The second best thing to visiting Hogwarts....

....is to read how Grrrl visited the Harry Potter spots in London:

My Quest: To Visit all the Harry Potter Film Sites in London, Part 1:

The Leaky Cauldron, Gringott's Wizarding Bank.

My Quest: To Visit all the Harry Potter Film Sites in London, Part 2:

Platform 9 3/4, Diagon Alley, Lambeth Bridge, The Houses of Parliament.

My Quest: To Visit all the Harry Potter Film Sites in London, Part 3:

Little Whinging Zoo, Train Station, The Ministry of Magic, 12 Grimmauld Place (Headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix), View Out the Windows of Harry's Room at the Leaky Cauldron.

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