Private Tour: Harry Potter Black Taxi Tour of London
London, United Kingdom
From Diagon Alley to the Leaky Cauldron take a private black taxi tour of Harry Potter sites by black taxi. Nobody knows the streets of London like a cab driver, and each taxi can hold up to five wizards and/or Muggles. This is your chance to put yourself in the shoes of Harry Potter and friends as you tour the sights of London!
Hop aboard and your expert taxi driver/guide will take you to the sites made famous by the Harry Potter series. First stop is Diagon Alley, where Harry and his friends visit at the start of every school year to pick up their supplies of spell books, robes, wands and other items in preparation for their return to Hogwarts.
Walk through the wall to get to platform 9 and 3/4 at King's Cross Station where the Hogwarts Express departs. Then see the place where Harry and Ron stole Ron's father's flying car. Stand on the bridge where the Knight bus crossed from the third book, Prisoner of Azkaban, and visit the all-new Leaky Cauldron.
Exclusive to Viator - visit the locations of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie!
Follow Harry's flight to London with Dumbledore's Army and see the bridges, buildings and ships they pass along the way. Enter the telephone box that descends into the Ministry of Magic below. Stand right where Harry and Voldemort come face to face for the first time since the Triwizard tournament in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Last stop is the Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, which is also home to Harry's beloved Godfather Sirius Black.
This tour offers fantastic value for money, comfortably seating up to 5 passengers for one fixed price!
A really awesome tour, back when Harry Potter was in vogue. My daughter, who had read every single HP book at least twice and seen all of the movies I don't know how many times enjoyed it a great deal! She was 15 at a the time so she enjoyed it even more, especially because it was our own private tour. We saw pretty much all of the sights where the HP movies take place train station, market, bridge, etc.. The driver was also very nice--and the fact that he was British duh! made the experience even more enjoyable, especially for my daughter.
Review by: Jason L, February 2018
Excellent tour guide was fun to see some of the filming locations. The key for us was that a family of 5 could ride in the car.
Review by: Janet N, January 2018
We went with our 22 year old grandson who is a big Harry Potter fan. He thought the tour was perfect. Our tour guide was very friendly and knowledgable and showed us a video clip from Harry Potter movies that corresponded to what we were seeing. Would recommend.
Review by: Philip L, October 2017
Excellent tour, very knowledgeable guide
Review by: Natalie W, October 2017
Great tour! Tour guide was fantastic.
Review by: Fr Van Hecke, October 2017
Great fun to see your kids completely being amazed by the experience of being in the same place as Harry Potter. Our kids were completely flabbergasted, excellent half day activity.
Review by: Jennifer Y, August 2017
Mick was a great tour guide. He was knowledgeable and kind. He gave us time for pictures and had a DVD of movie clips for the sights we visited.
Review by: Patrick B, August 2017
Our tour guide Mick was excellent. He knows his subject extremely well and very lively and enjoyable. Will recommend this tour especially Mick. - The Burke family
Review by: Gordon B, June 2017
Our Tour guide Nick was fantastic! He made it all fun, was very patient with us and his videos helped us remember where each stop we took was in the movies. He also let us take extra time to shop at the Platform 9 3/4 shop!
Review by: regina, April 2017
David was great! We had a wonderful time exploring London from a Harry Potter vantage. The cab was clean and comfortable. Saturday morning was to perfect time to go - there was very little traffic to compete with. Would do this again and highly recommend to others.
Review by: Michael B, April 2017
This was the kickoff of our London adventure. The driver was knowledgeable, personable, and fun.
Review by: Karen L, April 2017
Our regular tour guide was sick. They had someone fill in that had zero connection to kids. He would have been great for a historical tour of London with Elderhostel. He basically drove us around, got out said two sentences about the location and got back in the taxis. I would highly recommend going on the Warner Brothers studio tour instead. If you can't get tickets try booking them on a few different sites four days before you leave. We snared 3 tickets just two days before we left.
