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Learn More. The official travel,  VisitBritain , provides more options on transportation and sights. The British luxury travel ireland tourist authority published a map "Harry Potter: Discovering the Magic of Britain." London visitors can see more than 20 city locations that appear in the movies. In spring, 2012,   Warner Bros Studio Tour  in Leavesden, the production home of the Harry Potter films for ten years, begins selling tour tickets. For tour information, visit the  Warner Bros website.  They have preserved the set of Dumbledore's office luxury travel ireland and the dining hall. The train from London Euston takes 20 minutes. The studio is 3 miles from the Watford Town Centre.
Air travel is far less efficient than traveling by apparition, but the British Airways flight attendants welcome passengers with afternoon tea and good in-flight entertainment. British Airways is a major carrier at Gatwick and Heathrow. This itinerary ends in Edinburgh, so fly home from Edinburgh Airport.
Take the ThamesLink or Gatwick Express if you arrive at Gatwick Airport. The Gatwick Express, the non stop rail-air service luxury travel ireland between Victoria Station and Gatwick Airport, departs every 15 minutes with a journey time of 30 minutes. You can buy Gatwick Express and Heathrow Express tickets luxury travel ireland online at the VisitBritain shop  and save 5 pounds ($7.70USD) on the price.
Take a picture by the plaque. Also see platforms 4 and 5 and the footbridge over the main platforms where scenes were filmed. The actual platform used by the Hogwarts Express Steam Train was Platform 4.
Take the Bank or Monument Tube stops. Leadenhall Market is on Leadenhall and Gracechurch Streets. Get a picture at the entrance to The Leaky Cauldron luxury travel ireland and Diagon Alley from the Sorcerer s Stone. Have lunch at Lamb Tavern or elsewhere in Leadenhall Market. Ask the locals to recommend a good stall for treacle tarts.
Located on the Strand at Temple Tube stop on Circle luxury travel ireland and District line. The interior of Gringotts Bank was filmed here. The bank heist, in Deathly Hallows part 2 in the marble hall. Access to the interior is granted one day a year, but you peak in from the outside if the curtains are open. Look through the window on the back side (Melbourne Street).
Get a photo along the Thames River where the flying scene from the Order of the Phoenix was filmed. Stop in and see where the scene in the Reptile House was filmed when Harry released the snake. The boa constrictor is huge. The London Zoo is within walking distance of Camden Town and Regent s Park stations and short bus ride from Baker Street station.
Take the Central line to the St. Paul s stop. The tower staircase at St. Paul s Cathedral was used for filming in The Prisoner of Azkaban. Take the central line to St Paul s station. (2 minute walk).
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens with a dramatic sequence of the Millennium Bridge in London collapsing. A pedestrian-only steel suspension bridge crossing River Thames, the Millennium Footbridge luxury travel ireland links Bankside with the City. The nearest Tube station is Mansion House. The north end is near St. Paul's Cathedral.
The drive is about 30 to 40 minutes depending on where you re staying luxury travel ireland in London. Professor Flitwick s classroom scene where Hermione levitates a feather: luxury travel ireland "Wingardium Leviosa!" were filmed here. Tours are expensive and difficult to book. Contact the school for tour dates. Otherwise, just drive by to see the outside.
From Bracknell, drive to Oxford, a 90-minute drive. Enter the War Memorial Gate from St. Aldates road then through Tom Gate to Christ Church College. This is the filming location for Hogwarts Dining Hall and the large stone staircase leading into the Great Hall.
Scenes from the Sorcerer s Stone were filmed in Duke Humfrey s Library at the Bodleian Library Harry sneaking into the Restricted Books section and Hermione reading about the Sorcerer s Stone. The scene in The Goblet of Fire in which Draco is turned into a ferret was filmed just outside. luxury travel ireland The infirmary luxury travel ireland scene at the end of The Sorcerer luxury travel ireland s Stone was filmed at the Divinity School.
