Victoria Street
The Real Diagon Alley

J. K. Rowling lived in Edinburgh the entire time she wrote the Harry Potter books and it’s believed that Edinburgh’s eccentrically beautiful Victoria Street was the true inspiration for Diagon Alley. 

Victoria Street has a multicoloured mixture of colourful shops, selling all kinds of wares, and its unique curving shape isn’t quite diagonal, but it’s not straight either. 

There is actually a Diagon Alley plaque on 

Candlemaker’s Row — an alley just off Victoria Street!

The University of

Glasgow

The Exterior Shots of Hogwarts

Whilst it was actually Alnwick Castle in the North East of England that was used for the exterior shots of Hogwarts in the first few films, pretty much everyone who sees the University of Glasgow’s main building is struck by its uncanny resemblance to Hogwarts. Not only does it look the part from the outside, it has a courtyard inside that looks a lot like the spot where Harry first learned to fly his broomstick in the first film! 

Inverlochy Castle

A beautiful 19th century Scottish castle Located in Fort-William

Being in Scotland's finest Country Hotel, you will enjoy the Treat of a lifetime, 

where every detail for your comfort and enjoyment has been carefully considered and one which you are sure never to forget. 

The area surrounding Inverlochy Castle is rich in landscape and history, 

to name but a few of these breath-taking places - the falls at Glen Nevis, 

the monument at Glenfinnan and the mountains of Glencoe. 

Nestling in the foothills of the mighty Ben Nevis, Inverlochy Castle sits amidst some of Scotland's finest scenery.

Hogwarts is in the Highlands

In the books, Hogwarts is set in the Scottish Highlands, which is one of the main reasons why there are so many Scottish locations in the films. 

If you see a beautiful vista in one of the films, with rolling hills or jagged mountains, chances are it’s in the Scottish Highlands, with Loch Arkaig, Clachaig Gully, and Glencoe all serving as filming locations for the Harry Potter movies. We have a pre-packaged Scottish Highlands tour if this is a big priority for you, but we can also change any of our other tours to include a trip to the Highlands. keeping an eye out for Hogwarts. It’s supposed to have a secret protective barrier around it to keep it hidden from muggles, but you never know…

The Hogwarts Express

The Glenfinnan Viaduct

The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a beautiful railway viaduct on the West Highland Line that any self-respecting Harry Potter fans are guaranteed to recognise. It is the set of one the most iconic shots in all of the movies, as the Hogwarts Express in Chamber of Secrets is making its way to the school and Ron and Harry are flying overhead in Arthur Weasley’s flying Ford Anglia. But that’s not all: the Glenfinnan Viaduct was also where the train stopped in Prisoner of Azkaban when the dementors searched for Sirius Black.

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