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Glenfinnan Viaduct

Filmed as Hogwarts Express on the viaduct

📍 Glenfinnan Viaduct viewpoint, Highland PH37 4LT, Glenfinnan, United Kingdom

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Glenfinnan Viaduct
Photo: Thomas Tucker through_these_eyes_photography · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown

  1. Hogwarts Express on the viaduct

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002

    Harry and Ron fly the Weasleys' car alongside the train.

    Harry Potter Ron Weasley

Real-world history

Curved concrete railway viaduct built 1897–1901. The Jacobite steam train crossing it is the Hogwarts Express in several films.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Viewpoint free. Train tickets are separate.

Parking & accessibility: National Trust for Scotland visitor-centre car park; walk up to the hillside viewpoint.

Best time to visit: Summer steam timetable. The hillside gets crowded around train times.

What else to see here

  • Glenfinnan Monument

    Monument

    10 min walk