Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: ​​UK Film Locations

It’s been 20 years since the young wizard Harry Potter hit the big screen.

In November 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone premiered in cinemas and it was great to see adults on beaches, buses, or trains with the head of one of the books for adults. for kids extremely popular.

However, none of the locations could bring the witchcraft to life when the novel was made into a movie.

A number of sites including churches, castles and historic sites across England soon became famous.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry comes to life in various locations, including the quaint sanctuaries of Durham Cathedral in the franchise’s first big-screen premiere.

Also the Chapter House of the church is the location of Professor McGonagall’s transformation classroom scenes.

To celebrate the anniversary, fans are being encouraged to visit on Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 GMT and wear their wizarding house robes and colors and see if they can spot the venue. in the church are shown on the big screen or not.

Up to 90,000 vehicles pass through Liverpool’s Mersey Tunnel every day, but only one giant on a flying motorcycle – with the world’s most famous wizard in the car by his side – has passed them.

In 2010, Harry Potter – Daniel Radcliffe – and Hagrid – Robbie Coltrane – came to the city to shoot the dramatic chase scene in the Deathly Hallows Part One.

Fleeing Voldemort and his Death Eaters, in the movie they were seen taking a detour through the Queensway Tunnel, almost getting stuck in traffic.

Merseytravel, which owns and operates the tunnels, was paid £20,000 by Warner Brothers to use the Queensway Tunnel.

It raised the money for a children’s hospice.

The 14th-century De Vere House in Lavenham, Suffolk, was used as Harry’s birthplace in the Deathly Hallows Part One.

But it’s also where something darker takes place – it’s also where the young wizard’s parents were killed by Lord Voldemort.

It was for sale for almost £1 million in 2017. But eliciting a buyer is a struggle and it’s currently an attraction on Airbnb.

It forms part of the Godric’s Hollow in the film and is seen with a Christmas tree in the window, opposite a fictional graveyard.

The house is among some 340 listed buildings in Lavenham, considered the best preserved medieval village in England.

Gloucester’s historic cathedral shops ?? was converted into the corridors of Hogwarts for the first two films and of the Gothic building toilet – laundry place – also many times.

In the first part of the film, the troll who smashed the girls’ restroom, trapped Hermione, was seen walking along the closets, while Harry and Ron hid in the Lavatorium.

The church reappears in the second film when its North Walk has blood inscriptions announcing the Chamber of Secrets has been opened.

A few feet away was where Myrtle’s moans filled the toilet.

The Lavatorium also provides a refuge for the wizard boy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – the sixth installment in the series – when he overhears Professor Snape saying he made an unbreakable oath like how.

More than 170 students aged 11 to 18 from nearby King’s School have taken their first steps up the acting ladder and played supporting roles in the multi-million pound film.

The Reptile House at ZSL London Zoo is home to an excellent collection of reptiles and amphibians, including snakes, lizards, frogs and crocodiles.

It was supposed to be a perfect setting – with dim lighting – to film Harry’s macabre encounter with a talking Burmese python he frees in the Philosopher’s Stone.

In real life, the enclosure area filmed is inhabited by a black mamba snake.

The village of Lacock in Wiltshire has become known as the “village of Harry Potter” over the years as it has been used so many times as a filming location for movies.

Scenes from the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Half-Blood Prince and most recently Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald were all filmed there, perhaps because of the varied architecture with some buildings dating back 14th century.

Lacock Abbey, one of many sites that will become Hogwarts, is a country house of abbey origin and once the home of William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of photographic negatives.

Among other filming locations, the abbey’s Kettle Room was turned into a classroom, where Professor Snape’s potions lessons were taught.

Scenes from BBC period dramas such as Wolf Hall, Pride and Prejudice were also filmed here, according to the National Trust, which owns most of the villages.

Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Lochaber area of ​​the Scottish Highlands saw the Hogwarts Express go by to film the second and third Harry Potter books.

The 19th-century viaduct has been used as a location in several films and television series, including Ring of Bright Water, Charlotte Grey, Monarch of the Glen, Stone of Destiny and The Crown.

After appearing in the Harry Potter movie, British Transport Police warned fans against walking on the viaduct after several near misses with trains.

Alnwick Castle in Northumberland also starred as Hogwarts in the Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets in the year 2002.

The outer lawn is used as an area where Harry and his students learn the rules of the wizarding sport of Quidditch while the Inner Lawn is where Harry and Ron land the Weasley family’s flying car.

Owned by the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the castle now offers “broomstick training” for younger visitors.