It was in the abbey’s Chapter House where Harry found the Mirror of Erised, which shows the heart’s deepest desire. The quaint village’s Warming Room-which has a giant cauldron- was Professor’s Quirrell’s Defense against the Dark Arts classroom, while Professor Snape’s Potions Class was held in the Sacristy.
Multiple scenes from the Philosopher’s Stone, the Half-Blood Prince and most recently Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald were all filmed here. The village of Lacock in Wiltshire has become famous as the “Harry Potter village” over the years as it was used numerous times a shooting location for the films. It is worth getting a tour guide to reveal fascinating ways the cathedral had to be altered for filming.
The cathedral makes a second appearance in the second film when its North Walk features the words written in blood that announce that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. In the first film, the troll who smashed the girls’ toilets, trapping Hermione, is seen walking through the Cathedral’s cloisters while Harry and Ron hid in the Lavatorium. This historic castle’s cloisters were transformed into the corridors of Hogwarts for the first two films. Owned by the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the castle now offers “broomstick training” to its visitors, or watch some wizardly magic shows. The castle was also starred as Hogwarts School on The Philosopher’s Stone and in the Chamber of Secrets. Explore the Norman cathedral’s cloisters which became the snow-covered quadrangle where Harry set Hedwig the owl flying in the first film- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, it is also where Ron fell victim to his own slug vomiting curse in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, orwalk in the footsteps of Harry, Ron and Hermoine in The Chapter House, where Professor McGonagall taught the young wizards to turn animals into water goblets.Įxplore the Outer Bailey of the ancient Alnwick Castle, where Madame Hooch’s broomstick flying lessons, seen in the first film, takes place and the Inner Bailey is where Harry and Ron crash-landed the Weasley’s family flying car. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry came to life in various locations, one of them including the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Durham Cathedral’s ancient cloisters. We have listed out 10 of the most iconic places that have been close to our hearts for the past 21years. After you are done questioning the passage of time, you can move on to celebrating, and there is no better way of doing that than visiting a few of the films’ famed locations.
If you are not feeling old yet, let us remind you that it has been 21 years since the first film of Harry Potter hit the big screen.
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