Wander around Oxford. Guild of Guides conduct 2-hour walking tours, departing from the Oxford Information luxury travel ireland Centre. Tickets, prices and details are available onlline. Ask about the themed tour: Walk in Harry Potter's footsteps. Also ask about a good restaurant for dinner.
Drive to Blenheim Palace near the town of Woodstock, 8 miles from Oxford off the A44. The pensieve scene from the Order of the Phoenix which recalls Snape s worst memory was filmed on the grounds next to a cedar tree by the lake. Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, and the palace tour gives an inside look at one of the greatest of Britain s great houses.
About an hour drive from Blenheim Palace, the cathedral was a major Hogwarts luxury travel ireland location for interior shots. The scene with the large troll and the scene in which the walls say Enemies of the heir, beware were filmed here. Also, see if the labyrinth is available (usually in August).
Chippenham lies 4 miles south of the M4, close to Lacock Abbey. Chippenham Tourist Information Centre has a list of comfortable B Bs. Email them for suggestions in your price range: tourism@chippenham.gov.uk.
Drive south from Chippenham for 3 miles and look for signs to Lacock Abbey, located at the heart of Lacock village. Set within its own woodland grounds and built upon the foundations of a former nunnery, the Abbey is a Harry Potter gold mine. Hogwarts classroom scenes were filmed here. The sacristy was used for Potions class, the Warming Room for Defense Against the Dark Arts. The Chapter House was used for the scene with the Mirror of Erised. The scene where Harry is picked for the Quidditch team was filmed luxury travel ireland in a hallway here.
Drive from Lacock Abbey to the village of Virginia Water. The drive takes about an hour and 45 minutes. The lake is on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park. Park in the car park on route A30 (London Rd,). The circuit around luxury travel ireland the lake is about 4.5 miles. Filming took place at the lake for the second task in the Goblet of Fire, as well as the hippogrif scene in the Prisoner of Azkaban.
The scene with Harry and Hedwig in the Sorcerer s Stone was filmed in the cloister courtyard. The Cathedral houses the shrine of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne. It is also home to the remains of the Venerable Bede. Take the staircase to the tower: there are 325 steps to the top. Across the Palace Green is Durham Castle.
Take the train to Alnmouth (about 45 minutes) and cab to Alnwick Castle (15 minutes). The castle is in the historic market town of Alnwick. Scenes of the Hogwarts flying lessons and the Whomping Willow were filmed here. Have lunch in the Treehouse, one of the largest in the world.
A plaque luxury travel ireland outside the building at 6a Nicolson Street honors Rowling. She wrote parts of the Sorcerer's Stone in Nicolson s cafe on the first floor while her baby daughter slept. It's now a Chinese restaurant. Have lunch at the Elephant House. On the website you can watch an interview with Rowling.
J.K. Rowling checked into the Balmoral to finish writing luxury travel ireland Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book of the series. The author permitted the hotel to rename  Room 552 the J.K. Rowling Suite. It has her writing desk and a signed marble bust of Hermes. Tea is served luxury travel ireland from 2:30 to 5:30.
This train was used for filming luxury travel ireland shots of the Hogwarts Express. You see Loch Eilt which was used as Hogwarts Lake, the Glenfinnan Viaduct which was shown in shots of the Hogwarts Express on its way to Hogwarts. You'll recognize the 21-arched Glenfinnan viaduct, which appeared in scenic shots in most of the films. luxury travel ireland The journey is around 4 hours each way. It is regarded as one of the Great Railway Journeys of the World due mainly to the stunning scenery luxury travel ireland through which you will be traveling. A 84 mile round trip.
Steall luxury travel ireland Falls is 7.5 miles southeast of Fort William. The Steall Falls in the rugged countryside of Glen Nevis is where the first task from the Goblet luxury travel ireland of Fire was filmed. Harry outwitted an Hungarian Horntail.