Warner Bros will open its “The Making of Harry Potter” walking tour at Leavesden, England, the production base of the Harry Potter films, in spring next year. The three-hour-long tour will give fans the chance to see sets, costumes, props and effects used in all 8 Harry Potter movies. Tickets go on sale later this year. Potter fans will be able to walk onto sets including headmaster Dumbledore’s office and the 120ft long Great Hall featuring “the tables and benches used in the films”. The studio tour, first announced last November, is part of Warner Bros’ $161M refit of Leavesden, which is set to be one of the largest studio production facilities in Europe when it opens. Warner Bros plans to use the 250,000 sq ft of soundstages to shoot its blockbusters. The studio won’t be ready for Chris Nolan shooting The Dark Knight Rises this year though. Leavesden will also boast the largest back-lot in Europe. Around 1,500 people are employed at Leavesden when production is in full swing. Warner Bros says that it wants to attract outside film and TV productions as well as its own. It remains to be seen whether there’ll be enough demand to fill the 200-acre Hertfordshire site as well as the sprawling Pinewood Shepperton studio complexes.


The staff at Leavesden are great, really hard-working.
With the government looking at changing the tax cuts for movies brought into the country, this is a win-win.
With the tour, 3 hours? i know its just gone live, but no pictures or what to really expect? i mean walking around with screaming kids for three hours looking at a ‘replica’ of Harry’s shirt used in Potter 2 doesn’t really hype it for me?!
It will not be replica of anything. The sets are the real deal. Imagine walking onto the sound stages where they filmed all the movies-that is what the tour will be like.
Leavesden is one place, I’ve longed to visit from the very first time I came to know of it. I’ve also heard about the staff there. Hope this tour goes a little longer. Want to get there and see it all.
Is it just me, or have the last three movies sucked?
No desire to finish this series at all… but long for when it was cool.
PLEASE tip your tour guide.
My son and I had the opportunity of going on set in 2002 during the filming of POA. Thanks to Warner Bros, Make A Wish (Texas and London), and the whole cast of Harry Potter for making that an amazing trip. Everyone was awesome. Thanks for making my son feel so special.