Where was Downton Abbey (2010–2015) filmed?
British historical drama television series (2010–2015)
Downton Abbey (2010–2015) was filmed in Alnwick Castle, Highclere Castle, Ealing Studios, Bampton, Horsted Keynes railway station, Byfleet Manor and 1 more place — 7 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Alnwick Castle
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK; seat of the Duke of Northumberland, England, UK
“Alnwick Castle, in Northumberland, was the filming location used for Brancaster Castle in the 2014 and 2015 Christmas specials, which included filming in Alnwick Castle's State Rooms, as well as on the castle's grounds, and at the nearby semi-ruined Hulne Abbey on the Duke of Northumberland's parklands in Alnwick.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Highclere Castle
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Hampshire, England, UK
“Highclere Castle in north Hampshire is used for exterior shots of Downton Abbey and most of the interior filming.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
Ealing Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
television and film production company/studio (until 1956 at the same location)
“The kitchen, servants' quarters and working areas, and some of the "upstairs" bedrooms were constructed and filmed at Ealing Studios.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Horsted Keynes railway station
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
railway station in Horsted Keynes, the UK
“Horsted Keynes railway station in Sussex is used as Downton station.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Byfleet Manor
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
house in Byfleet, Surrey, England, UK
“Byfleet Manor in Surrey is used as the location for the Dower house, home to Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, while West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire is used for the interior scenes of Lady Rosamund's London residence in 35, Belgrave Square.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bampton
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England
“Outdoor scenes are filmed in the village of Bampton in Oxfordshire.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
The Charterhouse
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
building on London Road, Coventry, in the West Midlands of England
Also per Wikipedia's Filming locations section
Wikipedia’s Filming locations section names 40 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Criterion Restaurant
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
restaurant in London
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🏙 Towns & cities
London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Lancaster House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
mansion in the St James's district in the West End of London
“In the 2013 Christmas special, Lancaster House in London stood in for Buckingham Palace.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Leeds
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
city in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
“The towns of Easingwold, Kirkby Malzeard, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Middlesbrough, Ripon, Richmond and Thirsk, each mentioned by characters in the series, lie in North Yorkshire, as does the city of York, while Leeds—similarly mentioned—lies in West Yorkshire.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Beaconsfield
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Buckinghamshire, England
“The old rectory in Bampton is used for exterior shots of Isobel Crawley's house, with interior scenes filmed at Hall Barn in Beaconsfield at Buckinghamshire.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Basildon Park
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Grade I listed historic house museum in West Berkshire, England, UK
“Bridgewater House in the St James area of London served as the exterior facade of Grantham House, the family's London home, while the interior scenes were shot in Basildon Park in West Berkshire.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Waddesdon Manor
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Grade I listed country house in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
“The fictional Haxby Park, the estate Sir Richard Carlisle intends to buy in series two, is part of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
West Wycombe Park House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
West Yorkshire
metropolitan and ceremonial county in England, UK
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🛣 Streets & squares
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
heritage railway in England, United Kingdom
“The North Yorkshire Moors Railway was used for railway scenes.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Sussex
historic county of England, United Kingdom
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Inveraray Castle
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland
“Inveraray Castle in Argyll, Scotland, doubled as "Duneagle Castle" in the 2012 Christmas special.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Beamish, The Living Museum of The North
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
open-air museum in County Durham, United Kingdom
“The 2019 film of Downton Abbey uses many of the television locations such as Highclere Castle and Bampton, as well as exterior shots filmed at Beamish Museum.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Goodwood Circuit
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
motorsport track in the United Kingdom
“The circuit was used as a filming location in the historical drama series Downton Abbey.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Chiltern Open Air Museum
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Museum in the Chiltern Hills, United Kingdom
“The museum has featured in a number of noted productions, including Mary Queen of Scots, Downton Abbey, Inside No. 9, Call the Midwife, Grantchester, Midsomer Murders, Horrible Histories, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Bramwell, Shine on Harvey Moon, and Taskmaster.” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Belgrave Square
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
square in London, England, UK
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Hall Barn
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
West Wittering
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village in West Sussex, England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Middlesbrough
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in North Yorkshire, north-east England
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Ripon
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England
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Bluebell Railway
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
heritage railway in East Sussex, England
“The station is part of the heritage Bluebell Railway.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Alnwick
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
market town in north Northumberland, England
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Church of St Mary, Bampton
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
church in Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
“St Mary's is used as the set of St Michael and All Angels' Church in the television series Downton Abbey.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kingston Bagpuize
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village in Oxfordshire, England, UK
