The cloisters were used for the usual “walking to and from class” scenes, but most notably, when Harry *almost* gets caught by Snape leaving the restricted area, only to find him arguing with Professor Quirrel (once he’s arguing with Quirrel though, they are standing in the Gloucester Cathedral cloisters). The chapter house was used as the room where the Mirror of Erised was located AND then again in the next movie as the study hall room when Harry hears the other students contemplating if he is the heir to Slytherin. The warming room was used as the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom in Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone, however, it was never used again and the classroom set they built for the rest of the movies was not modeled after this room. This is a BIG filming location, it’s the location of Snape’s potion class! While the sacristy room in Lacock Abbey was only used for filming during the first film, they built a replica of the room in the studio to use for the next six! This is the only Hogwarts location that is free to enter (BUT only if you are a National Trust member), otherwise it’s £14.00 per person. Head to the abbey in the morning so you can beat the tour bus crowd from London and you’ll be rewarded with the entire abbey to yourself! The only part that was used in the movies is the cloister area. Lacock Abbey cloisters (left), The Chapter House – Mirror of Erised location (right)

The village of Lacock has a few other Harry Potter filming locations… but we’re only talking about Hogwarts here! they don’t even have power lines!! In fact, it’s a major filming location for period pieces because of its unspoiled appearance.

There’s a stain glass window of Adam and Eve which was dressed with clothes and lightning marks added to their head.Īnother one of my favorite Hogwarts filming locations is in Lacock, a National Trust village which has been kept well preserved….

All the halos had to be covered up because it’s Hogwarts, not a church!.

They also didn’t want to ruin the wall, so a fake one was put up!.

They didn’t want to ruin the floor with water (of course!), so they built a container for the water to run down, however, not everything was returned to it’s original condition, the floor still has some tape marks on the side where the container was held down.

The hallway Moaning Myrtle flooded (left), The wall with the Chamber of Secrets messages (right)

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