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Cloisters - as well as being access routes, corridors with roofs around the foot of the walls of four buildings forming a square - were often the places where medieval monks would read and copy manuscripts - hence the enormous amount of light from the windows.
Many scenes showing the mysterious side of Hogwarts were filmed in the elaborate, fan-vaulted corridors of the Gloucester Cathedral cloisters, 50 miles north of Bath. In The Sorcerer's Stone, Harry is chosen for Gryffindor's Quidditch team in the halls of the 13th-century Lacock Abbey, 13 miles east of Bath. Harry also attends Professor Snape's ...
- Hogwarts Filming Location
- Godric’s Hollow Set in Wiltshire
- Godric’s Hollow Set in Suffolk
- Shell Cottage in Pembrokeshire
- Quidditch World Cup in Hertfordshire
- Malfoy Manor Filmed in Derbyshire
- Supporting Special Places
Harry Potter and Lacock Abbey will always be connected – this is where several scenes set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were filmed for the first two instalments in the series. At this atmospheric country house in Wiltshire, you can challenge your friends to a wizard duel, play hide and seek in the grounds,or explore the medieval ab...
Nearby, a cottage in the old village of Lacock served as the exterior of Harry’s childhood home at Godric’s Hollow, in the terrifying scene where Lord Voldemort killed Harry's parents in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001). The streets of Lacock village also stood in for the Muggle village of Budleigh Babberton where Harry and Dumbledor...
The historic village of Lavenham, in Suffolk, was also used to create Godric’s Hollow in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010). Lavenham Guildhall, a 16th-century, higgledy-piggledy timber-framed building, became Harry Potter’s parents’ derelict house on screen.
Freshwater West, six miles west of Stackpole in Pembrokeshire, was used for beach scenes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Shell Cottage was constructed here, which was Bill and Fleur Weasley’s home and a safe house during the Second Wizarding War, plus the setting of Dobby’s death. Shell Cottage was dismantled after filming, but visitors ca...
Contrary to popular legend, a 400-year-old beech tree on the Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire was not in fact used as the Whomping Willow. However, the estate did provide the setting for the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), when Harry and the Weasleys arrive in the woods via Portkey and encounter the Diggory family...
Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire was used to film the exterior scenes of Malfoy Manor, family home of Harry Potter’s nemesis Draco, of Slytherin house. It features in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, with help from some CGI effects. This is also where Lord Voldemort’s plans the Second Wizarding War and where Harry Ron and Hermione are taken by Snat...
As well as showing off beautiful locations, filming directly benefits the places that star in the production. The income from location fees goes straight back into conservation work to care for historic houses and landscapes, so that we’ll all be able to see them both on screen and in real life for years to come.
May 9, 2023 · Durham Cathedral’s ancient cloisters starred as the snow-covered quadrangle where Harry sets Hedwig the owl free in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The same cloisters are where Ron Weasely attempts to curse Draco with the slug vomiting charm, but the charm backfires on him instead in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 21.
Mar 20, 2023 · In the relatively unknown British village of Lacock are numerous Harry Potter filming locations. Here you'll find Hogwarts corridors, classrooms and more.
Mar 22, 2024 · Explore the ancient cloisters that became the snow-covered quadrangle where Harry magically releases Hedwig in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and walk in the footsteps of Harry, Ron and Hermione in The Chapter House, which appeared in the Chamber of Secrets as the setting for Professor McGonagall's transfiguration classroom. We doubt ...
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Nov 20, 2021 · Gloucester 's historic cathedral cloisters were transformed into the corridors of Hogwart s for the first two films and the Gothic building's lavatorium - a washing place - also features...
