Is Privet Drive a real place?

You might recognise this house as the iconic Harry Potter's childhood home number 4 Privet Drive from the world-famous Harry Potter films, but it's actually a real life three-bedroom house in Martins Heron, Bracknell.
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Does Privet Drive exist?

In the film, the house is situated at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey but FYI that doesn't exist. Now, we don't recommend you go to the real address and start fan-girling but incase you were interested, the real house can be found at 12 Picket Post Close, Martins Heron, Bracknell.
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Is Privet Drive a real street?

Although the whole street was later replicated at Leavesden Studios in North London, 4 Privet Drive is actually based on Little Whinging in Picket Post Close, Berkshire.
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Where is the actual Privet Drive?

The house from the Privet Drive scenes is located in the town of Bracknell in the United Kingdom. The exact address is 12 Picket Post Close, Winkfield Row, Bracknell which is about 30 miles outside of London.
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Is 4 Privet Drive Little Whinging Surrey a real place?

Little Whinging is a fictional town, and Rowling said on Wizarding World Digital that she gave the home address the number 4 simply because she "has never been fond of the number." According to Google Maps, there is a house at 4 Privet Drive in Bristol, England, but that's not the location that Warner Bros.
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Where is Harry Potter's house located?

In the Muggle (or non-magical) world, the iconic house at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey is actually located at 12 Picket Post Close, Bracknell, Berkshire—about 40 miles west of London.
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Where is Godric's Hollow?

Godric's Hollow is a fictional village, where Lily and James Potter lived with their young son Harry, located in the West Country of England. It is noted for being home to a magical community like several other villages such as Ottery St Catchpole and Tinworth.
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Where is the Dursleys house in real life?

The three-bedroom suburban cul-de-sac house featured as 4 Privet Drive, Surrey, home of the boy wizard's dreadful aunt and uncle, the Dursleys. But it is, in fact, 12 Picket Post Close in Bracknell, Berkshire. Its current owners have put the house on sale for £475,000 - it was bought for £290,000 in 2010.
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Where was Harry Potter's parents house filmed?

Lavenham Guildhall was transformed into Harry Potter's parents' derelict house and in the film, Harry visits his parents' graves and their house in Godric's Hollow. Filming in Lavenham took place in secret in January 2010 and De Vere house in Water Street also appears in the film.
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Where did Harry Potter live in Surrey?

Number 4 Privet Drive is a thoroughly ordinary house on a thoroughly ordinary street, in the fictional suburb of Surrey called Little Whinging, where Harry Potter lives with the Dursleys, his thoroughly ordinary aunt, uncle, and cousin.
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Is the Weasley house real?

Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire. This was the location of Shell Cottage (opens in new tab), the house of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour (sadly it's now been dismantled).
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Where is Voldemort's cave?

The Horcrux Cave was significant to the child Tom Riddle who later evolved into Lord Voldemort. The Horcrux Cave is located in England and resides by the sea. It is thought that as a child, Tom Riddle discovered the cave during a camping trip with other children from his orphanage.
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Is Diagon Alley a real place?

Leadenhall Market in the City of London was used as Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, whilst the entrance to wizard's pub, the Leaky Cauldron, is in real life an optician in Bull's Head Passage.
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What is Hermione Granger's address?

Hermione's full address, as revealed in her Hogwarts acceptance letter, is "8 Heathgate, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London".
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What is Ron Weasley's address?

During the summer of 1995, the Weasleys temporarily vacated the Burrow, staying at 12 Grimmauld Place in London to assist the Order of the Phoenix.
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Is Godric hollow a real place?

(Godric's Hollow, as fans might have surmised, is an entirely fictional town.) The bed-and-breakfast, now available to book on Airbnb, includes two en suite bedrooms, a sitting room with a wood-burning fireplace, and a courtyard garden.
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Where is Professor Slughorn's house?

Dumbledore and Harry then walk up to Slughorn's temporary abode, which is a large property on Cantax Hill. Helpfully, you'll find it marked on Google maps as “Horace Slughorn's Hideaway”.
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Where is Slughorn's house?

Horace Slughorn's hideaway

The house appears in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Horace Slughorn's hideout in the village of Budleigh Babberton. If you're wondering, there's no such place: it's a fictional village that came to life on screen thanks to picturesque Lacock village.
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Is Harry Potter's neighborhood real?

You might recognise this house as the iconic Harry Potter's childhood home number 4 Privet Drive from the world-famous Harry Potter films, but it's actually a real life three-bedroom house in Martins Heron, Bracknell.
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What is Hermione's Patronus?

Otter (Hermione Granger)

Hermione's talent with a wand was clear from her earliest lessons – swish and flick, it's all in the wrist. Her Patronus, the otter, is a clever and dexterous animal; some have even been known to juggle small rocks.
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Where is Grunnings?

Intentions. Grunnings was a drill-making company based in Surrey, England.
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What was in Vault 713?

At the beginning of the first book, Gringotts Vault 713, a higher-security vault, held a small grubby bag, which we later learn contains the Philosopher's Stone. Albus Dumbledore sends Hagrid to retrieve it while he escorts Harry to Diagon Alley.
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Can Muggles go to Diagon Alley?

Diagon Alley, the wizarding high street located in London, is only accessible to wizards, hidden from Muggles. The only Muggles given access are those accompanying their Muggle-born children.
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Is Shell Cottage still there?

The Shell Cottage has now been removed from this popular beach in West Wales, but Potter fans still flock to the beach in search of Dobby's grave and to walk in the footsteps of Harry, Hermoine and Ron.
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What does Muggle stand for?

In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, a Muggle (/ˈmʌɡəl/) is a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born in a magical family. Muggles can also be described as people who do not have any magical blood inside them.
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