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Oxford - The Harry Potter Tour with Derek & Netty


Parry Hotter 

The spectacular Great Hall includes the costumes of students from each Hogwarts house plus two large tables which are set for dinner; at the top of the room is the teachers' table where the Hogwarts Professors sat. Iconic scenes such as the Yule Ball and the Battle of Hogwarts were filmed here.








 The Studio Tour's two soundstages hold a number of authentic sets from the Harry Potter film series. You can stroll down Diagon Alley, peer into the cabinets of Dumbledore's office and admire the well-worn furniture in Gryffindor common room.






We experience the green screen technology  and rode a broomstick just like the cast!




The 78-year-old engine is displayed on a realistic set of tracks, with steam billowing as we stepped onto the platform.

We all had the chance to pose with the luggage trolley on Platform 9 ¾ as it disappears through the station’s yellow brick wall!







The 22-foot tall Knight Bus was created from pieces of three vintage London double deckers. For eight nights over eight weeks, London streets were shut down so the film crew could manoeuvre the Knight Bus through the streets of the city.






Number four, Privet Drive was the quiet, suburban home of the Dursleys, the relatives who raised Harry Potter after his parents' unexpected deaths. All of the Privet Drive homes, except number four, were just facades - meaning that only the front of the house is finished. Number four, however, has always included the interior rooms of the ground floor.







 Diagon Alley is a cobbled wizarding street and shopping area located in London behind a pub called the Leaky Cauldron. Many of the set pieces were re-dressed and repurposed as Hogsmeade for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.







There is a 20 foot high mannequin in the front window of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes of one of the twins. His costume was specially printed and made from dyed white felt. 


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