The Carnarvon Arms is a country inn, located next door to Highclere Castle, on the route of The Wayfarers Walk This Grade II listed building offers guests free onsite parking and free WiFi throughout The 18 bedrooms each have teacoffee-making facilities, a flat-screen TV with Freeview, and a hairdryer The property boasts a dining room with a high-vaulted ceiling, and a thriving friendly bar with a modern British menu A traditional full English is available each morning, made using locally sourced produce The property can cater for, and accommodate, parties and weddings The inn is 5 miles from Newbury town centre and Newbury Race Course is 55 miles away The Carnarvon Arms was built as a coaching inn in the 1800s It provided a stop-off for travellers to Highclere Castle, now the setting for TV drama Downton Abbey