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Films · 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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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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Columned portico on the front of Basildon Park house
Photo: Steve Daniels / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic house · National Trust · ticketed house and park

Basildon Park

Grantham House interiors and later London society rooms

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North front of Claydon House across its gravel forecourt
Photo: Rob Farrow / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic house · National Trust · seasonal house; estate grounds separately managed

Claydon House

Petersfield House interiors and the grand ball

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Racegoers on the lawn in front of the grandstands at Ripon Racecourse
Photo: Steve Fareham / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Racecourse · Ticketed race days and events

Ripon Racecourse

Royal Ascot

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Show-day marquees and crowds across the Great Yorkshire Showground
Photo: Bill Henderson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Attraction · Private or restricted venue · no casual visitor access promoted

Great Yorkshire Showground

The Yorkshire County Show

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Red terracotta front and green dome of Richmond Theatre
Photo: Jim Linwood / Flickr · CC BY 2.0
Attraction · Performance tickets · occasional tours

Richmond Theatre

A London theatre for an opening-night sequence

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More from Films

  1. Film (2019) · 13 September 2019

    Downton Abbey

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

  2. 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.

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