Sleeping in Godric’s Hollowĭe Vere House is the real-life home where Harry Potter was born. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the abbey’s Chapter House was also used in the Mirror of Erised scenes when Harry sees his parents for the first time, while the corridors were used extensively in the Chamber of Secrets as the famous boy wizard frantically chased the echoes of the serpent Basilisk as it moved through the castle walls. It is the site for the Hogwarts school in the films. The Cloisters at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire.
The stately home, which is now owned by the UK's National Trust, was originally a monastery, and the abbey’s Warming Room turned decidedly chilly when it was transformed into the classroom of skulking potions master, Prof Snape. Scenes from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince have all been filmed around the 14th-century village of Lacock, with Lacock Abbey taking on the role of Hogwarts. Wiltshire is home to one of the most recognisable filming locations, which has become known as “Harry Potter Village” over the years. Photo: The National Trustĭuring filming, 170 pupils from the nearby King’s School were given the opportunity to join Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint on screen, by starring as extras in the movies. Gloucester Cathedral appears in two of the 'Harry Potter' films. The cathedral also briefly features in the second film, when a bloody announcement is smeared on the walls of the North Walk, revealing that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened. The Gothic building’s lavatorium features in the films several times, first when the unlikely trio take on the troll in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and second when Harry overhears Professor Severus Snape discussing his unbreakable vow in Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince.