Fully guided city breaks and small group tours and day trips from London.
Full Day Small Group Tour No:IF8
Downton Abbey Filming Locations, Cotswolds & Blenheim Palace
Combine a visit to the magnificent and opulent Blenheim Palace, with a drive through the delightful Cotswolds to discover some of the filming locations from the popular TV series “Downton Abbey”.
-Maximum 16 people per tour
-Admission to Blenheim Palace and the Sir Winston Churchill Exhibition
-Visit Sir Winston Churchill’s grave in Bladon village
-Explore stunning Cotswolds villages & Downton Abbey filming sites
Travel to the beautiful Cotswolds to visit some of the filming sites of the hit series Downton Abbey. You head over to the charming Oxfordshire hills and go in search of Downton filming locations. Your first stop is Cogges Manor Farm with its collection of friendly animals beautifully located on the banks of the River Windrush. You will learn of its role in Downton Abbey as “Yew Tree Farm” where Lady Edith’s daughter Marigold was brought up by the Drewe family. Visit the kitchens, see the farmyard and watch a special presentation video about the farm’s role in the television series.
After a coffee break, you continue to explore the region, stopping at Shilton with its shallow ford used in series two. On to Bampton to see St Mary’s church used for so many weddings, a funeral or two and a jilting when it became St Michael’s in Downton Abbey. See the cottage hospital and Mrs Crawley’s house during the guided walk. Visit the village green and see The Grantham Arms pub.
You then head to the village of Bladon to visit the graves of Sir Winston and Lady Churchill, before a lunch break in the vibrant and historic Cotswold town of Woodstock.
The afternoon is spent at the majestic Blenheim Palace built for Sir John Churchill between 1705 and 1724. The largest privately owned house in the country saw the birth of Sir Winston Churchill in 1874, and boasts over 2,000 acres of landscaped gardens by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Enjoy the Churchill exhibition and stroll through the delightful grounds before our return to London.
International Friends would like to politely remind our guests to please bear in mind that although used as a filming location, Bampton is not a film set, and is home to many residents. Disrespectful behaviour, such as taking photographs through front room windows, sitting on or causing damage to residential property, or causing any distress to the residents of Bampton will not be tolerated. Any guests found to behave in this way may be asked to leave the tour and make their way back to London at their own expense.
*Schedule: Every Monday ONLY
Available April to October on Mondays (only when Highclere Castle is closed)
Departure Information:
07:15- Outside The British Museum (on Great Russell Street) or 07:30 – Outside The Cumberland Hotel main entrance
On the return to London your driver will drop you at Victoria Train Station in the city centre at approx. 18.30hrs
