Founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter granted by Elizabeth I, Harrow remains one of the country’s most prestigious schools – old boys include a clutch of Prime Ministers, writers as diverse as Lord Byron, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anthony Trollope – and screenwriter Richard Curtis ( Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill.). Professor Flitwick’s ( Warwick Davis) Charms Class, where Hermione ( Emma Watson) manages to levitate a feather: “Wingardium Leviosa!”, is the Fourth Form Room of Harrow Old Schools, Harrow-on-the-Hill in Greater London. Harry Potter film location: Professor Flitwick’s class: Harrow Old Schools, Harrow-on-the-Hill More recently, Angelina Jolie zoomed through the arcade on her motorbike in Lara Croft – Tomb Raider, while Russell Crowe enjoyed a Chinese meal here in Proof of Life. Within the market, The Lamb pub was the site of the raucous brawl in John Wayne's only English movie, Brannigan. The market itself has been a frequent film location. The entrance to ‘The Leaky Cauldron’ was an empty shop, now an optician store – The Glass House, 42 Bull’s Head Passage in Leadenhall Market in the City of London (it’s just beneath the famous Lloyd’s Building). The zoo’s entrance, on the Outer Circle, was transformed – with a little CGI – into the exterior of the ‘All England Lawn Tennis Club’ for 2004 rom-com Wimbledon.

The famous Penguin Pool can be seen in About a Boy, and its little-known Prince Albert Suite in British comedy Leon The Pig Farmer. Harry Potter film location: Harry talks to the serpent: Reptile House, Regent’s Park Zoo, LondonĪ long-established film location, London Zoo can be seen in Carol Reed’s The Fallen Idol, The Jokers, Arabesque, Turtle Diary and An American Werewolf in London.

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