Grab Julie Walters for a bit of advice and barge into a solid brick wall at speed - trolley, suitcase and Owl first.
Who can forget the excitement of seeing a young Harry staggering along the platforms of Kings Cross station, Snowy Owl in hand, to board the Hogwarts Express steam train for the first time? Only trouble is, the Hogwarts Express goes from Platform 9 ¾ and when you can only see Platform 9 next to Platform 10, what do you do? Well, I'll tell you.
I'll say no more, you'll have to book to find out. The rather brilliant people (or Professors as they like to be called) at Alnwick Castle have decided to run with this, and provide actual broomstick training. The grassy Outer Bailey of the Castle is a very familiar sight and is where Harry began his broomstick flying career with lessons from Madame Hooch and found out all the rules of the most popular wizarding sport - Quidditch. Ron and Harry also crashed the stolen Ford Anglia here (although no sign of the Whomping Willow!) The Lion Arch at the Castle is recognisable as the way in and out of Hogwarts (Harry and the gang go out of here to get to Hagrid's house), and the walled courtyards at Alnwick were used to film Hogwarts pupils and teachers going to and from lessons. The location team must have been patting themselves very throughly on the back on finding this wonderful place - if you had to dream up what Hogwarts might look like, this would be it. Anyway, unlikely that will happen to you unless you are on the run from Azkaban yourself, so if you're not, make sure you book a ticket on this fantastic trip across the stunning Scottish Highlands.Īlthough many different locations and buildings were used to recreate Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, one of the most familiar and easily recognisable is the quite extraordinary Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. It is also the location of the dark Dementor scene in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban when the train stops and Azkaban guards slither in from around the Viaduct to search for Sirius Black.spooky.
If you remember the bit in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when Ron and Harry nick a car and fly off in it to catch up with the train, you can see Mr Weasleys battered Ford Anglia swooping in and out of the Viaduct at speed. This 18th Century engineering marvel will be a familiar site to Harry Potter fans who have watched the films and seen the good old Hogwarts Express chuff-chuffing across the Viaduct taking all the witches and wizards to Hogwarts School. All aboard the Hogwarts Express! Well, maybe not the actual train itself, but you can certainly recreate the journey on the beautiful Jacobite Steam train, which runs from Fort William to Mallaig in Scotland, crossing the stunning Glenfinnian Viaduct on route.
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