Film

Harry Potter Walking Tour
London

From Grimmauld Place to the Leaky Cauldron, find the real London streets, stations and bridges where the Harry Potter films were made.

12 stops

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Number 12, Grimmauld Place

The houses on the south side of this square played Number 12, Grimmauld Place, Sirius Black's hidden family home, in Order of the Phoenix.

Platform 9¾

King's Cross has its own Platform 9¾: a luggage trolley disappearing into a brick wall, London's most famous Harry Potter photo spot.

The Flying Ford Anglia

Harry and Ron's flying Ford Anglia takes off in front of this Gothic station, which also stands in for King's Cross in the films' final scene.

Death Eaters over the West End

Death Eaters tear up Charing Cross Road in Half-Blood Prince, and in the books this is the street where the Leaky Cauldron stands.

Apparating into Piccadilly

When Death Eaters break up Bill and Fleur's wedding, Hermione apparates Harry and Ron to the foot of Shaftesbury Avenue, right here.

The Ministry's Telephone Box

A red telephone box on this corner was the visitors' entrance to the Ministry of Magic, on the street that gave Scotland Yard its name.

"Ingenious, These Muggles"

Mr Weasley marvels at Muggle machinery as he leads Harry through Westminster station on the way to the Ministry in Order of the Phoenix.

The Knight Bus Squeeze

The triple-decker Knight Bus squeezes itself thin between two London buses on this red bridge in Prisoner of Azkaban.

Gringotts Wizarding Bank

The grand marble hall of Gringotts, where Hagrid takes Harry to his vault, was filmed inside Australia House, the Australian High Commission.

The Bridge Falls

Half-Blood Prince opens with Death Eaters twisting this footbridge until it snaps and falls into the Thames.

The Leaky Cauldron

Hagrid leads Harry through this Victorian market to the Leaky Cauldron, whose entrance is an optician's door in Bull's Head Passage.

The Leaky Cauldron, Take Two

By the third film the Leaky Cauldron had moved south of the river, to a doorway under the railway bridge on Stoney Street.

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