Picket Post Close, Bracknell. 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging is home of the Dursleys where the saga begins. This is an actual home in Berkshire, located at 12 Picket Post Close, Bracknell. Fame brought fortune to the owners of the home—it was sold in 2016 for £650,000, 1/3 more than the asking price.

Where was Harry Potter house filmed?

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 Bracknell.

Where is the Hogwarts Castle in real life?

Alnwick Castle

Movie: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets. Shots: Alnwick Castle has been used for exterior shots of Hogwarts. Fact: Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in England. It has been home to the dukes of Northumberland for over 700 years.

Where did they film The Inside of Hogwarts?

Christ Church College. Wander around the cloisters and quadrangles of Christ Church College where many of the Hogwarts scenes in the first movie were filmed. 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.

Where did they film The Weasley house?

The Weasleys' home, known as the Burrow, is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole, which is situated alongside the River Otter in Devon, England, also near the home of the Lovegoods, the Diggorys and the Fawcetts.

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Where did they film Snape's house?

Lacock Abbey was used for many interior shots, most notably Professor Snape's Potions class. The hallway is where Harry first hears the basilisk. Lacock was founded in the early 13th century as an Augustinian nunnery. Today the abbey is a quirky house with a variety of architectural styles.

Where was Gryffindor filmed?

To recreate the Gryffindor Common Room, Gloucester Cathedral in the south of England was chosen as a location. Its long corridors and old windows, dating back approximately 1300 years, are the perfect backdrop to the communal scenes.

Where was Gringotts filmed?

Shot: The interior shots of Gringotts, the wizard bank run by goblins, were filmed inside Australia House. Fact: Australia House was opened by King George V in 1918 and is the home of the Australian High Commission.

Where was Hagrid's Hut filmed?

Landscape In Glencoe, Scotland

The filming location for Hagrid's Hut from the Harry Potter movies set up in Clachaig, Glencoe.

Where is Diagon Alley filmed?

Leadenhall Market in the City district was used as Diagon Alley. The entrance to wizard's pub, the Leaky Cauldron, is an optician in Bull's Head Passage.

Where is Azkaban located?

The island prison in the middle of the North Sea, Azkaban was a place of confinement for the most dangerous wizards and witches. Guarded by Dementors, life at Azkaban was notoriously brutal with many of its inhabitants losing their minds over the course of their sentence.

Can you visit the real Hogwarts?

But it is Alnwick Castle that's the true star of this show. It's not only a key filming location for Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, it's also a historic location of epic conquests and royal splendour. Take this trip and see how Alnwick Castle featured as Hogwarts in the first two Harry Potter movies.

Where is Malfoy Manor in real life?

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.

Where is Diagon Alley in real life?

Diagon Alley / Victoria Street

It's easy to see where J.K. Rowling got her inspiration for Diagon Alley. Victoria Street curves down towards the Grassmarket and is within Edinburgh's Old Town - recognised as a World Heritage site. The eclectic mix of narrow, medieval buildings and Gothic spires is pure Potter magic.

Where is Hogwarts Castle located in real life?

Alnwick Castle

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.

Where is Prisoner of Azkaban filmed?

Three sets for the film were built in Glen Coe, Scotland, near the Clachaig Inn. Harry's ride on Buckbeak over Hogwarts' Lake was filmed at the Virginia Water Lake in Surrey. The Black Lake was also filmed from Loch Shiel, Loch Eilt and Loch Morar in the Scottish Highlands.

Where was Hogsmeade filmed?

Goathland Train Station, Yorkshire

Located in the North York Moors, Goathland Train Station was the filming location for the Hogwarts station, Hogsmeade. Fans will remember the Hogwarts Express pulling into Goathland, as Hagrid welcomed the first years and led them across the lake to the castle.

Where was Goblet of Fire filmed?

Where was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Filmed? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was filmed in Ashridge Park, Bodleian Library, Dark Forest, Eastbourne, Glenfinnan Viaduct, New College, Pinewood Studios, Shepperton Studios, Steall Waterfall, Virginia Water and Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.

Where was Quidditch filmed?

Alnwick Castle

Harry and his fellow students learned to fly broomsticks with Madam Hooch in the courtyards here, and it's also where Harry mastered the rules of Quidditch and played his first game, and memorably where Harry and Ron crash-landed the Weasley's flying car!

Where was Hogwarts Dining Hall filmed?

Contrary to popular belief, no filming actually took place in the famous Christ Church Dining Hall. However, it did serve as an immense inspiration for Hogwarts' very own Great Hall. Due to its smaller-than-anticipated size, the Dining Hall was actually recreated on set in the Warner Bros.

Where is Dursleys house in Harry Potter?

4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging is home of the Dursleys where the saga begins. This is an actual home in Berkshire, located at 12 Picket Post Close, Bracknell. Fame brought fortune to the owners of the home—it was sold in 2016 for £650,000, 1/3 more than the asking price.

Where was The Weasley house filmed?

Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire. This was the location of Shell Cottage, the house of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour (sadly it's now been dismantled). The cast and crew, seen here, filmed at the nearby beach.

Where was Hermione's house filmed?

With even muggles in mortal danger, Hermione (Emma Watson) chooses to leave home and wipe herself from her parents' memory. The Granger home is Heathgate at Meadway, in leafy Hampstead Garden Suburb, London NW11 (as ever, please remember this is a private house so please don't do anything to disturb the residents).

Where is the Lovegood House?

The Lovegood House is a black-coloured cylindrical house on top of a hill with a stream at the base of it, it is located near the village of Ottery St. Catchpole. It is the home of Xenophilius Lovegood and his daughter Luna. It is described as looking like a giant chess rook (otherwise known as a castle).