Area Info for Highclere (Hampshire)

Highclere, Hampshire, UK

Highclere is a village located in Hampshire, England, known primarily for its historic estate, Highclere Castle. The village is situated within the civil parish of Highclere and is part of the Newbury district.

Highclere Castle

Highclere Castle is a renowned country house and the principal seat of the Earl of Carnarvon. It is famous for its impressive architecture and extensive gardens. The castle has gained international recognition as the filming location for the popular television series "Downton Abbey".

History and Heritage

The estate has a rich history dating back several centuries, with the current castle built in the 19th century in the Jacobethan style. The castle and its grounds are open to the public at certain times of the year, offering tours and events that showcase its historical significance and architectural beauty.

Local Area and Community

Highclere is a rural area characterised by its scenic countryside, traditional English village features, and proximity to other historic sites in Hampshire. The community is small but active, with local events often centred around the estate and surrounding village life.

Transport and Accessibility

The village is accessible via road, with nearby towns providing train services and other transportation links. The location offers a peaceful setting while remaining connected to larger urban centres in Hampshire and beyond.
Education
School
Thorngrove School0.80 miles
The Mount, Highclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9PS
Woolton Hill Junior School1.13 miles
Woolton Hill, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9XE
St Thomas' Church of England Infant School, Woolton Hill1.21 miles
Woolton Hill, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9XF
St Michael's School1.28 miles
Harts Lane, Burghclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9JW
Burghclere Primary School1.62 miles
Church Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9HT
The Clere School1.83 miles
Earlstone Common, Burghclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9HP
Horris Hill School2.01 miles
Newtown, Newbury, RG20 9DJ
St Martin's East Woodhay Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School2.09 miles
East End, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 0AF
Enborne C.E. Primary School2.76 miles
Enborne, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 0JU
Falkland Primary School2.78 miles
Andover Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6NU
Park House School2.85 miles
Andover Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6NQ
St Gabriel's School3.19 miles
Sandleford Priory, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9BD
John Rankin Infant and Nursery School3.37 miles
Garford Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6EX
Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary School3.49 miles
Ecchinswell, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 4UA
John Rankin Junior School3.50 miles
Henshaw Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6ES
St Bartholomew's School3.74 miles
Andover Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6JP
Health
Clinic
Priory Cloisters Newbury3.04 miles
Monks Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7RN
Falkland Surgery3.09 miles
Monks Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7DF
Specsavers Hearcare - Berkshire - Newbury4.72 miles
42 Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1DT
Kingsclere Health Centre5.03 miles
North Street, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 5QX
Hillcroft House5.49 miles
Rookes Way, Thatcham,, RG18 3HR
Priory Thornford Park5.58 miles
Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET
Lower Henwick Farm House5.74 miles
Turnpike Road, Thatcham,, RG18 3AP
Specsavers Hearcare - Berkshire - Thatcham (Medical Practice)6.12 miles
Thatcham Health Centre, Bath Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3HD
Thatcham Medical Practice6.12 miles
Bath Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3HD
Thatcham Health Centre6.12 miles
