Berkshire, Bucks & Surrey
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- On screen
- Privet Drive, Little Whinging
- Where
- Martin's Heron, Bracknell, Berkshire
- Time & access
- Private homes: view from the street only and respect residents.
In the film
Hagrid, Dumbledore and McGonagall leave baby Harry on the Dursleys’ doorstep. The close stood in for Privet Drive in the first two films; a purpose-built set took over from Prisoner of Azkaban.
History in brief
A cul-de-sac on the Martin’s Heron estate, one of the housing developments that grew up around Bracknell new town in the late 20th century.
The place today
An ordinary residential street of private homes.
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