Many of the castles and cathedrals used stemmed from the medieval ages to give the feel of the centuries old magical school that was founded in 990. The parts that are film in scotland are places like hagrids hut and hogwarts. The magical place where hagrid took harry to get all his supplies for his first year at school in harry potter and the sorcerers stone is called diagon alley. Harry potter film locations in scotland and wales off to hogwarts we go.
They also held certain special events, such as the sorting ceremony and. Durhams elegant cloisters became the snowcovered quadrangle, where harry sets the owl flying in the first film and is also the scene of rons slug vomiting in the chamber of. The exterior scenes were filmed at gloucester cathedral in gloucestershire, england and where you can look for moaning myrtle. Harry potter regularly traveled across the dark forboding hills of the western highlands of scotland on the way to hogwards. Used for some of the exterior shots of hogwarts castle in both harry potter and the philosophers stone and.
Top 10 harry potter film locations around britain visitbritain. Harry potters cambridge growing up with harry potter, of the famous j. A detailed and comprehensive guide to the harry potter filming locations in scotland, including the hogwarts express train the jacobite, the dramatic scottish highlands train scenery, the location of hagrids hut glencoe and the location of dumbledores grave eilean na moine. The precise location of the school can never be uncovered because it was rendered unplottable. The most recognisable backdrops of the eight harry potter adaptations, including diagon alley, shell cottage, and, of course, hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, were filmed at. Even though the scene was filmed, it was not included in the final cut of goblet of fire, and it is easy to understand why. It accepts magical students from great britain and ireland for enrollment. Sep 05, 2017 alnwick castle, northumberland, is the location used for hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry during harry potter and the philosophers stone and harry potter and the chamber of secrets. The scene in harry potter and the chamber of secrets, when harry leaves professor lockharts room and heads the basilisk in the wall was filmed here in the early 2000s. The scene where harry catches the steam train hogwarts express was also filmed in london, at platform 4 at kings cross station. Hogwarts, harrys prestigious wizarding prep school, is a composite of several locations, many of them real places in oxford.
However, you can find harry potter filming locations in scotland, including the hogwarts express steam train. Jan 24, 2019 the divinity school is another spot where oxford university and harry potter meet. One of the most spectacular is durham cathedral, one of the uks finest norman buildings. It is the location of hagrids hut, the bridge leading to the entrance of hogwarts, and some scenes were also filmed at the nearby lake. The great hall in the hogwarts castle was the main gathering area in the school, which was located off the entrance hall. It is noted for being home to a magical community like several other villages such as ottery st catchpole and tinworth. A detailed guide to harry potter filming locations in scotland.
The 42 mile stretch of rail, between fort william and mallaig, passes through much of the scenery seen in the films, including ben nevisthe highest mountain in britain, loch shiel and glen nevis backdrop for the quidditch scenes. Rowling as a newly divorced single mother wrote parts of her first harry potter novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, the goblet of fire, the order of the phoenix, and the deathly hallows part 2 shot. The great hall was the main place where students received their meals and daily owl post. Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, commonly shortened to hogwarts, is a fictional british school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen and is the primary setting for the first six books in j.
Cgi and miniature constructs make up the majority of footage of the outside. The divinity school was used as the location of the hogwarts infirmary, which featured in a number of scenes in the movies, including when harry recuperates in harry potter and the philosophers stone. The hogwards infrimary was filmed at the bodleian library divinity school in oxford. Wander around the cloisters and quadrangles of christ church college where many of the hogwarts scenes in the first movie were filmed. The village was the home and final hiding place of james and lily potter before being murdered by lord voldemort. Free the building is not open to the public but you can view it. In the chamber of secrets, this is where the weasleys. Last but not least, we have some beautiful harry potter filming locations in scotland. Rowlings harry potter series has at one point or another wished that they could get a letter in the mail inviting them to attend hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. For the filming of the harry potter movies, filmmakers utilized many different places throughout the uk as the hogwarts castle locations. Also known as the harry potter bridge, the glenfinnan viaduct is the setting for some of the most beautiful shots of the hogwarts express. You can journey through this magical landscape just as harry and friends did, aboard the jacobite steam train used as the hogwarts express.
The reallife locations used in the harry potter movies insider. Several locations in the uk were used for the school. Travel back to your childhood and experience the wizarding world of harry potter. Dec 05, 2019 despite the connection between edinburgh and the harry potter series, none of the filming for the movies took place in edinburgh. The top harry potter filming locations in the uk finding.
