THE HARRY POTTER TOUR OF LONDON

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART TWO

Welcome to the Harry Potter Tour of London, a collection of online visitors that show you the various sites around London that have been used as locations for the Harry Potter movies.

Most of these videos have been shot in real time on the streets of London. They are intended to complement the free Harry Potter Tour of London in that you will be able to watch the locations and the directions before setting off on Your own self guided tour of Harry Potter's London.

This way you can see where you will be going which, I hope, will help your journey around the film locations that have been used in the Harry Potter movies a trouble free experience.

Please understand that these films aren't polished big budget productions. I'm no Stephen Spielberg or David Yates.

I shot the films using a hand-held high definition video camera and have published them, more or less, as they came out with minimal editing. I've done it this way because the purpose of each of the Harry Potter Tour of London video clips is to show you what each locations looks like to help you identify it and get to the spot with minimum effort.

However, the Harry Potter Tour videos are interspersed with footage from news channels so that you can, for example, watch scenes from various Harry Potter movies being shot and also watch the official WarenerBrosPictures footage of the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two.

So please enjoy this video tour of the Harry Potter film locations and please be sure to download your free copy of the Harry Potter Tour of London PDF and then go off and explore the sites for yourself.

Richard Jones

HARRY POTTER TOUR OF LONDON PART ONE

LEICESTER SQUARE TO WESTMINSTER

STOP ONE - GOODWIN'S COURT

Goodwin's Court is a lovely secret spot in London's West End. It is a hidden away little thoroughfare lined by buildings with exquisite Georgian facades.

There have been suggestions that Goodwin's Court was the inspiration for Diagon Alley.

A VIDEO OF THIS SECTION OF THE HARRY POTTER TOUR OF LONDON

STOP TWO - CECIL COURT

The consensus amongst Harry Potter enthusiasts, however, is that Cecil Court was, in fact, the actual inspiration for Diagon Alley.

Like Diagon Alley, Cecil Court is located "just off Charing Cross Road."It is lined with a mixture of shops, one of which is even called the "Witch Ball."

Colin Narbeth and Son Ltd, at number 20 even sell a set of Gringotts Bank notes depicting Harry Potter as well as his friends and enemies.

STOP THREE - SHAFTESBURY AVENUE

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One when the Death Eaters stage an attack on the wedding, Hermione, Ron and Harry Apparate from the party and re-appear at the junction of Shaftesbury Avenue and Piccadilly Circus, almost getting knocked down by a number 19 bus in the process.

They quickly jumped up against the railings that line the west side of Shaftesbury Avenue (these have currently been taken down due to building work on this corner) and then set of walking along the west side of Shaftesbury Avenue, passing a line of grey columns. "Where are we?" Ron asks. To which Hermione replies "Shaftesbury Avenue, I used to come to the theatre here with Mum and Dad."

Here is a clip of the scene at Shaftesbury Avenue being shot. This clip is courtesy of Mr Paparazzi's You Tube Channel.

Here is another clip of this scene being filmed at Shaftesbury Avenue. Again this is courtesy of the Mr Paparazzi You Tube Channel. Again the clip is from the Mr Paparazzi You Tube Channel.

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