Review by: Mary Jo L, January 2017
Truly magical experience! Personalized and private!
Review by: Dennis K, January 2017
A must do tour for the Potterheads in your family. This tour takes you to several sites across London where either scenes were filmed or where the buildings inspired the storyline. I especially enjoyed watching the actual video clips from the spots where they were filmed. This tour deserves the top ranking it has.
Review by: Andy D, July 2016
Even the tour not going on as Supposed because our daughter fall asleep, David our driver and guide do his best to please us.
Review by: Peter D H, July 2016
This was a great alternative as the movie studio tours were all booked up. Our driver was totally awesome and very knowledgeable of all the Harry Potter films.....I think Jonathan was right up there with the knowledge as well.
Review by: denise s, July 2016
The tour was perfect, exactly as described. The house was knowledgable and nice. We loved it.
Review by: Donna K, September 2015
Unfortunately our tour got rained out. The driver tried his best and was full of information but between the rain the traffic and the local taxi strike we just sat in a cab for two hours trying to get from point a to point b. This was not the drivers the fault as I said he did everything he could to try to make it enjoyable for us but it was just one of those things.
Review by: Ruth C., July 2015
Michael was the absolute best tour guide EVER. Can't recommend him higher.
Review by: Linda Y, July 2015
Tour was very interesting and was well received my 15 year old granddaughter who is knowledgeable regarding Harry Potter. The tour guide was entertaining and pointed out fun things using a DVD to relate Harry movie scenes. Very enjoyable!!
Review by: Christel B, June 2015
it was faboulus
Review by: John L, March 2015
Gerald was superb. Got to see many of our favorite movie locations. Great personality and truly knew his stuff. Very highly recommended. Ask for him.
Review by: Jennifer C, March 2015
Our tour was wonderful, we only had 3 days in London and we did the 9-12 tour one of those days and it was $ well spent. Wish we would have had time to do the studio tour but maby next time :)
Review by: Prem C, March 2015
Our guide, David, was terrific! He was knowledgable about the movies and pointed out other interesting sights as we toured the city as well. It was the perfect way to spend our first evening in London!
Review by: sasser3306, August 2014
Great for the kids! He spoke directly to them and clearly knew about Harry. As the grown up, I would have appreciated more about London as we were driving between Potter landmarks. What little he shared was because we were asking questions.
Review by: Krista V, August 2014
My family and I loved this tour and really felt like we got to know London because of it. Our guide was knowledgeable about all the Harry Potter spots, but also filled us in on lots of general information and history about London, as well. The only issue with the tour was that all the pictures on your site include Platform 9 3/4, which is no longer included on the tour, since it is gone. This was what my daughter was looking forward to most on the tour and was fighting back the tears when the driving told us a half hour in that we wouldn't be seeing it. I would encourage you to to take down the pictures of this location, since it is no longer included in the tour.
Review by: beatrice c, July 2014
The tour guide could not have been better. He really knew his stuff !! I thought it was a bit pricey but then everything in this area was on the same level. My daughter loved it
Review by: Kim M, May 2014
David, our guide, was fantastic. We saw so many fun sights and he pointed out enough non Harry Potter sights that I thought it was a better feel of London than we had gotten on bus tour earlier in the week. Very accommodating and intimate tour. We all loved it!!
Review by: Richard D, February 2014
This tour was lots of fun - the driver was really knowledgable, friendly and accommodating - we loved it all. We have more friends from Australia visiting in April so I think I will book it again - that will be my third booking for this tour! What more can I say except..can I get a frequent booker discount????
Review by: Dan S, January 2014
great tour guide!!
Review by: Madonna R, January 2014
This was a marvelous tour with Michael. He was friendly, very knowledgeable and amusing. We enjoyed seeing the Harry Potter locations as well as being given so much other information about London as we drove around. The taxi was clean and very comfortable. Michael had a DVD player with him and would show us the relevant bits in the film at the various locations. It brought the films to life for us. Excellent tour - thanks, Michael!