3 Bath Road, Newbury, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3HD
Specsavers Hearcare - Berkshire - Thatcham (Burdwood Surgery)6.34 miles
Burdwood Surgery, Wheelers Green Way, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 4YF
Burdwood Surgery6.34 miles
3 Wheelers Green Way, Newbury, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 4YF
Whitchurch Surgery7.66 miles
Bell Street, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7AE
Overton Surgery7.78 miles
Station Road, Overton, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG25 3DZ
Holmwood Health Centre9.36 miles
Franklin Avenue, Tadley, Hampshire, RG26 4ER
Chapel Row Surgery10.10 miles
The Avenue, Bucklebury, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 6NS
GP
Dr C West and Partners1.43 miles
The Surgery, Trade Street, Woolton Hill, Nr Newbury Berks, RG20 9UL
Falkland Surgery3.09 miles
Monks Lane, Newbury, Berks, RG14 7DF
Dr BB Letham & Partners4.14 miles
Eastfield House Surgery, 6 St Johns Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7LW
Northcroft Surgery - Dr Madeline Norman4.53 miles
Northcroft Lane, Newbury, Berks, RG14 1BU
St Marys Road Surgery4.87 miles
The Surgery, St Mary`s Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1EQ
Kingsclere Medical Practice5.03 miles
Kingsclere Health Centre, North Street, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 5QX
Dr C West and Partners5.49 miles
The Surgery, Newbury Street, Kintbury, Berkshire, RG17 9UX
Thatcham Medical Practice6.12 miles
The Thatcham Health Centre, 3 Bath Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3HD
Dr P M Robertson & Partners6.34 miles
Burdwood Surgery, Wheelers Green Way, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 4YF
Derrydown Clinic6.74 miles
Derrydown Clinic, Derry Down St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6BS
Whitchurch Surgery7.68 miles
Whitchurch Surgery, Bell Street, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7AE
Overton Surgery7.78 miles
Overton Surgery, Station Road, Overton Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG25 3DZ
Dr P Hetherington & Partners8.53 miles
The Hungerford Surgery, The Croft, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0HY
Enham Surgery8.58 miles
The White House, 1 Newbury Road, Enham Alamein, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6HJ
The Downland Practice at Chieveley8.75 miles
The Surgery, East Lane, Chieveley, Newbury, RG20 8UY
The Tadley Medical Partnership - Holmwood Health Centre9.36 miles
Holmwood Health Centre, Franklin Avenue, Tadley, Hampshire, RG26 4ER
Hospital
West Berkshire Community Hospital5.42 miles
London Road,, Benham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3AS
Andover War Memorial Hospital10.38 miles
Charlton Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3LB
Parklands Hospital11.43 miles
Aldermaston Road,, RG24 9RH
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital11.60 miles
Aldermaston Road, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9NA
Savernake Hospital15.72 miles
General Hospital, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3HL
Prospect Park Hospital16.71 miles
Honey End Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4EJ
Wantage Community Hospital17.40 miles
Garston Lane, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7AS
The Berkshire Independent Hospital17.60 miles
Swallowscroft, Wensley Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 6UZ
CircleReading hospital17.67 miles
CircleReading, 100 Drake Way, Reading, RG2 0NE
Spire Dunedin Hospital17.82 miles
16 Bath Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 6NS
Didcot Community Hospital18.75 miles
Wantage Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0AG
Royal Berkshire Hospital18.96 miles
London Road, Craven Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5AN
Odiham Cottage Hospital19.19 miles
Buryfields, Odiham, Hook, Hampshire, RG29 1NE
BMI Sarum Road Hospital19.31 miles
Sarum Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5HA
Royal Hampshire County Hospital19.32 miles
Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5DG
Wallingford Community Hospital20.22 miles
