| If you are disappointed at the delay to the 6th Harry | | | | which is also well worth a visit. |
| Potter movie, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, | | | | Glenfinnan Viaduct - Train Journey to Hogwarts |
| comfort yourself by planning a British vacation to tour | | | | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has a |
| some of the amazing locations used during the filming | | | | fantastic scene with the Hogwarts Express train |
| of the earlier movies. Here are a few of the most | | | | crossing this viaduct. The viaduct is located in the |
| memorable scenes and where they were filmed. | | | | Scottish Highlands. It also appeared in two subsequent |
| Christ Church, Oxford - Hogwarts Dining Hall | | | | Harry Potter films, The Prisoner of Azkaban and The |
| Christ Church is a college at Oxford University. A | | | | Goblet of Fire and has a strong association with the |
| double of the Great Hall was used as Hogwart's Dining | | | | series. Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the |
| Hall where the sorting ceremony took place. As Harry | | | | West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Lochaber, Highland, |
| enters Hogwarts for the first time, the students are | | | | Scotland. It was built between 1897 and 1901. The |
| greeted by Professor MacGonagall. This scene was | | | | 21-arch viaduct was one of the largest engineering |
| shot on the 16th century staircase which leads up to | | | | undertakings using concrete when it was built by Sir |
| the Great Hall. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the | | | | Robert McAlpine. West Coast Railway Company |
| Rings and C.S Lewis, author of The Lion, The Witch | | | | supplied the engine and all carriages for the film. |
| and The Wardrobe and the Chronicles of Narnia also | | | | Goathland Station - Hogsmeade Railway Station |
| attended Oxford (at the same time...in fact they were | | | | The station at the pretty North Yorkshire village of |
| good friends). Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in | | | | Goathland, in the north of England was transformed |
| Wonderland also had a a long association with Christ | | | | into Hogsmeade Station by changing the names on the |
| Church. | | | | signs on the platform and benches and raising the |
| Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester - Hogwarts Interior | | | | height of the exterior wall. The station buildings have |
| A church has existed on the site of Gloucester | | | | barely changed since they were built in 1865. The |
| Cathedral for more than 1300 years. The present | | | | village has a population of around 450 and has a |
| cathedral is famous for its awe-inspiring Gothic | | | | village Post Office, a village school, and several village |
| architecture and its' cloisters are regarded as one of | | | | pubs. Glendale House is a small bed and breakfast, |
| the most beautiful architectural features in Britain. The | | | | right in the centre of the village where visitors can stay |
| cathedral provides the setting for several scenes in the | | | | while exploring the area. |
| Harry Potter movies. The cloisters are seen in the Girls | | | | Black Park, Buckinghamshire |
| Lavatory door in the Troll scene in the film. Pupils from | | | | Black Park is adjacent to Pinewood Studios where |
| King's School, which adjoins the cathedral, were used | | | | most of the Harry Potter sets were created. The park |
| as extras. The scene in 'Harry Potter and the | | | | is set within 530 acres of attractive woodland, |
| Chamber of Secrets' when the message written in | | | | grassland and heathland with a 13 acre centerpiece |
| blood is discovered was also filmed here. | | | | lake just north of Pinewood Studios in |
| Bodleian Library, Oxford - Hogwarts Hospital/Hogwarts | | | | Buckinghamshire, not far from London. The scene in |
| Library | | | | Goblet of Fire in which Hagrid shows Harry the |
| The historic Bodleian Library is the main research | | | | dragons prior to the First Task was shot at Black Park |
| library of Oxford University. Both Duke Humfrey's | | | | in mid-February 2005. Also, the scenes near and in |
| Library and the Divinity School were used as some of | | | | Hagrid's Hut in the first and second Harry Potter films |
| the interiors at Hogwarts. The Divinity School, with its | | | | were shot here. |
| stunning Gothic vaulted ceiling was used as the | | | | Planning a Harry Potter Tour |
| Hogwarts infirmary/hospital in several scenes. Duke | | | | With half the locations in Scotland and the other half in |
| Humfrey's Library was used as the setting for | | | | Southern England (and one in between!), you need to |
| Hogwart's own library. | | | | plan at least a two center vacation if you want to see |
| Alnwick Castle - Hogwarts Castle Exterior | | | | everything. There are plenty of specialist tour |
| Alnwick Castle is located in the far north east of | | | | companies who run escorted Harry Potter tours |
| England, close to the Scottish border. It is the second | | | | annually during the summer. These can be quite |
| largest inhabited castle in England after Windsor Castle, | | | | expensive and places are very limited.You can also |
| and has been home of the Earls and Dukes of | | | | plan your own Harry Potter vacation, which would be |
| Northumberland since 1309. It has featured in many film | | | | considerably cheaper. The best way to do this would |
| and television productions over the years, and was | | | | be to fly into London and spend a few nights in the |
| seen recently in the movie 'Elizabeth'. The castle | | | | area. Oxford and Lacock are within driving distance of |
| grounds are used as the location for some of | | | | London if you rent a car. You could then drive north to |
| Hogwarts' exteriors, for example the scene where | | | | Edinburgh which would serve as your base for visiting |
| Harry and his classmates have their first flying lesson | | | | Glenfinnan and Alnwick. You could also stop at |
| with broomsticks. | | | | Gloucester and Goathland on your journey up to |
| Lacock Abbey - Hogwarts Castle Interiors | | | | Scotland (or on your return journey to London). Book |
| The beautiful medieval village of Lacock, is in the | | | | flights, hotels and rental car in advance and plan your |
| county of Wiltshire, just west of London. It is is the | | | | itinerary carefully before you leave. |
| location of picturesque 13th-century Lacock Abbey. A | | | | If you only want to devote one or two days to Harry |
| historic manor house. Lacock Abbey retains its | | | | Potter, there are opportunites for day or overnight |
| medieval cloisters as well as later Tudor features. The | | | | excursions from London (although these obviously |
| Abbey was the setting for various interior scenes at | | | | won't include the Scottish or Yorkshire locations). |
| Hogwarts School. It is near the historic city of Bath, | | | | |