On location · GUIDED
The best guided location tours sell out months ahead wherever they are. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Join a 2.5-hour Harry Potter walking tour from Southwark to Soho. Your English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, or Portuguese-speaking guide leads quizzes, filming locations, London landmarks, Diagon Alley, and more. Choose a short Thames boat trip or take the Underground, with tickets extra.
“I likes the guide he was very good and the pri e was good. we saw a lot of london”
Walk Edinburgh’s Old Town with guides such as Kieran, Jenny, Robbie, or Josh, tracing the city’s links to Harry Potter. You’ll be sorted into a Hogwarts House, answer a lively audio-visual quiz, see Tom Riddle’s grave, pass Rowling’s golden handprints, and hear Edinburgh history along the way. No film locations are included.
“Jenny, our tour guide, was great! Very knowledgable about Harry Potter and JK Rowling. The different sites we visited linked to HP were interesting and Jenny was an engaging story teller. I’m a serious HP fan and found new and interesting points about inspiration for the stories through this tour. I would certainly recommend to all.”
Walk Hobbiton’s 12-acre film set with an English-speaking guide, seeing Hobbit Holes, the Mill, gardens, and the Green Dragon Inn. The 150-minute visit includes a short bus ride from the car park and one complimentary drink. Guides such as James, Wyatt, Sam, and Melissa are known for lively stories and useful film details.
“Just amazing, took me back to great cinema, well worth it!!!”
Follow a guide such as Robbie, Jenny, Orla, or Xander through Edinburgh’s Old Town on a two-hour, 1.5-mile Harry Potter walk. See Greyfriars Kirkyard, the original Diagon Alley facade, the Royal Mile, Princes Street, and Edinburgh Castle while enjoying trivia, local stories, and a House quiz. Groups can include up to 25 people.
“Amazing experience!! Rodger was great at telling the story how JK Rowling created the amazing Harry Potter world with the inspiration of the amazing city of Edinburgh!! He was very loud so you could always here him and what he was saying.”
Join a two-hour, 2-kilometer Harry Potter walking tour from Southwark View Point to Covent Garden. Your guide sorts you into a Hogwarts house, leads quizzes and reenactments, and shows film sites linked to Diagon Alley, the Leaky Cauldron, the Ministry of Magic, and the destroyed bridge. Guides such as Murray, Arne, Eva, and Louie are known for adding useful London history.
“It was a very nice city tour with a great guide. Eva was extremely solar and seemed truly passionate. The tour was made during the evening yet we were able to see everything! She was funny, informative and really helpful for some recommendations around the end. The questions were given at relevant time and not just thrown as a test right in the middle, thus, you can easily search in your memory for the right answer. Thank you again Eva ! You are awesome !”
Meet your City Wonders coordinator near London Euston, take the train to Warner Bros. Studio, and join an English-speaking guide for the original sets, props, and costumes from all eight films. Expect Great Hall secrets, Diagon Alley, Hogwarts Express, photo stops, and time to explore again alone after the guided visit.
“Excellent service from pick-up point, through the whole day with Potter-magic. Loved it. You should try it.”
Leave Auckland at 6:30 am for Hobbiton Movie Set and its Green Dragon Inn, then continue to Waitomo for a glowworm boat ride and Cathedral Cave. Auckland Scenic Tours uses small vehicles, local guides such as Liam, Shelley, Martin, and Matt, and includes a light Kiwi-style lunch.
“The Hobbiton & Waitomo Glowworm Cave tour is a MUST-DO!! Our guide Mike was very energetic & positive (even though the weather was not the best). The Hobbiton movie set is on a BEAUTIFUL natural property and is well-maintaineRead more”
Spend eight hours with an English-speaking driver-guide visiting Outlander locations around central Scotland. See Falkland as Inverness, Culross as Cranesmuir, Doune Castle as Castle Leoch, Linlithgow Palace as Wentworth Prison, and Midhope Castle as Lallybroch. Guides such as Ian, Bob, Brendan, and Brandon add Scottish history, humor, and show trivia along the way.
“Excellent trip, excellent guide/driver called B dog! he was a little different in a nice way, thoroughly enjoyed the day.”
Join guides such as Ellie, Libby, Aaliyah, or Molly for a two-hour Harry Potter walk through York. Expect house quizzes, spell challenges, costume pieces, video clips, and stories linking York's streets with the wizarding world. The route passes the Minster, abbey ruins, city walls, and Shambles, ending near the street said to inspire Diagon Alley.
“Guide was lovely, loved talking to her and she knew so much trivia. Was very interesting and fun.”
Spend 2.5 hours exploring Harry Potter’s London with a guide such as Alan, Anna, John, or Vincent. Visit Cecil Court, Trafalgar Square, Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe, and other film or inspiration sites, with quizzes, house sorting, London lore, and a short Underground ride. Expect plenty of walking and a lively, family-friendly pace.
“My daughter and I spent a wonderful afternoon, with our fantastic tour guide Anna, exploring London from a Harry Potter perspective. It was an excellent tour and Anna couldn’t do enough for us to make this a special experience. Recommended!!”
Follow a small group through London from King’s Cross to London Bridge, visiting Harry Potter filming spots and places that inspired the wizarding world. Guides such as Sam, Yasmin, Kate, and Mike mix film trivia with London history. Expect about three hours of walking, two tube rides, and free admission for children 13 and under.
“Oliver was a great guide. The tour was interesting and certainly good value for money. Very interesting sites visited.”
Leave Auckland at 7:45 a.m. for Waitomo’s limestone caves and a silent boat ride beneath glowworms, then tour Hobbiton near Matamata. GreatSights guides such as Rachel, David, Nicky, and Rachael provide commentary along the way. The 12-hour trip includes transport, morning refreshments, lunch, Wi-Fi when working, and a drink at the Green Dragon Inn.
“Charming trip for anyone who is a Tolkien fan. The glow worm cave tour was very well guided- we particularly appreciated the total silence during thr boat ride. And the Hobbiton set tour is very well done.. as you walk through the paths the views are all authentic. The he tour guide was vey knowledgable, with lots of facts about the making of the movies.”
Meet your City Wonders host at Euston War Memorial, take the train to Watford, and join a guided group of up to eight at Warner Bros. Studios. You’ll see the Great Hall, Diagon Alley, Platform 9¾, Hogwarts sets, props, and costumes from all eight films, then have time to explore again on your own.
“Thank you for an unforgettable experience and the best service, we recommend it to everyone. We make amazing photo )))”
Ride through Hollywood Hills, Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, West Hollywood, and the Sunset Strip in an open-top Sprinter van. An English-speaking guide points out current and former celebrity homes, adds Hollywood stories, and stops at Universal City Overlook for photos. Guides such as Rodney and Ollie are known for lively, personal commentary.
“Fun 2 hour drive in a big van with big open windows through the fancy neighborhoods in the hills of LA. Guide pointed out the homes of the celebrities, told stories & made jokes. Some of the celebrities’ current & former homes included Jlo, Bruno Mars, Ice-T, Taylor Swift, Matt Damon, etc”
Spend two hours walking Edinburgh with a Potter-focused guide such as Paul, Jackson, Robert, or Benjamin. See Old College, Greyfriars Kirkyard, Victoria Street, Edinburgh Castle, and the Elephant Café, while learning how Edinburgh helped shape JK Rowling’s fictional world. Expect city history, book trivia, jokes, photo stops, and a steady uphill walk.
“Paul was a great guide very informative with great stories of both Harry Potter and the city of Edinburgh”
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