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London King's Cross Railway Station (KGX) is one of Harry Potter.

1. London King's Cross Railway Station (KGX)

8.3
Euston Rd (York Way), London, Greater London
Rail Station · King's Cross · 310 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Book - Location of Platform 9 3/4

Platform 9¾ is one of Harry Potter.

2. Platform 9¾

8.0
King's Cross Railway Station, London, Greater London
Arts and Entertainment · 286 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film (Sort Of) - This is actually a tribute to the reference of the books. Between 9 and 10 lies no brick archway. The scenes were shot between 3 and 4.

Claremont Square is one of Harry Potter.

3. Claremont Square

Claremont Square (Amwell Street), London, Greater London
Plaza · Clerkenwell · 2 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - Exterior of Grimmauld Place

Leadenhall Market is one of Harry Potter.

4. Leadenhall Market

8.7
Gracechurch St, London, Greater London
Market · City of London · 57 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP1 - Represented the area near Leaky Cauldron

The Glass House is one of Harry Potter.

5. The Glass House

2-4 Bull's Head Passage (Gracechurch St), London, Greater London
Eyecare Store · City of London · 4 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP1 - The entrance to The Leaky Cauldron

Chez Michele is one of Harry Potter.

6. Chez Michele

2 Stoney St, London, Greater London
Flower Store · South Bank · 3 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP3 - The entrance to The Leaky Cauldron

Millennium Bridge is one of Harry Potter.

7. Millennium Bridge

Millennium Bridge (btwn St Paul's and Bankside), London, Greater London
Bridge · South Bank · 157 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP6 - Destroyed by Death Eaters. In the books, it was the fictional Brockdale Bridge.

Australian High Commission is one of Harry Potter.

8. Australian High Commission

Australia House (Strand), London, Greater London
Embassy or Consulate · City of Westminster · 14 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP1 - Interior of Gringott's

New Scotland Yard is one of Harry Potter.

9. New Scotland Yard

8-10 Broadway (Caxton St), London, Greater London
Police Station · Westminster · 19 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP5 - Ministry of Magic visitor phone box was temporarily here. ; HP7pt1 - Harry, Ron, and Hermione prepare to enter the Ministry here

Shaftesbury Avenue is one of Harry Potter.

10. Shaftesbury Avenue

Shaftesbury Ave, London, Greater London
Road · Soho · 2 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP7pt1 - The fight scene in Luchino Caffe on Tottenham Court Road was moved here.

Charing Cross Road is one of Harry Potter.

11. Charing Cross Road

Charing Cross Rd (Shaftesbury Ave), London, Greater London
Road · Leicester Square · 6 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Book - Location of The Leaky Cauldron

Tottenham Court Road is one of Harry Potter.

12. Tottenham Court Road

Tottenham Court Rd., Bloomsbury, Greater London
Road · 11 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Book - HP7 - Location of Luchino Caffe, where Harry, Ron, and Hermione apparated to after the Weasley-Delacour wedding at the Burrow

Reptile House is one of Harry Potter.

13. Reptile House

7.1
at ZSL London Zoo, London, Greater London
Zoo Exhibit · 2 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Book - HP1 - Harry first learns he can talk to snakes here

Harrow School is one of Harry Potter.

14. Harrow School

5 High St, Harrow on the Hill, Greater London
Education · 5 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP1 - Flitwick's classroom was filmed in Form Room 4 of "The Old School"

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter is one of Harry Potter.

15. Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter

9.5
Studio Tour Dr, Leavesden Green, Hertfordshire
Film Studio · 325 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - Much of the films were shot here

Black Park Country Park is one of Harry Potter.

16. Black Park Country Park

8.0
Black Park Rd, Wexham, Buckinghamshire
Park · 21 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - The Forbidden Forest

Virginia Water is one of Harry Potter.

17. Virginia Water

London Rd, Virginia Water, Surrey
Lake · 38 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP3 - Care of Magical Creatures lesson with the hippogriff Buckbeak and the lake where Harry defends himself with his stag Patronus from many Dementors

18. Martins Heron

Bracknell, Bracknell Forest
Neighborhood · 2 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - Head to 12 Picket Post Close for the site of the Dursley house

Swinley Forest is one of Harry Potter.

