2. Warner Bros may be a household name thanks to producing some of the most famous
films in history, but the London Warner Bros Studio Tour at Leavesden Studios is
famous for one thing and one thing only: The Making of Harry Potter.
Located about 20 miles from central London, Leavesden Studios served as a key
filming location for some of the most iconic scenes in all eight of the Harry Potter films.
Over a span of ten years, approximately 588 different Harry Potter sets were
constructed at the studio, with the most notable being Hogwarts’ Great Hall for Harry
Potter And The Philosophers’ Stone (which was one of the first sets to be built at the
studio), Dumbledore’s office (as seen in Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets),
and the massive Ministry of Magic (which apparently took nearly 22 weeks to build for
Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix).
