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Glenfinnan Viaduct

Glenfinnan · United Kingdom  ·  The Hogwarts Express

Harry Potter filmed at Glenfinnan Viaduct, Glenfinnan. The 21-arch curved viaduct the Hogwarts Express crosses; the Jacobite steam train still runs it. On screen it's Route to Hogwarts.

Glenfinnan Viaduct, Glenfinnan
Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where to go

56.875824, -5.42932

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Harry Potter (2001)
On screen
Route to Hogwarts
In real life
Glenfinnan Viaduct, Glenfinnan
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
120 minutes
Confidence
Probable

Glenfinnan Viaduct today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Harry Potter film at Glenfinnan Viaduct?
At 56.875824, -5.42932 in Glenfinnan. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Glenfinnan Viaduct?
Open to the public, free. Allow about 120 minutes.
What else was filmed near Glenfinnan Viaduct?
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