Filming locations · Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
An orphaned boy discovers he is a wizard and goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- Released
- 2001
- Director
- Chris Columbus
- Runtime
- 152 min
- Shot in
- London · Northumberland, England
Where was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone filmed?
The first Harry Potter film used real British locations for its most magical moments, from a London market to a medieval castle.
Released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States.
The film on a map
4 locations, in the order they appear on screen.
Scene by scene
The snake
London Zoo Reptile House
At London Zoo’s reptile house, Harry talks to a snake.
Ticket or tour required51.5353° N / 0.1535° WDiagon Alley
Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market plays the streets around the Leaky Cauldron.
Public space51.5129° N / 0.0835° WPlatform 9¾
King’s Cross Station
Harry runs through the barrier at King’s Cross, filmed between platforms 4 and 5.
Public space51.5320° N / 0.1233° WThe flying lesson
Alnwick Castle
Harry’s first flying lesson is in the Outer Bailey of Alnwick Castle.
Ticket or tour required55.4156° N / 1.7059° W
Trivia for the obsessed
The outside of “King’s Cross” was actually St Pancras station next door.
Alnwick Castle also appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Gloucester Cathedral and Christ Church, Oxford were also used for Hogwarts.
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