If you have seen the Harry Potter films , you have surely enjoyed the natural settings, impressive buildings, and all the spaces that make up that magical world. We have already grown up, but… what was true and what was scenery? Did Hogwarts exist as such, or did they create most of its recesses expressly for the movie? Although some landmarks were created expressly to shoot the scenes in the film, most of the sites are iconic locations in England and Scotland. As we do not want you to be left with doubts, here is a list of locations -real and filming studios- that will even encourage you to recall the adventures of the young magician with a good marathon of movies:
Leadenhall Market, London
Scenes from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone were filmed in this free-entry covered market . Specifically, it is the scene in which Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley for the first time. By the way, the Leaky Cauldron is actually an optician.
Kings Cross Station, London
Although we are sorry, the Hogwarts Express does not leave from platform 9 ¾ in Atocha, but from this central station in the capital of England . It has a wall where you can pose with your trunk cart, as long as you are able to wait an hour in line.
Harry Potter Studio Tour, Leavesden
If you want to know the filming sets where the Great Hall , the Forbidden Forest or Diagon Alley were filmed , it is essential to come to this studio in North London. After serving as a space to film the films, they decided to turn it into an attraction and invite the Potterheads to discover how they were created.
Divinity School, University of Oxford
We have seen few infirmaries as beautiful as the one at Hogwarts, and it is that recovering from a werewolf attack is made more enjoyable with these roofs.
This building dates from the year 1427 , and is part of the Oxford campus . It can be visited on free tours.
Bodley Tower Staircase, Christ Church College
This iconic staircase saw Harry Potter and other boys and girls from his fifth year take their first steps at Hogwarts. And it is that we cannot climb its steps without imagining with apprehension that Professor McGonagall will be upstairs waiting to reprimand us.
Goathland Train Station, Yorkshire
This picturesque train station appears twice in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. It is where the Hogwarts Express stops when it arrives at Hogsmeade, the small town near the school. Although the castle that was seen in the distance was created by CGI, it is still worth a visit. Who knows, maybe Hagrid will show up to pick you up.
The ‘Seven Sisters’, East-Sussex
For lovers of nature and excursions, one of the most beautiful places to visit will be the Seven Sisters . It is a set of chalk cliffs on the coast of England. Being a space protected from pollution, it maintains its chalk white color that contrasts with the green of the vegetation and the greyish blue of the sea and sky.
It is here that the Weasleys camp with Hermione and Harry to go watch the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . And you can tell that it was the Quidditch final and not football, because it would be very difficult to play a game with those slopes.