Durham Cathedral

[lindseyharrisst]

Nicholas wrote,
 There was also a most unexpected piece, filmed in the gallery above
the side aisles of the cathedral, at the spot where the flying
buttresses join the main body of the nave.  It was used for the 'third
floor corridor', along which the trio runs to escape from Mrs Norris
(when they hide through the door and find Fluffy).

YEAH, COOL IS N'T IT? I am a student at Durham University and I went
into the cathedral (just opossite my law library and architecturally
similar in age and style, though the cathedral is obviously bigger). I
asked if it was possible to go up into the gallery on a guided tour
(they do tours of the cathedral for a small fee at regular intervals.)
I was told no, because of health and safety regulations. I was quite
disappointed, but never mind. One can still tour the cloisters and see
some of the fake pillars the film crew put in. Until somone tells you
which one it is really difficult to guess, but once they do you see
that there is a large gap between it and the wall. A task for all
residents of the North East of England: Go to Durham Cathedral, tap
the pillars in the cloisters and see if you can tell which one is fake! 
ps 
I'm off to a carol service by candleligh in said Cathedral in 2 hours!
I'm really looking forward to it. All that festive merriment plus the
ambience created by flickering candles and all those shadows!
I'll probably wonder off mentally into dreaming about Snape during the
  spoken parts of the service.
Snapesangel XXX