Harry Potter Studios London Park Tickets: where and how to buy tickets

After filming all the Harry Potter movies at the Warner Bros. studios, the company decided to preserve several of the original sets and objects that had appeared in the movies to show them to the fans inside the Harry Potter Studios Park just outside London.

Immediately, this attraction became one of the best tours to do in London and therefore one of the most popular, so hurry to book your tickets because they sell out in no time!

The best option

Harry Potter Studios Tickets with Transfer from London

Forget planning. Everything is included in the price: entrance fees and transportation.

The perfect option to not worry about anything but enjoying your visit to Harry Potter Warner Park, the recreations of the sets, the production of his films and the whole magical universe of Hogwarts.

From $ 118 at Hellotickets

If you are reading this you have most likely seen the Harry Potter movies and you may have read the books as well. Places like Diagon Alley, Gringotts Bank, Ollivanders store or Hogwarts Castle are not unfamiliar to you, but have you ever been to any of them? Now you have the opportunity to enjoy them all with this visit.

You won't even have to locate Platform 9 and 3/4 to get to the park; just choose the time and point in London where you are going to take the bus to get to the park. Booking these tickets with transfers included means you don't have to worry about anything.

Recommended if... you wouldn't miss Harry Potter Park on your visit to London but finding your own transport to get there and getting there is a real headache for you.

If you are sure you want to include this attraction in your agenda, the best thing to do is to book your tickets as soon as possible and online to ensure your place in a specific time slot as the capacity is limited. Every day the Harry Potter Studios Park receives thousands of visitors from all corners of the globe, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in London, which means that tickets fly like magic!

That said, to discover the Harry Potter Studios Park you can get your tickets in several ways: either through a pack that includes tickets and transfer to the Harry Potter Studios Park, or you can go on your own.

There are packs that include both the entrance to the Warner Bros. studios and the bus transfer to and from the attraction. You can get them from 107 € in Hellotickets.

It is a fantastic option to consider if you are traveling to London with your family because the tickets at the box office do not include travel to the Harry Potter Studios Park and the attraction is located far away from central London (about an hour away).

This way you will not have to worry about finding your own transportation (which in a city like London is quite expensive) or the routes and connections to get there. You will also not have to be aware of the timetables of the different means of public transport that you have to take to get to the studios and not to miss the transfer connections.

With young children, organizing an outing is always a bit of an adventure but you can save yourself the stress of rushing them back and forth to get there if you opt for a bus transfer that will take you directly to Harry Potter Studios Park from central London. It's that simple!

Choose the departure point of your transfer

But London is very big, so you have the choice of two options from the ticket package with transfer. I'll tell you what they are and you choose the one that suits you best:

• Harry Potter Park tickets with transfers from central London.
• Harry Potter Park tickets with transfer from King's Cross

In case you prefer to visit the Harry Potter Studios Park on your own, you can also buy tickets on the Warner Bros Studios website. These only give access to the Harry Potter Studios Park. They do not include bus transfer from central London (you will have to find your own transport).

From around 107 euros you can buy tickets to Harry Potter Park with transfers from Victoria Station. This would be the most economical option if you want to forget about looking for other means of public or private transport to get there. If you choose the pack that departs from King's Cross, the price is around 120 euros.

Anyway to know the prices of tickets to Harry Potter Studios Park in detail and you can better organize the budget you need to make the visit, I advise you to read the post Harry Potter Studios Park ticket prices and Harry Potter Tours in London. Surely it will help you to clear some doubts!

Unfortunately, tickets to Harry Potter Studios Park are not included in any of the London sightseeing passes (neither the London Pass nor the London Explorer Pass). However, these passes do include tours of Harry Potter and other movie locations (Bridget Jones, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Mary Poppins, etc.) through the streets of London as well as access to a multitude of tourist attractions in the city.

If you are a big fan of the adventures of the young wizard and after visiting the Harry Potter Studios Park you are left wanting more, I recommend joining one of these tours (either with or without the tourist card) because they are a fun plan to continue enjoying your favorite saga while you explore the British capital and learn very cool trivia from the movies with an expert guide.

You will be able to see the entire Harry Potter Studios Park in about 3 hours.

However, if you are a big fan of J.K Rowling's novels, you will probably want to spend more time there and extend your visit to 4 or 5 hours exploring every inch of the park and taking in all the details of the Harry Potter universe - there is so much to see here!

Without a doubt. If you travel to London with children, visiting the Harry Potter Studios Park will be one of the coolest experiences you can do together during your vacations, especially if the kids are fans of the saga! Here are a few reasons why:

• They'll have a blast touring the movie sets (the Great Dining Hall, the school hallways, the Gryffindor Common Room, the teachers' offices, the Dursley or Weasley houses, etc.).
• In fact, you don't have to go to Harry Potter Studios Park dressed as simple Muggles, but to immerse yourself even more in this magical atmosphere, you can dress up as your favorite character. The kids will love the idea and you will get some fabulous photos.
• They will also be able to see original objects from the movies and learn how the novels were brought to the movies. They will be amazed with the tour and it will be a memory they will never forget from their childhood.