Reading Road, Reading Road, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9DU
Pharmacy
Wash Common Pharmacy3.07 miles
Monks Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7RW
Tesco Pharmacy3.51 miles
Tesco Pharmacy, Pinchington Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7HB
Boots3.60 miles
Unit 10 Newbury Retail Park, Pinchington Lane, Newbury, RG14 7HU
Boots4.21 miles
82-83 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5EF
Sainsburys Pharmacy4.38 miles
Sainsburys Store, Hectors Way, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5AB
Boots4.61 miles
4 - 5 Northbrook Street, Newbury, RG14 1DJ
Superdrug Pharmacy4.62 miles
81-82 Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1AE
Day Lewis Plc4.75 miles
12 The Broadway, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1BA
Kingsclere Pharmacy5.02 miles
Swan Street, Kingsclere, Nr Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 5PP
Lloydspharmacy6.10 miles
3-5 Crown Mead, Bath Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3JW
Boots6.12 miles
Thatcham Health Centre, Bath Road, Thatcham, RG18 3HD
Lloydspharmacy6.22 miles
7 Kingsland Centre, The Broadway, Thatcham, Berks, RG19 3HN
Lloydspharmacy6.26 miles
Unit 2 Burdwood Centre, Station Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 4YA
Lloydspharmacy7.65 miles
7 Newbury Street, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7DW
Overton Pharmacy7.98 miles
4 Winchester Street, Overton, Hampshire, RG25 3HS
Boots8.44 miles
125 High Street, Hungerford, RG17 0DL
Leisure
Park
HIGHCLERE PARK (Grade I Listed)0.56 miles
HERBERT PLANTATION2.33 miles
SANDLEFORD PRIORY (Grade II Listed)3.27 miles
HAMSTEAD MARSHALL PARK (Grade II Listed)3.86 miles
BENHAM PARK (Grade II Listed)4.38 miles
SHAW HOUSE (Grade II Listed)5.21 miles
THATCHAM REED BEDS5.25 miles
DONNINGTON GROVE (Grade II Listed)5.37 miles
INKPEN HOUSE (Grade II* Listed)5.85 miles
SNELSMORE COMMON6.79 miles
ASHFORD HILL7.28 miles
NORTH WESSEX DOWNS7.38 miles
LAVERSTOKE PARK (Grade II Listed)7.76 miles
HURSTBOURNE PARK (Grade II Listed)7.98 miles
WASING PLACE (Grade II Listed)8.50 miles
ALDERMASTON COURT (Grade II Listed)9.63 miles
Shop
Groceries
Sainsbury's Newbry Andovr Rd Local2.92 miles
170 Andover Road, Newbury, RG14 6NT
Budgens Newbury3.04 miles
Unit 4, Monument Close, Essex Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6QW
Tesco Newbury (Extra)3.47 miles
Pinchington Ln, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 7HB
M&S Newbury Retail Park Simply Food3.60 miles
Pinchington Lane, Newbury, RG14 7HU
Greenham Court Post Office & Store3.89 miles
26-28 The Nightingales, Newbury Berks RG14 7UL
St Johns Post Office3.96 miles
1 Andover Road, Newbury Berkshire RG14 6LR
Co-op Newbury4.25 miles
Pound Street, Newbury, RG14 6AE
Iceland Newbury4.38 miles
15 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5LL
Sainsbury's Newbury4.39 miles
Hectors Way, Newbury, RG14 5AB
Budgens Kingsclere4.51 miles
Kingsclere Service Station, Newbiry Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire, RG20 4TA
Tesco Newbury (Metro)4.60 miles
17-19 Northbrook St, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1DJ
M&S Newbury4.60 miles
22 Northbrook Street, Newbury, RG14 1DJ
Waitrose Newbury4.82 miles
Oxford Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1NB
ALDI London Road4.85 miles
Newbury, RG14 1LA
Tesco Newbury (Superstore)4.89 miles
London Rd, West Berkshire, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2BP
Lidl Newbury4.90 miles
121a London Road, Newbury, RG14 2BX
Transport
Airport
Southampton Airport26.96 miles
London Oxford Airport34.09 miles
Bus Stop
Star Lane (S)0.55 miles
Star Lane (N)0.56 miles
The Mount (S)0.58 miles
The Mount (N)0.58 miles
The Red House (S)0.66 miles
The Red House (N)0.67 miles
Old Police House (NW)0.77 miles
Old Police House (SE)0.77 miles
Carnarvon Arms (N)0.85 miles
Penwood (SW)0.87 miles
Carnarvon Arms (S)0.87 miles
Penwood (W)0.88 miles
Penwood (NE)0.89 miles
Penwood (SE)0.89 miles
Highclere Farm (S)0.98 miles
Highclere Farm (N)0.98 miles
Ferry Port
Southampton Vehicle Ferry Terminal30.79 miles
Southampton Passenger Ferry Terminal30.88 miles
Hythe (Hants) Ferry Terminal32.50 miles
