where is downton abbey located
Downton Abbey location: mapping out a mix-up. Highclere Castle has been put on the map as the location for Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey location: mapping out a mix-up. It may have become the last word in aristocratic chic in the US, but American visitors to the UK looking for the real Downton Abbey are ending up disappointed. The Daily Telegraph reports that tourists are arriving in Downton, Wiltshire, asking for directions to the abbey. Perhaps the show's location of Highclere Castle, 40 miles away in Berkshire, is missing a trick â it could arrange for a signpost in Downton pointing the way to the real abbey.