Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey – Chapter House
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- On screen
- Room of the Mirror of Erised
- Where
- Lacock, Wiltshire
- Time & access
- National Trust: ticket or membership.
In the film
Harry finds the Mirror of Erised and Dumbledore explains what it shows. In Chamber of Secrets it is the classroom where the students eye Harry with suspicion.
History in brief
Lacock Abbey was founded as an Augustinian nunnery in 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury. After the Dissolution it became a country house, where William Henry Fox Talbot made pioneering photographs in the 1830s.
The place today
Open with the abbey.
Always check opening times, access rules and travel advice before you go.