“Kingston Bagpuize House was used as the set of Cavenham Park, the residence of Lord Merton, in the television series Downton Abbey.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Bridgewater House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Grade I listed building in London, England, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Brooklands
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
race track
“"description": "Location for motor racing scenes at Brooklands.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Rules
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
oldest restaurant in London
“Rules made an appearance in the James Bond film Spectre and several appearances in the historical drama Downton Abbey.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Burghclere
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Greys Court
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Tudor country house in Oxfordshire, England, UK
“Greys Court near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire was used as the family's secondary property, which they proposed moving into and calling "Downton Place" due to financial difficulties in series three.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Cogges Manor Farm Museum
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
former farm and farm museum in Witney, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Easingwold
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
market town, electoral ward and a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
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Kirkby Malzeard
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Kirkbymoorside
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Malton
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
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Richmond
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in North Yorkshire, England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Thirsk
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Akenham
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village in Suffolk, England, UK
“First World War trench warfare scenes in France were filmed in a specially constructed replica battlefield for period war scenes near the village of Akenham in rural Suffolk.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Henley-on-Thames
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Oxfordshire, England
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Lincoln Castle
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Grade I listed building in Lincolnshire, England, UK
“Also in the third series, Bates's prison scenes were filmed at Lincoln Castle in Lincolnshire.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
St James's
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
district in the City of Westminster, London, England
Places whose own article says it was shot there
14 places whose own Wikipedia article names this series as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this series’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Alnwick Castle United Kingdom
“Television programmes shot at the castle include: Count Dracula (1977): The Black Adder (1983); Robin of Sherwood (1984–86); Antiques Roadshow (1995); The Virgin Queen (2005); The Hollow Crown (2012) and Downton Abbey (2015–16).” Wikipedia
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Lacock United Kingdom
“In 2015, Lacock was used for an episode of the Downton Abbey TV series, portraying a livestock market of the 1920s; Lord Grantham, his family and some of the staff appeared in this location.” Wikipedia
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Highclere Castle United Kingdom
“The castle was used as the main filming location for the ITV/PBS drama series Downton Abbey, which brought the castle international fame.” Wikipedia
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Basildon Park United Kingdom
“The interiors of Basildon stood in for the Crawley family's London mansion, Grantham House, on the series Downton Abbey.” Wikipedia
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Ealing Studios United Kingdom
“Interior scenes of the British period drama television series Downton Abbey were shot in Stage 2 of the studios.” Wikipedia
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Beamish, The Living Museum of The North United Kingdom
“The site has been used as the backdrop for many film and television productions, including various Catherine Cookson dramas, produced by Tyne Tees Television, the final episode and the feature film version of Downton Abbey, and the upcoming Channel 4 series A Woman of Substance.” Wikipedia
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Byfleet Manor United Kingdom
“Byfleet has been used as a filming location including; Downton Abbey, Agatha Christie's Poirot: After the Funeral, Cranford and Into the Woods.” Wikipedia
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Hall Barn United Kingdom
“It featured in the series Downton Abbey as Loxley House, the home of Sir Anthony Strallan.” Wikipedia
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Bridgewater House United Kingdom
“The exterior appears as Marchmain House in the 1981 television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited and as Grantham House, the Crawleys' London house, in the television historical drama series Downton Abbey.” Wikipedia
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Brooklands United Kingdom
“On 1 November 2015, Brooklands was featured in an episode of the British series Downton Abbey, although the scenes were actually filmed at the Goodwood Circuit.” Wikipedia
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Greys Court United Kingdom
“The house has been used as a filming location for Downton Abbey, Agatha Christie's Poirot, and Midsomer Murders.” Wikipedia
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Lincoln Castle United Kingdom
“The prison has been used as a filming location, for example for the ITV television series Downton Abbey.” Wikipedia
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Roehampton United Kingdom
“Some of the filming for series 3 of Downton Abbey was completed at Templeton House.” Wikipedia
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Ealing United Kingdom
“Most recently, Ealing Studios was the set for the famous Downton Abbey historical television series, of which the below stairs and servant's hall were filmed there.” Wikipedia
Also shot in these places
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001
- Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949
- Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989–2013
- Doctor Who 1963–
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010
- Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015
- Harry Potter 1-8 2011
- Lawrence of Arabia 1962
- The King's Speech 2010
Set in the same places
- Assassin's Creed III
- Grand Theft Auto: London 1969
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
- Mass Effect 3
- Need for Speed: Shift
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate
- Tomb Raider III
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Resistance: Fall of Man
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- Steamboy
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Downton Abbey have?
7 places recorded on Wikidata, and 40 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United Kingdom.
Was Downton Abbey filmed at a studio?
Yes. Ealing Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013), Doctor Who (1963–) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.