Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter (from Victoria)

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Overview

Marvel at how the SFX team at Warner Bros. created some of the movies’ scariest characters, including an animatronic foetal Lord Voldemort, and visit Privet Drive; home of Harry’s dreadful aunt and uncle, the Dursleys. In the costume section, see up close in incredible detail the wardrobes of characters such as Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and the students of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.

No visit would be complete without visiting Platform 9¾, and on this tour, you’ll have a chance to snap a photo with the trolley on your way to catch the Hogwarts Express.

MAGICAL MISCHIEF (25th January - 28th April 2025)
Magical Mischief is back! Immerse yourself in the filmmaking trickery required to pull off the magical mishaps seen in the Harry PotterTM film series. Experience O.W.L examinations under Professor Umbridge’s watchful eye in the iconic Great Hall set, complete with the swinging pendulum and paper-firing exam desks.

Magical Mischief in the Great Hall
Encounter the Weasley twins’ pranks throughout the Studio Tour and discover the secrets behind the making of the levitating cake and Harry’s flying acceptance letters. Aspiring wizards can even try their hand at making an origami howler, just like the one delivered to Ron by Mrs Weasley in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Discover how filmmakers created pandemonium when the Weasley twins disrupted the quiet exams. Both Fred and George will be suspended from the ceiling with bags filled with their latest product, Weasleys’ Wildfire Whiz-bangs – ready to fill the Great Hall with a burst of colour. More of their products will be displayed outside their shop, Weasleys’ Wizarding Wheezes, on Diagon Alley.

Triwizard Tournament (15th May-8th September 2025)
WALK IN THE SHOES OF A CHAMPION THIS SUMMER AT WARNER BROS. STUDIO TOUR LONDON – THE MAKING OF HARRY POTTER

During Harry’s fourth year at Hogwarts, he is mysteriously selected to participate in the Triwizard Tournament despite being under the qualifying age. During the contest, Harry is put through a series of fearsome challenges as he comes face-to-face with a fire-breathing dragon, retrieves his friends from the Black Lake and faces obstacles and creatures along the way.

Go behind the scenes of the Triwizard Tournament and discover how filmmakers created the competition with never-before-seen secrets to be revealed.

For summer 2025, for the first time ever, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London will introduce its Backlot Stage, showcasing the Secrets of Special Effects. A new, dedicated indoor space where you will discover how filmmakers brought the action-packed scenes from the Triwizard Tournament to life.

Comprising a digital screen, a stage and tiered seating, the Backlot Stage promises to uncover secrets that not even the most knowledgeable Muggle will know. From creating the Hungarian Horntail dragon to understanding how Harry held his breath for so long underwater, all will be uncovered as part of the feature.

Relive the iconic moments from the fourth film where the three well-known schools of magic, Hogwarts, Beauxbaton and Durmstrang go head-to-head to be crowned the champion of the Triwizard Tournament. The Studio Tour will bring the schools to life with a demonstration reminiscent of the Beauxbaton and Durmstrang students’ arrival, equipped with the iconic blue dresses and fur accessories as seen in the film.

Also new for the Studio Tour, if you are brave enough to take your name from the free Activity Passport and put it into the Goblet of Fire, which will be waiting for you in the wand room.

Further additions include Mad-Eye Moody’s arrival into the Great Hall, wizarding journalist Rita Skeeter, best known for her poison pen articles, will be welcomed to the Studio Tour along with her self-writing quill. Elsewhere, the Forbidden Forest will recreate the all-important moment when Hagrid reveals the first task to Harry.



2025 Schedule
Tour operates daily with departures at the following times (Please check the calendar as block out dates apply)
9:00am
11:00am
1:00pm
2:30pm