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Bodleian Library, Divinity School

Filmed as Hogwarts dance lesson

📍 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Bodleian Library, Divinity School
Photo: Claire MacNeill  · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown

  1. Hogwarts hospital wing

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001 Major spoilers

    Harry recovers in the hospital wing at the end of the year.

    Harry Potter Ron Weasley Hermione Granger

    Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone are hidden — tap to reveal, or change it under Spoilers in the menu.

  2. Hogwarts dance lesson

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005

    McGonagall teaches students to dance before the Yule Ball.

    Harry Potter Ron Weasley Minerva McGonagall

Real-world history

15th-century vaulted room in the Bodleian Library. It became the Hogwarts hospital wing and the room for the Yule Ball dance lesson.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Bodleian ticket; guided tours are timed.

Parking & accessibility: Use Oxford park-and-ride; the centre is restricted.

Best time to visit: Book a tour slot ahead.

What else to see here

  • New College cloisters

    Also used as Hogwarts cloisters.

    College

    10 min walk