not part, or even budge. With no other option, I played the part of Oliver Twist — minus the petty theft — and dodged sharp elbows and ...

The social life of Downtown Abbey was a lot tamer than that of its real-life set, Highclere Castle, at least according to the stories of Lady Carnarvon, who manages the estate with her husband, the ...