However, there are areas such as Lucious Malfoy's house or the Forbidden Forest that might scare some children, especially if they are very young. Just keep this in mind in case you want to avoid these rooms during the Harry Potter Studios Park tour.

On the other hand, if you are going to do this visit with your family, I advise you to try not to choose the last time to enter the Harry Potter Studios Park because you will return to London very late and the experience could be exhausting for the children.

Harry Potter Studios Park is open from Monday to Sunday but opening hours vary depending on the day you visit.

• Weekdays: open from 9:30 AM to 8 PM
• Weekends: open from 8:30 AM to 10 PM.

However, keep an eye on the calendar when you buy your tickets as opening times may change depending on UK public holidays, park maintenance work or to prepare the sets for special events.

Organized tours to Harry Potter Studios Park usually include a bus transfer to and from the attraction, as it is quite far from the center of London. These tours usually depart from King's Cross or Victoria Station and the bus goes directly to Warner Bros. Studios.

However, if you decide to go on your own to Harry Potter Studios Park you will have to be patient to take several different means of transport to get there and make a combination of subway, train and bus both there and back.

If you want more information on this issue, do not miss the post How to get to Harry Potter Studios London where it is discussed in more detail.

Your visit to Harry Potter Studios Park is likely to take several hours, so you may find that you work up an appetite at some point during your visit - the perfect opportunity to take a break and grab a snack to recharge your batteries!

Although you can carry your own snacks in your bag to kill the munchies in the picnic area or the Backlot area, there are also places to eat during your visit inside the Warner Bros. studios. It is a good option if you forgot to take the snacks or if you go with children and you prefer them to take a more hearty dish. Some of these are:

• The Hub Café: Serves take-out sandwiches and other baked goods as well as Starbucks specialty hot and cold beverages. Open all day.
• The Chocolate Frog Café: Ideal for snacking. Serves a wide variety of sweets, cakes, treats and ice cream. Also hot chocolate. Open all day.
• The Backlot Café: Here you can taste the famous butter beer! Its menu offers a wide variety of dishes such as sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, salads and soups. They have a children's menu. Open all day.
• The Food Hall: Serves breakfast, hot and cold dishes, sandwiches and a wide selection of drinks. Open until 8 PM on days when the park closes at 10 PM and until 5 PM the rest of the time.

The studios at Harry Potter Park are divided into indoor and outdoor. Here's a summary of what you can see during your tour of the park:

• You will be able to walk through several sets from the movies such as the Hogwarts Great Hall, Platform 9¾, Diagon Alley, Professor Umbridge's office or the Forbidden Forest.
• See some of the original props and objects from the films, for example, the Potions Classroom, the Wardrobe of Memories, Weasley's Sorceries, etc.
• Costumes of the characters, quidditch equipment, dresses, uniforms...
• On the other hand, if you like the secrets of cinema or how the movies were made, during the visit you can also see the models and technical drawings that were used to create the sets or what were the special effects that were used to film certain scenes or the method they used to recreate fantastic animals such as the basilisk, the spider Aragog or the hippogriff.
• Ah! But in the Harry Potter Studios Park you can not only see things but also do magic wielding a wand or riding on a flying broomstick.

Don't forget to bring your camera because you'll want to take lots of pictures during your visit - you'll have a blast!

• Remember to book your tickets online and in advance to Harry Potter Studios Park. It is one of the most popular attractions in London and tickets sell out quickly, especially in high season, holidays or special dates like Christmas.
• When booking your tickets you will need to choose a date and time to visit. Try to be there at least 30 minutes in advance as if you arrive later than the time you have booked, the attraction staff cannot guarantee that you will be able to enter later in the next available time slot, so remember to be very punctual!
• Strollers are permitted in Harry Potter Studios Park, although there are a limited number of strollers per visit. Therefore, if possible, it is recommended that you park them in the checkroom free of charge. Double strollers are not allowed.
• Whether you visit the park dressed as a Muggle or as a wizard, remember to wear comfortable clothing suitable for the weather at the time of year you are visiting, and don't forget to wear comfortable shoes as the ride is long!
• You can carry some snacks and water in your bag to eat there in the areas provided for this purpose.
• For those who need it, guide dogs and assistance dogs can enter the Harry Potter Studios Park. You will need to bring your formal ID with you, as well as any necessary documentation or vests.
• Before you leave, remember to stop by the gift store for a souvenir of this special day. But if you prefer, take a look at the post The best Harry Potter stores in London to find out where else in the city you can also buy some cool souvenirs about the Harry Potter saga.