Fans of wizardry and witchcraft can look forward to a year filled with magic and surprises as the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter has unveiled new features and attractions for 2025.
The studios in Leavesden celebrated its 12th anniversary earlier this year, and with tickets now on sale for next year it has revealed a number of good reasons to visit for the first time, or to make a return trip.
Magical Mischief
From January 25 to April 28, Magical Mischief will allow visitors to step into the world of wizarding trickery with iconic scenes from the Harry Potter films, including O.W.L. exams in the Great Hall.
Guests will encounter the Weasley twins’ pranks throughout the Studio Tour and discover the secrets behind the making of the levitating cake and Harry’s flying acceptance letters.
Aspiring wizards can even try their hand at making an origami howler, just like the one delivered to Ron by Mrs Weasley in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Summer Feature
There will be a totally new feature revealed for the summer, which will be in place on the tour from May 6 to September 8.
Dark Arts
Back by popular demand, from September 12 to November 9, will be Dark Arts, the Studio Tour’s eerie Hallowe’en feature.
The magnificent Great Hall will have over 100 pumpkins floating above the Hogwarts house tables, dressed with a feast of lollipops and red apples.
Dementors and Death Eaters will appear throughout the Studio Tour and the legacy of the ghosts of Hogwarts lives on as their costumes will be on display.
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Hogwarts in the Snow
From November 15 to January 18, 2026, the much-loved Hogwarts in the Snow feature will return for the festive season.
The spectacular Great Hall will be transformed into scenes from the Yule Ball as seen in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
The Gryffindor common room, Forbidden Forest and Diagon Alley will be dressed for Christmas and the Hogwarts castle model will be coated in snow using the same technique used in the Harry Potter film series.
After opening its doors to visitors on March 31, 2012, the tour in Leavesden has been very well received with 96% of the 46,000+ reviews on TripAdvisor rating it as ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’ and over 80,000 4- or 5-star ratings on Google Reviews.
The highly rated attraction offers visitors the ultimate chance to get up close to authentic sets to discover the magic behind spellbinding special effects and explore the behind-the-scenes secrets of the Harry Potter film series.
The Studio Tour. Tickets must be pre-booked at www.wbstudiotour.co.uk and cannot be bought at the attraction.
Click here to discover how your child could attend casting sessions, and potentially star in the latest Harry Potter project.
It was announced earlier this week that open casting sessions were taking place for the new HBO TV series adaptation of the Harry Potter stories, which means there is a chance for starring roles for aspiring child actors.
Producers are looking for three youngsters to fill the roles of Harry himself, Hermione Grainger and Ron Weasley.
They said: "We are currently only able to consider children who are aged 9-11 in April 2025, and a resident of the UK or Ireland."
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