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Films · Film (2019) · 13 September 2019

Downton Abbey

A royal visit brings elaborate preparations, competing loyalties and an unfamiliar hierarchy to Downton.

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Highclere Castle’s pinnacled towers rising above lawns and a curving gravel path
Photo: bassijpkes / Flickr via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Historic house · Ticketed · limited seasonal opening and events

Highclere Castle

Downton Abbey exterior, state rooms and principal estate setting

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Stone cottages along Church Street in Lacock
Photo: Jaggery / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Village · National Trust village · public streets; abbey ticketed

Lacock village

The livestock market in Series 6 and the royal-visit parade streets in the 2019 film

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Platforms and tracks under the glazed overall roof of Pickering Station
Photo: Matthew Cotton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Railway · North Yorkshire Moors Railway · ticketed on operating days

Pickering Station

London King’s Cross at the opening of the 2019 film

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The long east front of Wentworth Woodhouse beyond a wide lawn
Photo: Garry Bonsall / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic house · Ticketed house tours · check dates

Wentworth Woodhouse

The ballroom for the royal ball in the 2019 film

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South front of Harewood House above the formal parterre garden
Photo: G Laird / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic house · Ticketed house, gardens and grounds · check seasonal access

Harewood House

Harewood House during the royal visit

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Tall sandstone warehouse buildings in Bradford’s Little Germany quarter
Photo: Tim Green aka atoach / Flickr · CC BY 2.0
Town · Public streets · businesses and residents in the buildings

Little Germany

Period street scenes in the 2019 film

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Main Street in the 1900s Town at Beamish with tram lines and period shopfronts
Photo: Rob Farrow / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Museum · Ticketed open-air museum

Beamish Museum, 1900s Town

Period town street scenes

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More from Films

  1. Film (2022) · 29 April 2022

    Downton Abbey: A New Era

    A film company arrives at Downton while part of the family travels to a newly inherited villa in southern France.

  2. Film (2025) · 12 September 2025

    Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

    As the Crawleys enter the 1930s, Mary faces public scandal and the estate confronts financial pressure.

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