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Claremont Square: Harry Potter caught outside Number 12 Grimmauld Place

So, Harry Potter fans and wizards of this world: you’ve travelled the world to come to the UK, went up and down London to visit Leadenhall Market – sorry the Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley – tried your luck at Australia House – Gringotts Bank – and made it to King’s Cross Platform 9 ¾ to board the Hogwarts Express…or, failing that, take a picture.

Since you flew on your broomsticks all the way to King’s Cross, you’ll be delighted to know that Number 12 Grimmauld Place, the Order of the Phoenix’s Headquarters, is only a stone’s throw away from you!

Based on the book of the same name published by J.K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), is the fifth instalment in the Harry Potter franchise. There is probably no point in me setting up the scene of such story. Suffice it to say that, early on in the movie, a group of wizards come to get Harry and take him to meet his Godfather, Sirius Black.

What follows is a flight over the Thames that screams “Made in London” to the world: Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, Blackfriars Bridge, Houses of Parliament and… Islington’s very own Claremont Square!

Harry and friends emerge from behind the trees, open an iron gate and, seconds later, Number 12 Grimmauld Place appears.

The strange shape of Claremont Square is due to the fact that, back in the 18^th century, a water reservoir was there. Following the construction of a larger one nearby, houses were built and, later, the reservoir emptied and covered with grass, hence its steep aspect. A rather wizardly shape you’ll admit.

Later on in the movie, we can spot again Claremont Square for a brief moment with children playing with the snow.

So, Harry Potter fans of this world – what kind of wizards are you if you don’t fly to Islington?

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How to get there?

Islington Film Locations Map

Claremont Square N1

Angel Tube Station (Zone 1)

King’s Cross Station (Zone 1)

Many buses to Angel, Pentonville Road and St John’s Street

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Tags: Cinema, film, Film Location, Film Tourism, Harry Potter, Islington, Islington Film Locations Map, J.K Rowling, London, movie, Pentonville, Screen Tourism, Travel

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Categories Islington Filmography, Pentonville

Islington Film Locations: The Story so Far

5 Jun

As you get to read this post, yours truly is…

Although a film location, I am afraid to report that, as some of you may have noticed, it is not an Islington one. Indeed, I am enjoying a few days on the Italian Riviera, and San Fruttuoso in particular: the very same spot where Colin Firth had (another) swim in A Summer in Genova (2008).

Since this is the first break since launching Lights, Camera…Islington!, I thought it would be a good time to look back at the last few months.

So far we have talked about:

28 Islington film locations, and our Islington Film Locations Map is starting to look incredibly crowded in some areas.

From comedies like Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Ladykillers and Happy Go Lucky to dramas such as Closer, Notes on a Scandal or V for Vendetta as well as documentaries, The London Nobody Knows, TV series and adverts, Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Mc Donald’s. Even Harry Potter stopped by!

2 Filming in Progress Suffragette with Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter and Carrey Mulligan, and Absolutely Anything directed by Terry Jones with Simon Pegg in the lead role.

1 Cinema related exhibition, The Years of La Dolce Vita, at the Estorick Collection until the end of June.

Awards Winners and Nominees ‘Made in Islington’: Golden Globes, BAFTA, Oscars, Berlin Film Festival you name them, we have them: Islington can be proud of its filmography.

A plethora of movie stars: Cate Blanchett, Dame Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Liam Neeson, Joan Collins, David Suchet, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, James Mason to name but a few.

I want to acknowledge here the collaboration of many of the blog’s followers who, by email, tweets, pictures, tips or spreading the word have and are contributing to Lights, Camera…Islington! Needless to say that the same goes for the public and private venues that have opened their doors to us.

Thank you as well to the follower who presented us recently with a very kind little detail.

And there I was, hoping to remain anonymous when walking around the borough!

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And if you do know any Islington location used for Film, TV, photo shoot or have been involved in the process, drop me a line at TheUnbelievableMrX(at)gmail.com or via Twitter

Tags: Film Location, Film Tourism, Filming Location, Islington, Islington Film Locations Map, London, Screen Tourism

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Categories Easter Eggs, Islington Filmography

Islington Filmography

23 Apr

Here is the list of Films, TV series and adverts shot in Islington that we have covered to date. Every time we talk about a new one, it will feature here.

You can either click on the link to go straight to the post or find the locations on our Islington Film Locations Map.

FILMS

Absolutely Anything (release date: 2015)

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Alfie (1966)

Closer (2004)

Fever Pitch (1997)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Friday the 13th (1933)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Incendiary (2008)