Hamble-le-Rice Ferry Landing33.40 miles
Warsash Ferry Landing33.61 miles
Portsmouth Continental Ferry Terminal38.41 miles
Shepperton Ferry Landing39.10 miles
Portsmouth Harbour Station Pier39.11 miles
Weybridge Ferry Landing39.11 miles
Gosport Ferry Terminal39.14 miles
Portsmouth IOW Car Ferry Terminal39.41 miles
Southsea Hoverport40.00 miles
West Cowes Ferry Terminal 40.03 miles
Eastney Ferry Landing40.23 miles
East Cowes Ferry Terminal40.28 miles
Hayling Island Ferry Landing40.32 miles
Railway Station
Newbury Rail Station4.28 miles
Newbury Racecourse Rail Station4.62 miles
Kintbury Rail Station5.65 miles
Thatcham Rail Station6.28 miles
Whitchurch (Hants) Rail Station7.18 miles
Overton Rail Station7.39 miles
Hungerford Rail Station8.32 miles
Midgham Rail Station8.78 miles
Aldermaston Rail Station10.53 miles
Andover Rail Station10.56 miles
Bedwyn Rail Station10.62 miles
Micheldever Rail Station11.74 miles
Basingstoke Rail Station12.82 miles
Bramley (Hants) Rail Station12.96 miles
Theale Rail Station13.90 miles
Mortimer Rail Station14.21 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (RG20 9R*)
Number of Properties in Catchment193
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
ON SUNSET
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£950,000
2024-02-02
otherPropertyType
freehold
Sold 2019-11-13   £30,000
THE GATE HOUSE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£1,810,000
2023-12-20
otherPropertyType
freehold
Sold 2022-02-09   £670,000
STADDLE STONES
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£1,500,000
2023-11-13
otherPropertyType
freehold
THE BAKEHOUSE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£1,285,000
2023-10-19
detached
freehold
WHITE OAK HOUSE, HIGHCLERE PARK
HIGHCLERE
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9RJ		£10,500,000
2022-01-28
detached
freehold
Sold 2019-06-14   £5,300,000
VINE LODGE
BURGHCLERE
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£925,000
2021-11-05
detached
freehold
Sold 2020-11-04   £840,000
CLERE CHASE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£980,000
2021-02-19
detached
freehold
Sold 2007-06-28   £657,500
WATERY LANE COTTAGE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£425,000
2017-07-13
detached
freehold
YEW TREE FARMHOUSE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£2,110,000
2017-02-23
otherPropertyType
freehold
3, SCHOOL COTTAGES
HIGHCLERE
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9RH		£695,000
2017-02-17
otherPropertyType
freehold
TREASURE HILL (EAST COTTAGE)
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EH		£500,500
2015-12-11
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2007-01-04   £360,000
Sold 2002-09-20   £265,000
Sold 1997-10-14   £150,000
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE
HIGHCLERE
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9RH		£4,250,000
2014-05-23
detached
freehold
Sold 2001-12-17   £1,525,000
LITTLE OAK
HIGHCLERE
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£1,100,000
2010-11-05
detached
freehold
WHITE COTTAGE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9ER		£910,000
2010-07-02
detached
freehold
Sold 1997-07-24   £325,000
MODERN COTTAGE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£250,000
2009-07-23
semidetached
freehold
LITTLE OAK, FOLLET CLOSE
HIGHCLERE
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£520,000
2009-02-20
detached
freehold
HIGHGATE
HIGHCLERE
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9RQ		£145,000
2007-07-23
detached
freehold
Sold 2005-05-04   £116,000
Sold 2002-12-05   £58,000
THE OLD BAKEHOUSE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£480,000
2004-11-12
detached
freehold
Sold 2000-10-31   £370,000
Sold 1998-12-18   £130,000
YEW TREE FARM
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EW		£1,000,000
2004-08-27
detached
freehold
3, TREASURE HILL
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EH		£330,000
2004-07-30
detached
freehold
TREASURE HILL HOUSE
PENWOOD
NEWBURY
HAMPSHIRE
RG20 9EH		£642,500
2003-11-28
detached
freehold
Sold 1998-08-24   £360,000
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