Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone recently celebrated it's twentieth anniversary and the Scottish locations from the film are ever popular.
Searches online for Harry Potter shooting locations in the UK have risen by 250% according to travel experts, Next Vacay, so we thought it would be fun to revisit some of the Scottish locations which have starred in or helped to inspire the franchise.
We may be mere Muggles but we can still enjoy the magic around us.Author J. K. Rowling was hugely inspired here and after walking around it is said to have come up with the name of the villainous Tom Riddle.Thomas Riddell Esquire is actually buried here as well as William McGonagall (Professor McGonagall) and Elizabeth Moodie (Mad-Eye Moody).There is a real similarity between Diagon Alley and Victoria Street, with its brightly coloured shops and cobbled curving street.
There's a Diagon Alley plaque in an alley just off Victoria Street called Candlemaker’s Row.George Heriot’s School, just a wander away has a resemblance to Hogwarts too even though Glasgow University bears more than a passing resemblance.Who needs the Hogwarts Express whne you can step aboard the real-life Jacobite Steam Train for a 135 km round trip from Ben Nevis, crossing the magnificent 21-arched Glenfinnan Viaduct.
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