Dragon over London...

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "houyhnhnm" <celizwh at ...> wrote:
 
houyhnhnm:
> 
> I didn't even think about the timeline.  What struck me odd about that scene was the fact that they were flying *north* over the Thames. I believe the Leaky Cauldron (and, therefore Diagon Alley and Gringott's bank) is supposed to be located on Charing Cross Road.  I only spent 12 hours in London and didn't see much of it, but I did see the Eye, and did see Charing Cross Road, and they are not on the same side of the river.

Geoff:
Indeed they are on opposite sides of the river but not very far apart.

The Eye is on the south side, just west of Waterloo railway station while 
Charing Cross Road, the supposed site of the Leaky Cauldron, is about 
half a mile west of the Eye on the other side of the river running north 
from just opposite Charing Cross railway station which is a couple of 
hundred yards from Trafalgar Square.

I've seen the film in the cinema once so far and I seem to have a 
recollection that the dragon was flying with the Eye and the river to its 
right which would put the flight in a southerly direction which would fit: 
due east from Gringotts to the river then south from there.

However, I hope to try to get to a second cinema showing this week and 
see if I can get a better look.