| -Magnificent Gloucester Cathedral has been a place of worship for more than 1,300 years and is renowned for its stunning Gothic architecture. The cloisters are regarded as one of the most beautiful architectural features in Britain and the cathedral provides the setting for several scenes in the film. Perhaps the best shot of the cloisters is from the Girls Lavatory door in the Troll scene in the film. Pupils from King�s School, which adjoins the cathedral, were used as extras. -The lovely medieval village of Lacock, now in the charge of the National Trust, is the location of picturesque 13th-century Lacock Abbey. A historic manor house, Lacock Abbey retains its medieval cloisters as well as later Tudor features. It was the home of William Fox-Talbot, one of the inventors of photography. The Abbey was the setting for various interior scenes at Hogwarts School. |
| -The historic Bodleian Library is the main research library of Oxford University. Both Duke Humfrey�s Library and the Divinity School were used as some of the interiors at Hogwarts. The Divinity School's vaulted ceiling is regarded as a masterpiece of English Gothic architecture. -Also in Oxford, Christ Church and it�s Great Hall is used as a double for Hogwarts School. Oxford�s largest college, re-founded by Henry VIII in 1546, is the only college in the world with a cathedral within its walls. Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) also used Christ Church as inspiration for his story �Alices |
| -Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in England after Windsor Castle, and has been home of the Earls and Dukes of Northumberland since 1309. It has featured in many film and television productions over the years, and was seen recently in 'Elizabeth', 'Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves' and 'Robin of Sherwood'. The castle grounds are used as the location for some of Hogwarts' exteriors, for example the scene where Harry and his classmates have their first flying lesson with broomsticks. |
| -Dursley's house, Number 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey which is in fact an ordinary house in Martins Heron near Bracknell, Berkshire. |
| -When the Dursleys go to the zoo and Harry talks to the snake, was filmed at London Zoo. Set on the edge of Regent�s Park, historic London Zoo is home to more than 600 species of rare and beautiful animals. It is in the reptile house here where Harry first learns of his ability to talk to snakes. -The scene where Harry catches the steam train Hogwarts Express was also filmed in London, at Platform 4 at Kings Cross Station. This central London station was built as the Great Northern Railway�s London terminus in 1851- 2. In the film, the steam train leaves from Platform 9� and takes the students to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry . -The train arrives at Hogsmeade Station where Harry and the other students disembark for Hogwarts School. It is the station for the village of Goathland in the Yorkshire Moors, already well known as the fictional village of Aidensfield from the British TV series, Heartbeat. The village station itself has barely changed since it opened on July 1, 1865. |
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