Review by: Thomas O, October 2013
It was a wonderful day. The driver was so funny and knew so much about Harry Potter and also told us alot about Lodon too.
Review by: Galia Z, September 2013
Not what we expected! The real tour is outside London about two hr drive. But the driver did his best took us around London to different locations where the movies been shot
Review by: CAROL ANN T, August 2013
WE went on the Harry Potter Black Taxi tour of London. It was great. The only way to go. Just your group and great information and personal attention.
Review by: Pegomh, April 2013
Fantastic! pur driver was a riot and pointed out many additional sights. Great Fun for all
Review by: Ty E, January 2013
Great tour... Our driver was really nice and knew a lot about the books as well as having a DVD player to show you what the site looked like in the movie...
Review by: Susan, December 2012
Our guide David was great. Very interesting morning seeing sites used for the Harry Potter movies. We has a great time.
Review by: Valerie N, October 2012
The tour was "ok". My major complaint was the cost. It was 416 pounds and was no where near worth that much. It should have been half that price. If it had been, I would have given it more stars. The guide was good and again it was way overpriced for the tour.
Review by: Valerie S, October 2012
The trip was good. It was very expensive for the amount of information given and sites seen.
Review by: Sabine F, August 2012
It was not worth the money. The driver was kind but during the 2 1/2 hours tour we just drove through London for at least 2 hours. The best attraction (luggage wagon in the wall between two platforms) is gone as Victoria Station had been renovated.
Review by: MamaJode, July 2012
I took my nieces on the tour and we really enjoyed the Harry Potter trivia and visiting the different movie filming sites.
Review by: Sabine F, July 2012
It was not worth the money. The driver was kind but during the 2 1/2 hours tour we just drove through London for at least 2 hours. The best attraction (luggage wagon in the wall between two platforms) is gone as Victoria Station had been renovated.
Review by: Ayman Elsawy, July 2012
Was very good . our driver ,Martin, was very informative and loves his job. Kids enjoyed it.
Review by: Jennifer A, April 2012
Our driver was friendly and very informative and included lots of little "extras" that made our tour most enjoyable!
Review by: Ronald S, April 2012
Absolutely oustanding! Martin Lewis is unsurpassed as a guide. My grandchildren were enthralled. Ron and Darlene Samuelson
Review by: Darryl J, March 2012
We enjoyed this tour very much, as we were able to see some things that were not included in our 10-day tour of England with a travel company. My daughter, who loves the books and movies, really got a kick out of seeing this connection to Harry Potter. Our guide was accommodating and knowledgable, and made this a fun tour for us. I would say this is a "must-do" for the Harry Potter fan, as even I enjoyed it very much in spite of not having read the books or seen the movies.
Review by: Cezar, March 2012
I'm not a Harry Potter fan but my wife is...so we went ahead and bought the tour. it was interesting and would have been perfect if the weather was nicer. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and made it interesting even for me who really was not a Harry Potter fan. I give it 4 stars
Review by: Sitsoy, February 2012
I'm not a Harry Potter fan but my wife is...so we went ahead and bought the tour. it was interesting and would have been perfect if the weather was nicer. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and made it interesting even for me who really was not a Harry Potter fan. I give it 4 stars
Review by: Maggie S, February 2012
very exciting trip - a little too long for the 8 year old, but great for the 11 year old. Exciting to see and be in all those Potter places - even if you have lived in London for ages. It's not just for foreign tourists!
Review by: Sarah D, January 2012
A fabulously fun tour. Our 8 year old loved it, and we, as adults, also really enjoyed seeing the little bits of London that appeared in the Harry Potter movies which you would otherwise never have picked. Unfortunately, Kings Cross Station (Platform 9 3/4) is now being renovated so you won't get to see that on your tour any more, however the rest of the tour is still very much worthwhile, and the guide, Michael, was great as a general source of information about London also. Very much recommended if you have little Harry Potter fans with you.
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