I think it was in July. Our first experience of the Battle of the Proms at Highclere. We've visited the house before which is astounding but to have live classical music in the grounds was brilliant. Can recommend the house and the proms to anyone - excellent

The gardens at Highclere castle were fantastic. My kids loved crawling round and the tea rooms were very good. Nice victoria sponge

Despite visiting in heavy rain, we really enjoyed our visit. They currently have an exhibition on Eygypt in the wine cellar - that's also worth walking around. Good gift shop.

It's a lovely family home, the gardens and farmland are beautiful, too. I visited towards the end of the two-week Easter season this year, got there by train and $$$ taxi from London and the Newbury station. Arrived a bit early on Sat morning 14April, so wandered on down to the Monks Garden area, nice to have it to myself,... More

Fascinating exhibition with tours from extremely knowledgeable and friendly guides (have to say that, as they're personal friends and neighbours in the village!). Even more popular since filming Downton Abbey here... feel privileged to have it on our doorstep.

In spite of rain and cold., the gardens were lovely, The house /castle is more lovely on the outside than inside but it was fun to see the setting of that wonderful series, Downton Abbey. The recreation of Lord Carnavon's discovery of the King Tut tomb in Egypt was a wonderful follow up to viewing the Egypt displays at the... More

Fab all round. We booked the full tour house, exhibition and gardens and spent a glourious 4hrs here. Worth every penny.

A very imposing house from outside, however the interior is a lovely cosy comfortable family home given the size of it. Lots of history, very interesting. Staff very friendly and informative with stories of both the real life Canarvon family and the filming of the fictional Crawley family. Plenty of rooms to view, very spacious bedrooms, some with notes on... More

We visited Highclere because of our interest in Egypt and its treasures but its clear many visitors called in here due to Downton Abbey. The house and the grounds were well worth a visit. There was a great exhibition of the 5th Earl's work in respect of Tutankhamun and a lot more detail than I managed to see on just... More