Harry on location

So many historic locations across the country were used as backdrops for the Harry Potter film that tourism chiefs plan to invite visitors to 'Come Potter Round Britain'.

The British Tourist Authority aims to give holidaymakers maps of all the sites where Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone was filmed as soon as the movie is released, flagging them as must-see attractions on the tourist trail.

Although locations were kept top secret during filming, we can reveal some of the major ones. Read on to see if they are anywhere near you.

Durham Cathedral Cloisters and Christ Church College, Oxford, were used as backdrops for Harry's legendary gothic school, Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft. The Oxford School Of Divinity was transformed into the school's hospital and the world famous Bodleian Library became the Hogwarts school library.

The school's classrooms meanwhile were recreated in the National Trust's Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, pictured below. Other scenes also take place in the streets of Lacock village.

Picket Post Close just outside Bracknell in Berkshire doubles as Privet Drive, where the Dursley's, Harry's aunt and uncle, live.

The interior of London's Australia house was miraculously transformed into Gringotts, the bank for wizards which houses gold in its underground vaults and which is run by goblins, guarded by dragons.

London Zoo's Reptile House meanwhile was used for the scenes where Harry realises he can communicate with serpents. And platform Four at London's King's Cross station doubled for platform nine-and-three-quarters while Goathland in North Yorkshire was used for scenes showing the arrival of the Hogwart's Express.

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