Where Was Harry Potter Filmed? 7 Real Life Destinations You Can Visit

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Wondering where the magical world of Harry Potter was filmed? Harry Potter was filmed all over the U.K., from London to Scotland. So grab your brooms and wands, because these real life locations were the setting for Harry Potter scenes, and all of these filming locations are places Potterheads can (and should) visit in real life.  King's Cross Station  Scotland’s Jacobite steam train  Alnwick Castle Durham Cathedral  Warner Bros. Studio Tour London Oxford’s Bodleian Library  Cliffs of Moher  Read the full article on afar.com: https://rebrand.ly/okeyd02 _______ CONNECT WITH AFAR Afar.com is a digital and print magazine that publishes travel tips, guides, news, and stories: https://www.afar.com  Get updates on the latest articles, travel news, and more from AFAR by signing up for the AFAR newsletter: https://afar.com/newsletters  Follow AFAR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AfarMedia Follow AFAR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afarmedia Follow AFAR on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afarmedia Follow AFAR on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/afarmedia  -------- 00:00 Introduction 00:19 King's Cross Station 00:42 Jacobite Steam Train 01:06 Alnwick Castle 01:27 Durham Cathedral 01:48 Warner Bros. Studio, London 02:02 Bodleian Library 02:26 Cliffs of Moher 02:46 More filming locations

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00:02 The world of Harry Potter is set

00:03 in a fictionalized version of the UK

00:05 and is teeming with things like dragons, potions, and trolls.

00:09 However, many of the settings featured in the series

00:12 are real-life destinations that you can visit.

00:14 (upbeat music)

00:17 Arguably one of the coolest moments in Harry Potter history

00:23 happens when Harry first watches Ron disappear

00:25 through a brick wall at Platform 9 3/4.

00:28 However, the scene was actually filmed

00:30 between Platforms 4 and 5

00:32 at King's Cross Station in London.

00:34 Here, you can find the luggage trolley

00:35 embedded in the wall, as well as the Harry Potter shop,

00:38 which sells things like time turners

00:39 and Hogwarts school uniforms.

00:41 Sure, there are soul-sucking demons

00:45 and even time travel is possible

00:46 in the Harry Potter universe.

00:49 But is there anything more magical

00:50 than those shots of Harry traveling by train

00:52 from London to Hogwarts?

00:53 In real life, the Hogwarts Express

00:56 is West Coast Railway's Jacobite steam train,

00:59 which takes travelers on an 84-mile round trip

01:02 through some of Scotland's most stunning landscapes.

01:05 During the first and second Harry Potter movies,

01:09 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

01:11 and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,

01:13 Anna Castle in Northumberland stood in

01:14 for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

01:17 You might recognize the outer bailey of the castle

01:19 as the place where Harry first learned to fly

01:22 and the inner bailey as the place where he and Ron

01:23 crash-landed the Weasley's flying car.

01:26 While exterior shots of Hogwarts were taken at Anna Castle,

01:31 the interiors were filmed at Durham Cathedral,

01:33 a proto-Gothic English cathedral.

01:35 Its chapter house was used as Professor McGonagall's

01:38 classroom and many hallway scenery were filmed here.

01:41 In addition to being a Harry Potter filming location,

01:44 it's also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

01:46 Like many movies, most of the magic that took place

01:50 in Harry Potter took place on a movie set.

01:52 You can visit some of Harry Potter's most dazzling sets,

01:55 including Gringotts Wizardry Great Hall,

01:57 Diagon Alley, and Hogwarts Great Hall

01:59 at the Warner Brothers Studio Tour in London.

02:01 Remember in the Sorcerer's Stone

02:05 when Harry used his invisibility cloak

02:07 to sneak in the restricted section of the Hogwarts Library?

02:10 In real life, that filming location

02:11 is the Duke Humphrey section

02:13 of Oxford University's Old Bodleian Library.

02:16 The Bodleian was also transformed into an infirmary

02:19 in the same film after Harry's first big showdown

02:21 with Voldemort.

02:22 (upbeat music)

02:25 In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,

02:28 Harry and Dumbledore embark on an epic journey

02:30 to destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes.

02:33 In the sixth installment of the series,

02:34 they travel to a scary cave to find Slytherin's Locket,

02:37 which holds a piece of Voldemort's soul.

02:40 In real life, this dramatic coastline

02:41 is actually the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland.

02:43 Thank you for watching this video by far.

02:47 If you want to find out more information

02:48 on how to visit these amazing sites,

02:50 we actually have details on how to visit them

02:52 in our article about Harry Potter filming locations

02:55 on afar.com.

02:57 For more travel inspiration,

02:58 including other movie locations you can visit in real life,

03:00 like Game of Thrones and Star Wars,

03:03 head over to afar.com or check out more videos

03:05 on our channel.

03:06 As always, don't forget to like this video

03:08 and subscribe on your way out.

03:10 Safe travels.

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