The film saga Harry Potter is based on J.K. Rowling’s novels of the same name. The film series consists of eight films produced and distributed by Warner Bros Pictures. It begins with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and concludes with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).
The series' filming took place at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, England, from September 2000 to December 2010, with post-production on the last movie continuing until the summer of 2011. The primary location for the Harry Potter production was Leavesden Studios, which reopened as Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, to the public in 2012.
Harry Potter filming locations
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Principal photography for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone began on 29 September 2000 at Leavesden Film Studios. The other locations where filming took place are as follows:
North Yorkshire's Goathland railway station
Canterbury Cathedral
Alnwick Castle
Gloucester Cathedral
Harrow School
Durham Cathedral
Oxford University's Divinity School
London's Australia House
Christ Church, Oxford
London Zoo
King's Cross Station
GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Principal photography for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets began on 19 November 2001, only three days after the wide release of the first film. Three weeks before, work on the second unit had begun, mostly for the flying car scenario. The main locations used for filming were the Isle of Man and Leavesden Film Studios in Hertfordshire. Additional filming locations are as follows:
King's Cross railway station
St Pancras railway station
Gloucester Cathedral
Durham Cathedral
Alnwick Castle
Lacock Abbey
Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Principal photography for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban began on 24 February 2003 at Leavesden Film Studios and ended on 28 November 2003. Since the majority of the first two movies had been filmed in a studio, the third movie was the first to make significant use of real-life locations. Three sets were built in Glen Coe, Scotland, near the Clachaig Inn. The other locations are as follows:
Virginia Water Lake
Loch Shiel, Loch Eilt and Loch Morar in the Scottish Highlands
Palmers Green
Borough Market and Lambeth Bridge in London
University of Oxford
Divinity School
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The principal photography for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire started on May 4, 2004, but filming with the main cast did not begin until June 25, 2004, at Leavesden Studios in England. The filming was completed in March 2005. The additional filming locations for the movie are as follows:
Ivinghoe Beacon
Ashridge Wood
Seven Sisters Country Park in Seaford, East Sussex
Oxford University
Virginia Water Lake in Surrey
Black Park
Steall Falls in Glen Nevis
Black Rock Gorge
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Order of the Phoenix rehearsals started on January 27, 2006, and principal photography started on February 7 and ended in November 2006. Even though the producers looked into filming abroad of the UK, many of the interior sequences, such as those in the Great Hall, Privet Drive, and Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, were once again filmed at Leavesden Film Studios in Watford. Here is a list of all the additional locations of filming:
River Thames
London Eye
Canary Wharf
Big Ben
Buckingham Palace
HMS Belfast
Scotland Yard
Westminster tube station
Oxford
Blenheim Palace in Woodstock
Glenfinnan
Glen Coe, Clachaig Gully
Glen Etive
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Following a week of rehearsals, principal photography for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince began on 24 September 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. Like all previous films of the franchise, the filming took place at Leavesden Film Studios in Watford. Other than that, the following locations were also used for the filming:
Cape Wrath in Scotland
Glen Coe
Glenfinnan
Fort William, Scotland
Lacock and Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England
Surbiton railway station
Gloucester Cathedral
Millennium Bridge
Rauma Line, Norway
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2 were shot concurrently from February 19, 2009, to June 12, 2010, with the epilogue scene reshot at Leavesden Film Studios on December 21, 2010. Other than that, the following locations were also used for the filming:
Pinewood Studios
Swinley Forest
Village in Lavenham in Suffolk and the streets of the city of London
King's Cross Station
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FAQs about Harry Potter
A. The Harry Potter film series was mostly filmed in Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.
A. There are eight Harry Potter movies, adapted from seven books.
A. Hogwarts Castle was filmed in Alnwick Castle in real-life.
