The Harry Potter series has a unique level of passion worldwide. The magic conjured by Jk Rowling in the novels and Warner Studios in the movie series enthralled individuals of all ages. All Harry Potter fans will know that traveling to London entails seeing several popular Harry Potter tourist sites.

After all, the renowned film series was filmed across the United Kingdom, with the most notable moments taking place in The City. Tourists can see real-life locations from the Harry Potter films. Most of the top sites for the Harry Potter series are listed below.

Several spots will be easily distinguishable to fans, while others will require some creativity, but they're all worth a visit!

King's Cross Railway Station

  • Kings Cross is home to the enchanted Platform 9 3/4. It is perhaps the most well-known terminal worldwide.
  • Hogwarts students board their train from here to Scotland at the start of the new year and return.
  • If it doesn't sound magical enough, travel to the western side of the platform and look for the actual entrances to platforms no. 9, 10, and 11.
  • A cart disappears into the fantasy world via a barrier with the inscription of Platform 9 3/4. Visitors can identify the location and relive their favorite Harry Potter scenes.

Getting There

  • Via tube
  • Nearest Tube Station- King's Cross Tube Station - 1 min walk

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Leadenhall Market

  • Since the 14th century, Leadenhall Market has been in this place!
  • Meanwhile, what visitors can see currently originates from the late 1800s and is featured as a shooting location for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron.
  • The entryway to the wizard's bar, the Leaky Cauldron, is an actual optical shop in Leadenhall Market's Bull's Head Alley.
  • Leadenhall Market is a beautiful Medieval enclosed marketplace with an elegantly decorated canopy.

Getting There

  • Via Tube
  • Nearest Tube Station - Monument Underground Station- 5 min walk

Reptile House

  • In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry initially learns his ability to communicate with snakes at the London Zoo's Serpent House.
  • On a tour of the zoo, visitors will get the opportunity to interact with about 650 various species of birds, mammals, fishes, invertebrates, amphibians, and reptiles.
  • Tourists who take the opportunity to go to the wildlife station will be treated with a modest inscription inside the Reptile exhibit commemorating where the original shooting transpired.

Getting There

  • Via Tube
  • Nearest Tube Station - Camden Town- 15 mins walk

Whitehall

  • The Ministry of Magic is the administration of wizards and witches in England, and it is housed beneath Whitehall in the Harry Potter series.
  • Whitehall, the home of Muggle lawmakers, symbolized the magical equivalent of the muggle institutions. Whitehall is the UK administration's nerve center, and it houses several of the country's most important ministries.
  • The exterior of the Defence ministry features in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie when Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter the Department of Magic, disguised via the public restrooms on the street outside (which were built as prosthetics for the movie).

Getting There

  • Via Tube
  • Nearest Tube Station - Charing Cross Railway Station (Mainline)- 5 mins walk
  • Nearest Tube Station - Westminster Tube Station (Underground)- 4 mins walk

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Australia House

  • Australia House served as the location for Gringotts Wizarding Bank. The interior of this house was used as a filmmaking set.
  • The sight that welcomes Harry as Hagrid escorts him to the wizarding treasury for the first time in Harry Potter, as well as the Philosopher's Stone, is vast aisles of seating arrangements and hundreds of goblins laboring furiously underneath huge, glittering, and cob-webbed chandeliers.
  • The Exhibition Hall, which is sadly not accessible to the public, was used for shooting.Tourists may be rewarded with a glance through the glass if they speak politely to the security officials at the entryway, but this is not always the case.

Getting There

  • Via Tube
  • Nearest Tube Station - Temple Tube Station( Underground)- 3 min walk

Claremont Square

  • The outside of 12 Grimmauld Place, Sirius Black's family house and the head office of the Order of the Phoenix, was filmed on Claremont Square 23- 29.
  • The initial concept for Grimmauld Place is claimed to have come to J. K. Rowling on Craven Street, nearby Charing Cross Station.

Getting There

  • Via Tube
  • Nearest Tube Station - Angel Tube Station-4 min walk

Warner Bros Studio

  • Tourists can also enjoy a trip to Warner Brothers Studio located outside the city.
  • The entire Harry Potter series was filmed in this studio. And most of the settings, costumes, and items from the series have been preserved.
  • From the Great Hall, the railway station, several shooting sites from within Hogwarts, the Forbidden Forest, to the Diagon Alley, all are accessible to visitors.
  • Also, there are dining options and a massive souvenir shop filled with everything Harry Potter.

Getting There

  • Via Tube
  • Nearest Tube Station- Watford Junction Railway Station- 2 miles
  • Visitors may board the Harry Potter Studios bus service from the Watford Junction stop. It is a unique double-decker draped in Harry Potter graphics.
  • Passengers will require £2.50 in cash to ride, and the journey will take about 20 minutes.

The city of London is loaded with Harry Potter souvenirs, with countless nooks and corners housing places from both the novels and films. Fans of Harry Potter may refer to this as their nirvana because there are so many sites to relive fan experiences and travel to places they've always wanted to see. Every Harry Potter fan's wishlist should include a trip to London.

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