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- Picket Post Close, Bracknell. Also known as the "Harry Potter house," this actual residence was used as the set for No. 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, in the first two films.
- London Zoo's Reptile House, London. Harry frees a python and realizes he can talk to snakes in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Both inside and outside the real-life Reptile House were used for this scene.
- Big Ben, London. It's just for a moment, but Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are two landmarks in the background when Harry first travels to London with Hagrid.
- Leadenhall Market, London. This famous covered market in London is where Hagrid takes Harry to the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron Pub (42 Bull's Head Passage, in real life).
- Jacobite Steam Train, Scotland. Nearly all of the Harry Potter movies feature scenes aboard the Hogwarts Express. Whether Harry and Ron are busy buying "the lot" from the trolley, dementors are boarding the train, or Crookshanks is attempting to nibble on Scabbers, some of the series' most important moments are set as Scotland unfolds outside the train window.
- Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. Fans will remember the dramatic scene where Dumbledore and Harry apparate to a rocky island at the entrance to a coastal cave where Voldemort has hidden a Horcrux.
- King's Cross Station, London. While you won't be disappearing into the stone walls of King's Cross, intent on climbing aboard the Hogwarts Express, you can certainly pretend you've received your letter.
- Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs, Brighton. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" starts with the electric match between Ireland and Bulgaria in the Quidditch World Cup.
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
- Durham Cathedral
- Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries
- Alnwick Castle
- King’s Cross Station
- The Jacobite Steam Train
- Cliffs of Moher
Location: Leavesden, Watford, England For the 10 years that the Harry Potter film series was in production, it was lensed at a studio in Watford, a small town northwest of London. At this Warner Bros. Studio, visitors can see iconic sets like the Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts’ Great Hall, and Diagon Alley. There are also numerous props to see, includi...
Location: Durham, England You may recognize Durham Cathedral from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first in the film series. In between classes, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walk through Hogwarts’ halls—in real life, those halls were actually the elegant cloisters of Durham Cathedral, constructed during the 11th and early 12th centuries to ho...
Location: Oxford, England Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries are among the most famous in the world because of their collection of books (more than 12 million printed items, including rare manuscripts and classical papyri) and storied buildings, some in continuous use since the Middle Ages. And with its severe architecture, the Bodleian Old Lib...
Location: Alnwick, Northumberland, England In the first two Harry Potter films, Alnwick Castle in Northumberland stood in for exterior shots of Hogwarts Castle. You might recognize the outer bailey as the place where Harry first learned to fly, and the inner bailey as the spot where he and Ron crash landed the Weasley’s flying car. In reality, Alnw...
Location: London, England Remember that magical moment in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone when Harry watches Ron disappear through a wall at Platform 9 ¾ in King’s Cross station? That scene really occurred at the busy train station, and fans can visit the site where filming took place. A luggage trolley is embedded in the wall where Platform ...
Location: Tom-na-Faire Station, Scotland Sure there are soul-sucking demons, screaming mandrakes, and devices that enable people to time travel in the Harry Potter universe, but is there anything more magical in the entire series than the train ride Harry and his friends take from King’s Cross Station to their school? In real life, the Hogwarts Exp...
Location: Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (the sixth installment of the franchise), Harry and Dumbledore travel to a remote cave located on a rocky coast—hinted to be the shore of Germany—in search of Slytherin’s locket, one of Voldemort’s horcruxes. In reality, the craggy coastline and caves featured in t...
Tupungato / shutterstock.com. 3. Leadenhall Market, London. London’s most beautiful Victorian market was the location of some of the Diagon Alley scenes. Leadenhall Market also houses the shop used as the entrance of the Leaky Cauldron from the fourth movie in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Sep 15, 2023 · A Muggle’s guide to visiting 24 real Harry Potter film locations across England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. When Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published in the early ‘90s by an unknown author, J.K. Rowling, no one believed it would go on to become one of the world’s most beloved stories. The seven-book series ...
May 3, 2024 · 1. Harry Potter: The Exhibition, Boston, MA. The Harry Potter exhibition at Boston’s CambridgeSide Mall celebrates iconic moments, characters, settings, and beasts using immersive design and technology. Explore the mysteries of Hogwarts Castle, Gringotts, the Ministry of Magic, and more while enjoying a close-up look at props and original ...
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Aug 9, 2022 · One of the most famous locations in the Harry Potter saga is the Dursley home, located at 4 Privet Drive in the books, though the real house is located on 12 Picket Post Close in the town of ...