The interior parts of the alley were filmed in sets created at leavesden film studios, like many assorted set pieces. The interior shots of gringotts, the wizard bank run by goblins, were filmed inside australia house. The harry potter film franchise is known for utilising some the uks most iconic landscapes. Harry potter is a britishamerican film series based on the eponymous novels by author j. The scenes in the hogwarts librarywhere hermione reads, where harry steals a restricted bookwas one of a few locations filmed at oxford. Godrics hollow is a fictional village, where lily and james potter lived, located in the west country of england. You can find a list of tours here from edinburgh that visit these sites and some even include a train ride. It was a large hall where students and teachers dined and congregated. Alnwick castle, northumberland, is the location used for hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry during harry potter and the philosophers. She had already started writing the novel before her arrival in edinburgh, but she would finish the manuscript in edinburgh, writing in her spare time while taking care of her young daughter jessica.
Dec 26, 2019 the scenes in the hogwarts librarywhere hermione reads, where harry steals a restricted bookwas one of a few locations filmed at oxford. Hogwarts, harry s prestigious wizarding prep school, is a composite of several locations, many of them real places in oxford. Explore hogsmeade and hogwarts, and even take a ride on the hogwarts express. Heres where the harry potter movies were filmed and how to. Studios, leavesden, about 18 miles northwest of central london. The picturesque glen coe in scotland was used to film various scenes of the hogwarts grounds, including hagrids hut. The are filmed in england leavesdon studios is where a lot of it is filmed and parts in scotland. A muggles guide to harry potter filming locations visitengland. In the sorcerers stone, the kids are ferried to hogwarts and then ascend a stone staircase the same one that, in real life, leads into the. Alnwick castle provided the landing strip for the flying car.
Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is a british school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in j. Harry potter, ron weasley, hermoine granger, and the rest of the school s students and teachers begin singing the hogwarts school song, which is a short anthem about the greatness of the school. The harry potter film franchise, too, established just how magnificent and, well, magical the school is with its sweeping, wide angle shots. Harry potter filming locations you can visit in the. In the first movie, when the troll rampages through hogwarts, part of his path actually takes him through the north side of the gloucester cathedral cloisters. Alnwick castle was used for outside views gloucester cathedral gloucester hogwarts school, corridors divinity school, bodleian library.
In fact, you can have your very own harry potterinspired break, with plenty of stunning filming locations across the uk still taking you back to that first moment you saw hogwarts. Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry was realised on film through a bewildering number of locations throughout the uk. Apr 05, 2020 the most recognisable backdrops of the eight harry potter adaptations, including diagon alley, shell cottage, and, of course, hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, were filmed at some of the. Apr 12, 2020 it made an appearance in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, where buckbeak dipped his feet in the water while harry rode on its back and again in harry potter and the halfblood prince where harry and hermione looked across hogwarts lake from the astronomy tower at the end of the movie. It is a stateowned school funded by the ministry of magic.
Which buildings were used to create hogwarts in the harry. We provide a map of each of the harry potter movie locations, how to get there, and other relevant advice for. As harry potter fans, we all grew up waiting for that much anticipated letter to drop through our front doors. Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, commonly shortened to hogwarts. May 31, 2017 theres no reason to limit your love of harry potter to the pages of a book or the scenes in a movie.
Warner bros the coves striking limestone formation is the product of coursing meltwater from glaciers over 12,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age. Australia house was opened by king george v in 1918 and is the home of the australian high commission. Harry potter and the philosophers stone harry potter and. The wizarding war of the 1990s definitely might have prevented some of our letters from making it through, but for those who never got the chance to attend the famous wizard school of. Book a college room at christ church and enjoy breakfast in the great hall, which was replicated in the film studios to create the grand hogwarts hall. In the film, the steam train leaves from platform 9. Wizarding world of harry potter, universal studios, florida. Jul 31, 2018 in fact, you can have your very own harry potter inspired break, with plenty of stunning filming locations across the uk still taking you back to that first moment you saw hogwarts. Its sprawling, with turrets and towers and seemingly hundreds of windows, and its seven stories tall, in total. This is where they filmed over 10 years worth of harry potter films, and of course where youll be able to discover many of the sets and props that they used for production. A spinoff prequel series will consist of five films started with fantastic. Jul 19, 2018 harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final instalment in jk rowlings fantasy series, was released 11 years ago this weekend.
The venue provided classrooms including prof snapes from the first potter film onwards, but it was just one of many locations for the school of wizardry. Hogsmeade opened its gates in 2010, with its crowning feature being a scaledup model of leavesden studios hogwarts. Selfguided oxford harry potter tour filming locations. Alnwick castle is the location used for hogwarts castle in harry potter and the philosophers stone and harry potter and the chamber of secrets. For instance, although the elaborate exterior of hogwarts school is largely computer generated.
