Are you a fan of Harry Potter and JK Rowling’s wizarding world? If so, this tour of the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, where parts of the movies were filmed, is right up your street. You’ll be picked up from London Victoria and taken by coach to the studios in Watford, where you’ll then start the tour, which typically takes about four hours.
During your time here, you’ll step right into the wizarding world of Harry Potter and some of the actual sets that appeared in the film. You’ll enter the Great Hall and get a good look at authentic uniforms worn by Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin students. You’ll step inside the Dursleys’ House at Privet Drive and see where 10-year-old Harry used to sleep under the stairs. And, you’ll enter the Forbidden Forest and come face to face with a hippogriff – that’s an eagle-horse mythical animal Harry famously flew on in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Aside from the film sets, the studios are also loaded with thousands of props, which are all on display for you to ogle. There’s everything from cauldrons and broomsticks to the Triwizard Cup and the snake-lined vault door to the Chamber of Secrets. Your tour also takes you through a visual effects studio, where you can see how creatures, characters and spells were brought to life. And, let’s not forget the room of wands, where you can see thousands of wand boxes stacked on shelves, each sporting the name of the cast or crew who worked on the eight films. When your tour is finished, you’ll hop back in your coach for the journey back to London.
