The National Trust property featured in the first two Potter movies and since they were released Lacock Abbey has been on the must-see lists of tourists from all over the world.  | | Staff at Ottaker's Bookshop in Salisbury ready for the launch of the latest Harry Potter book. |
BBC Wiltshire joined the visitors to take a look around as they attempted to match the reality with the fictional locations. Take a look through our gallery of images and see what you recognise from Hogwarts! First though, things you need to know about Lacock Abbey: The fiction: The Abbey's cloisters and side rooms were transformed into the classrooms at Hogwarts School while the location was also used for Harry's discovery of the Mirror of Erised. The reality: The Abbey was founded in 1232 and comprises: cloisters, sacristy, chapter house and monastic rooms, courtyard, brewery and bakehouse.
Abbey converted into a country house c.1540 Grounds feature a Victorian woodland garden with an 18th-century summer house, rose garden, botanic garden and ha-ha. William Henry Fox Talbot (180077), inventor of the negative/positive photographic process once a resident at Lacock Abbey. Nearby Lacock village used to film Pride and Prejudice, Moll Flanders and Emma. More info at The National Trust  | ![]() |  | | Potter Magic at Lacock Abbey Clickhereto start the Gallery Visit BBC Wiltshire's other galleries! Click here for more. | |  | |  |
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