The reallife locations used in the harry potter movies. Where is hogwarts from the harry potter film located. Here are the reallife locations where the harry potter movies were filmed. Mar 26, 2020 harry potter filming locations in scotland. These were harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, and harry potter and the half blood prince. The model was built for the first film harry potter and the philosophers stone and has been used for exterior shots in every film since. This is where you see harry having broomstick lessons. The following year, harry potter and the chamber of secrets the second film in the series used alnwick castle for shooting.
They also held certain special events, such as the sorting ceremony. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone principal photography took place at north yorkshires goathland railway station. Mar 05, 2019 it adds the university of sydney is the real version of hogwarts. Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is the british wizarding school, located in the scottish highlands. In the chamber of secrets, this is where the weasleys flying car crashes into the whomping willow. You can even buy all of your hogwarts school supplies, and other knickknacks in. The rugged beauty and natural drama of the scottish highlands are the perfect background for the first two harry potter films where the quidditch matches were filmed against the backdrop of glen nevis also used for braveheart, rob roy and highlander ii. The outer bailey is recognisable as the area where harry and his fellow students learned to fly broomsticks with madam hooch. Harry potter and the philosophers stone filmed on location at alnwick castle in autumn 2000. Christ church college inspired two film sets familiar to potter fans. This central london station was built as the great northern railways london terminus in 1851 2. Harry potter filming locations you can visit in real life.
Harry potter filming locations and sites by rick steves. To muggles, the school looks like an old abandoned. Complete guide to harry potter sites in edinburgh scotland. I visited several colleges, but only in two of them have been shot some scene form the harry potter movies. Harry potter at alnwick castle a hogwarts castle experience. It is a stateowned school funded by the ministry of magic the precise location of the school can never be uncovered because it was rendered unplottable. Harry potter locations to visit in england and scotland.
Oct 26, 2019 a detailed and comprehensive guide to the harry potter filming locations in scotland, including the hogwarts express train the jacobite, the dramatic scottish highlands train scenery, the location of hagrids hut glencoe and the location of dumbledores grave eilean na moine. From the quirky streets of diagon alley to the imposing beauty of hogwarts castle, celebrate the 20th anniversary of harry potter and the. In the books, hogwarts is actually located in scotland, so it makes sense that they would film and take much inspiration from the beautiful landscapes of the highlands and beyond. The divinity school is another spot where oxford university and harry potter meet.
Theres no reason to limit your love of harry potter to the pages of a book or the scenes in a movie. Then when i was accepted into cambridge university, i realized just how close i would come to harrys reallife world of wizardry. In the sorcerers stone, harry walks with his white owl, hedwig, through a snowy cloister courtyard located in durhams cathedral harry first learns to fly a broomstick on the green grass of hogwarts school grounds, filmed inside the walls of alnwick castle, located 30 miles from newcastle. In addition to this, warner bros says that any scenes set during. Harry first learns to fly a broomstick on the green grass of hogwarts school grounds, filmed inside the walls of alnwick castle, located 30 miles from newcastle. Malham cove provides the dramatic backdrop for harry and hermiones encampment in harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1. The harry potter films were filmed all over the uk and many. Rowlings harry potter series rowling has suggested that she may have inadvertently taken the name from the hogwort plant croton capitatus, which she. Near the end of the exhibitiontour is where youll see this stunning model of hogwarts. Test your hogwarts knowledge with our harry potter quiz. Heres where the harry potter movies were filmed and how. There was also a library where they filmed harry potter. It adds the university of sydney is the real version of hogwarts. Rowlings novels, i often dreamed of attending hogwarts instead of my local school.
Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final instalment in jk rowlings fantasy series, was released 11 years ago this weekend. The first of the harry potter saga is filmed on locations all over england, setting the tone as a terrific kids movie, studded with enough scenestealing brit character actors to keep the grownups entertained it pieces together disparate sites across the length and breadth of the uk. Especially when those movies were filmed in beautiful spots across the u. Aug 03, 2016 alnwick castle is the location used for hogwarts castle in harry potter and the philosophers stone and harry potter and the chamber of secrets. In 2007, for four days, lacock was also used to film footage for harry potter and the halfblood prince. It was used as a filming location in harry potter and the philosophers stone and in subsequent films as the hogwarts infirmary. Rowling does a great job of explaining the scale and splendor of the hogwarts castle. Hagrids hut and several other film sets were built in this beautiful valley, which. Remember that scene in the philosophers stone when harry is recovering after his first encounter with voldemort and dumbledore. Harry potter, ron weasley, hermoine granger, and the rest of the schools students and teachers begin singing the hogwarts school song, which is a short anthem about the greatness of the school. However, it seems some tourists believe the harry potter movies were actually filmed in sydney a university of sydney. Harry potter filmed at university of sydney myth fooling.