Lacock Abbey and Village, and Avebury, Wiltshire, England: 24 June 2020

Lacock Abbey and Village

Lacock Abbey

Lacock Abbey and Village have been used as the filming location for many films, however it is most known for its use in several of the Harry Potter movies. Details are below for those interested.

Unfortunately as the Abbey is closed due to Covid19, we were unable to go inside.

Red Lion Pub - assembly rooms in Pride and Prejudice (1995)

National Trust Shop - cobblers in Cranford (2007)

High Street - royal parade in the Downton Abbey film (2019)

Cantax Hill - Horace Slughorn's Hideaway house in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Sign of the Angel - backdrop in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Lacock Bakery - the bakery in Cranford (2007)

Ford - cavalry scenen in the The White Princess (2016)

Church Street - market in Downton Abbey (2015)

End of Church Street - Harry Potter's parent's house in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

St Cyriac's church - backdrop to a market scene in Moll Flanders (1996)

Abbey courtyard - used in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Abbey cloister - Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Lacock Abbey

Gardens at Lacock Abbey

Lacock Abbey

Gardens at Lacock Abbey

Pond in the gardens at Lacock Abbey

Cale and Nico at Lacock Abbey

Cale at Lacock Abbey

Inside the courtyard at Lacock Abbey

Nico, Brad and Cale in the gardens at Lacock Abbey

Lacock Village

Red Lion Pub on the left.

High Street

Sign of the Angel Inn

Nico and Cale outside the Sign of the Angel Inn

Sign of the Angel Inn

Lacock Bakery

High Street. National Trust Shop is to the left with the black hanging sign.

Lacock Tithe Barn

House leading near the end of Church Street heading to Harry Potter's parents house.

Harry Potter's parent's house at the end of Church Street.

Nico and Cale outside Horace Slughorn's hideaway house on Cantax Hill.

Cool garden sculptures (above and below).

Avebury

Avebury henge and stone circles are one of the greatest marvels of prehistoric Britain. Built and much altered during the Neolithic period, roughly between 2850BC and 2200BC, the henge survives as a huge circular bank and ditch. encircling an area that includes part of Avebury village. Within the henge is the largest stone circle in Britain - originally of about 100 stones - which in turn encloses two smaller circles.

West Kennet Avenue prehistoric stones.

These stones are not park of any of the circles in the diagram above, but are what is known as West Kennet Avenue. This was an 'avenue' of two parallel lines of prehistoric standing stones, 25m wide and 2.5km length, which ran between the Neolithic sites of Avebury and The Sanctuary.