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London walking Tour Harry Potter Walks

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

One of the great aspects of our Harry Potter London Tour and treasure hunt is that you get to do it at your own pace and on a day amd at a time that suits you. It’s the ultimate flexibility because you set your own agenda.

The Harry Potter London walk was written by Richard Jones to provide parents with a great day (or even few days) of exploring London in a way that was both fun and informative.

London is a great City for Walking in and with this free London tour you really do get to see some great parts of the City whilst visiting the various Harry Potter movie locations.

But you also get to see different neighbourhoods on your travels.  You get to walk through the lively and vibrant Covent Garden Market. You get to stand in Trafalgar Square and learn something of its history.

You make your way along Whitehall to see the site of the telephone box via which Harry and Mr Weasley descend into the Ministry of Magic.

You then get to travel over to Southwark to stroll onto the Millennium Bridge and see the soaring former Bankside Power Station, a real London landmark which is now Tate Modern.

To get your free copy of the Harry Potter London Walking Tour you simply have to send an email to harry-potter-pdf@discovery-walks.com and within moments to full 30 page pdf will appear magically in your in box.

You then just print it off and away you go.

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London walks - Harry Potter Tour

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

The update of our Harry Potter London walk has now been completed and the tour now includes the (limited) number of London scenes featured in the new movie.

You can receive the tour by emailing us at

harry-potter-pdf@discovery-walks.com

and the tour will be in your in box within about 5 minutes.

London’s appearances in the film are confined to the opening sequence which sees the Death Eaters swoop down over the streets of the capital leaving a trail of havoc and devastation in their wake.

The locations that we have included in the updated version include Trafalgar Square, St Martin In The Fields, Leicester Square Underground Station, The Gherkin, Tate Modern, and a particularly chilling and thrilling scene of the Millennium Bridge.

It is when you see London from the air, as you do in the opening sequence of the new movie, that you really appreciate what a stunning a breathtaking City it is.

Of course, those who join us on our London walks see this for themselves at every twist, turn and road fork that they take.

As has been said in previous blogs London is truly a city of surprises  and our Harry Potter London tour shows you just what an easy to walk through place London is.

We’ve put up some great London stories on the new Harry Potter Tour. You’ll learn about the different plans for Trafalgar Square before it was decided to site Nelson’s Column there. You’ll learn about the London church that caused an absolute sensation when it was first built.

You’ll learn how the City of London, the one square mile where it all began, is in fact guarded by a ring of dragons. We tell you how these supposedly mythical beasts are alive and well and the reason Muggles don’t believe in them is because of the efforts of the Ministry of Magic to keep these fire breathing lizards hidden from the prying eyes of Muggles!

In addition the new Harry Potter London walk includes  visit to the National Portrait Gallery to view the recently acquired photograph of the Harry Potter actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

So don’t delay email us at

harry-potter-pdf@discovery-walks.com

for a free PDF download version of the Harry Potter Tour and set off into the magical world of wizards and legendary beasts that these London walks open up for you.

To order your copy simply send an email request to

harry-potter-pdf@discovery-walks.com

You can then print of what is now a 30 page booklet and enjoy a magical London walk through places and buildings that are steeped in history and mystery.

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Guess Who that is on our Walks in London?

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Our Harry Potter London walks have been causing quite a stir and it’s easy to see why. They offer parents with children a full day out in London that costs next to nothing and yet keeps the kids occupied throughout.

The reason? Not only do they get to see the Harry Potter London film locations but they also get to enjoy a treasure hunt that takes them all over London.

They might have to find funny faces on the walls of buildings. They will find themselves looking for the Rats Tails inside one of London’s most historic churches.

In addition parents and children will enjoy a whole series of short London walks that will introduce them to places they would never dream existed.

This is a constant comment by those who have emailed us to say how much they have enjoyed the Harry Potter London walk.

However, on Sunday 28th June 2009 one family were following our Harry Potter Tour route to the site of the Ministry of Magic when they walked straight into a film shoot for the next Harry Potter film,  The Deathly Hallows.

Not only did they get to see a scene that they recognised from the book being filmed but they actually got to see Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, as Daniel Radcliff and Rupert Grint were on set.

Needless to say they were thrilled by this unexpected turn of events and they emailed us to let us know how this was ” an unexpected, happy surprise and a great story thanks to your walking tour!”

Now we know that we can’t claim the credit for the fact they were filming in the streets covered by our London walks on the day and at the time that this family chose to do our Harry Potter Tour (how great would it be if we could lay this on every time?!) but it just goes to show why Walking in London is one of the best ways to get to see the city.

Had this family been on a bus tour they might have caught a brief  glimpse of the filming as the bus sped along Whitehall, but it would have remained just that - a brief glimpse.

Yet here was a family that took to their feet, and walked around London and this great city did what it so often does for those who take the time to explore it on walks - it surprised them and gave them something to remember for years to come. Something that, no doubt they will look back fondly on when they see Harry Potter and the Deathly Halllows.

If you would like a copy of our free London walks Harry Potter Tour please send us an email to

harry-potter-pdf@discovery-walks.com

and, as if by magic, our automated process will send you a 30 page PDF booklet that you can just print off and follow.

Now we have to tackle the problem of topping Harry Potter turning up on our Harry Potter London Tour route!

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