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Potter · The Highlands 1 scene

Loch Shiel

Filmed as Hogwarts lake

📍 Loch Shiel, Glenfinnan, Highland, Glenfinnan, United Kingdom

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Loch Shiel
Photo: Iain Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown

  1. Hogwarts lake

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004

    Views across the lake below the castle.

    Harry Potter

Real-world history

Long loch below Glenfinnan, seen as the Hogwarts lake in later films.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Shore paths free.

Parking & accessibility: Glenfinnan NTS lot.

Best time to visit: Pair with the Jacobite timetable.

What else to see here

  • Glenfinnan Viaduct

    Viaduct

    10 min walk