Harry Potter

The platform, the alley, the bank and the bridge: where the books are set and the films were shot, the studio where the sets still stand, and the day trips to Hogwarts' lake and the Quidditch woods.

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Surbiton station

The 1937 station where Half-Blood Prince opens: Harry in the café with the Daily Prophet, and Dumbledore waiting on the platform.

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Photo by Stevekeiretsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The film begins with Harry alone in a station café reading the Prophet's 'Chosen One' headline and chatting up the waitress, and then Dumbledore is on the platform outside, standing among the commuters with his hat and his beard, and the two of them apparate away from a suburban railway station. It is Surbiton, whose Southern Railway building of 1937 with its clock tower and curved concrete is the finest moderne station in London and looks exactly as it does on screen, café included. A modest stop, but a real one.

Where
Victoria Road, Surbiton, KT6 4LJ
Nearest station
Surbiton · 1 min walk

A working station; the café and the platform are the scene.

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