Christ Church College

The Italian Job, Howard's End, and The History Boys are just a few of the movies that have included Oxford's "dreaming spires," but the Christ Church college is most famous for its appearances in the Harry Potter series. The Great Hall of Hogwarts was modeled after the dining hall at Christ Church College and Cathedral in Oxford; the school's hallways in the first two films were filmed in Gloucester Cathedral; several of the school's classrooms were filmed at Lacock Abbey near Chippenham in Wiltshire; and the Bodleian Library of Oxford University, the Fourth Form Room of Harrow Old Schools in Greater London, and Alnwick Castle in Northumberland were all used as locations for scenes.

The vast majority of the Hogwarts movie sets at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, England, were designed with inspiration from the buildings of Christ Church College and Durham Cathedral.

Location: St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1DP, UK