Leaky Cauldren, real location?

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 76605


> 
> I seem to recall that in the film, the shooting location was Borough 
> Market, further to the east.
> 
> Geoff


That was actually Leadenhall Market, if you're thinking of the pretty
frilly structure Harry and Hagrid walk through just before going into
the Leaky Cauldron in the first movie (I can't remember what the
exterior was in CoS though).  It's right in the heart of the City,
about two minutes from Bank.  A much more promising location than
Charing Cross, there isn't a really nice pub anywhere near there.  I
assumed Rowling put the entrance to the magical world there,
symbolically speaking,  because of all the bookshops.  Charing Cross
is such a loud, modern street, but you can step into one of the
second-hand shops and be transported away by an old book!

I did read somewhere that PoA was shooting the Leaky Cauldron scenes
around the Borough Market, which is quite a gritty location (the
fabulous gourmet food market aside) with a lot of grim brick railway
bridges crisscrossing it.

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