19. Swinley Forest

8.4
Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest
Forest · 21 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP7 - The forest scenes

Divinity School is one of Harry Potter.

20. Divinity School

Broad St, Oxford, Oxfordshire
College Academic Building · 6 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - Hogwarts hospital wing

Bodleian Library is one of Harry Potter.

21. Bodleian Library

Broad St (Catte St), Oxford, Oxfordshire
College Library · 34 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - Duke Humfrey's library was used for the Hogwarts library

New College is one of Harry Potter.

22. New College

Holywell St, Oxford, Oxfordshire
University · 9 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP4 - Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (aka Bartemius Crouch Jr.) transfigured Draco Malfoy into a ferret

Christ Church is one of Harry Potter.

23. Christ Church

St. Aldate's, Oxford, Oxfordshire
College Academic Building · 24 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - The Hogwarts Great Hall

Gloucester Cathedral is one of Harry Potter.

24. Gloucester Cathedral

12 College Green, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Church · 23 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - The cloisters are the corridors that lead to Gryffindor House

Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village is one of Harry Potter.

25. Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

8.6
Nr Chippenham, Lacock, Wiltshire
History Museum · 12 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP1 - The Sacristy was Professor Snape's classroom. The Warming Room was Professor Quirrell's classroom. The Chapter House was home to the Mirror of Erised

Lacock is one of Harry Potter.

26. Lacock

Wiltshire, Wiltshire
Village · 8 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP1 - The Potter's house ; HP6 - The house of Budleigh Babberton, Horace Slughorn's temporary residence

Freshwater West is one of Harry Potter.

27. Freshwater West

7.8
Freshwater Water (B4319), Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Beach · 7 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP7 - The location of Shell Cottage and Dobby's grave

Lavenham is one of Harry Potter.

28. Lavenham

Suffolk, Suffolk
Village · 7 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP7 - Godric's Hollow

Goathland Railway Station (NYMR) is one of Harry Potter.

29. Goathland Railway Station (NYMR)

7.4
Cow Wath Bank, Goathland, North Yorkshire
Rail Station · 3 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - Hogsmeade Station

Durham Cathedral is one of Harry Potter.

30. Durham Cathedral

9.3
The College, Durham, Durham
Church · 42 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - The northeast cloisters were a quad where Harry sets his owl flying

Alnwick Castle is one of Harry Potter.

31. Alnwick Castle

8.8
off Narrowgate, Alnwick, Northumberland
Castle · 29 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP1 - Flying Lessons scene

The Elephant House is one of Harry Potter.

32. The Elephant House

21 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Coffee Shop · Old Town · 135 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: JK Rowling wrote and planned the saga of Harry Potter here

Spoon is one of Harry Potter.

33. Spoon

6.7
6A Nicolson St, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Café · Newington · 25 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: JK Rowling wrote and planned the saga of Harry Potter here when it was known as Nicholson's

George Heriot's School is one of Harry Potter.

34. George Heriot's School

Lauriston Pl., Midlothian, Midlothian
Education · 1 tip

delete d.delete delete: Inspiration for Hogwarts

Glenfinnan Viaduct is one of Harry Potter.

35. Glenfinnan Viaduct

Road to the Isles, Glenfinnan, Highland
Bridge · 20 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP3 - The Ford Anglia flew here and crossed paths with the Hogwarts Express

Cliffs of Moher is one of Harry Potter.

36. Cliffs of Moher

9.3
Aillte an Mhothair, Doolin, Co Clare
Scenic Lookout · 193 tips and reviews

delete d.delete delete: Film - HP6 - The cave which contained one of Tom Marvolo "Lord Voldemort" Riddle's Horcruxes that was later stolen by Regulus Arcturus Black. Harry and Dumbledore came here as well

Bloomsbury Publishing UK is one of Harry Potter.

37. Bloomsbury Publishing UK

50 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, Greater London
Office · 1 tip
Duke Humfrey's Library is one of Harry Potter.

38. Duke Humfrey's Library

Catte St, Oxford, Oxfordshire
College Library · 3 tips and reviews