Christ Church College Dining Hall

Reminiscent of dining at Hogwarts, yes, but actually the dining hall at Christ Church College in Oxford. Actually, according to the BBC, the dining hall sequences in the film were actually shot here. But who knows.

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Fabee says:

Wow, this is so powerful. And yes, it's so Hogwarts-ish. I loved it. Perfect place, perfect shot, very moody.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

bokchoyboy says:

You're right, I do think of Harry Potter!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

iambigred says:

Bloody hell! Nothing like that here in Durham :(
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Lú_ says:

so beautiful! I love the "This Way" sign, too
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

José Goulão says:

it sure looks like it!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

duffyselectronic says:

Ooh. Classy!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Yorick (tonton yoyo) says:

Very british indeed !
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Glad to see the real stuff.
The movie is just a pale evocation !
...
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

danr_co says:

What atmosphere.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

FlowrBx says:

You're right, Harry Potter comes to mind first even though I've been to Oxford.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

AndroidParanoid [deleted] says:

...MEDIEVAL,OBSCURE CORRIDOR...GREAT ;-)))
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

dzna says:

Exactly what came to mind. :)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

h2okatcher [deleted] says:

Hogwarts indeed! :O)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

dsevilla says:

Wow! what a room. I like the light very much. Really nice mood captured.

diego.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Image Zen says:

Wow, thanks everyone! I'm glad you enjoyed the picture -- I'll be seeing you at "The Goblet of Fire" ;-)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Oxymoron says:

Very homely. Reminds me of my old dining hall at New College.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

jadziajadzia says:

awsome space and mood. great light/darkness effect. totally love it.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

MykReeve says:

Yes - that's where the dining hall scenes in the Harry Potter films were filmed... But you don't need the word "Freshers" there - this is where the whole college eats, not just first year students.

One detail you might have missed - on the left hand side of the hall from where this photo was taken - one of the stained glass windows includes characters from Alice in Wonderland, because Lewis Carroll (aka Charles Dodgson) used to be a tutor at Christ Church.

The Bodleian library in Oxford was used in the Potter films too - for the library scenes, as well as the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom and the infirmary.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Image Zen says:

Thanks for the info MykReeve! I missed the stained glass windows, I'll have to look for them the next time I'm there.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

oisch says:

Great place. I'm not much of a Potter fan but I like the setting alot!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Bucket2005 says:

Cool!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Cilest says:

yes - potterish. great shot.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

maryszka says:

perfect.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

liliths_nymph [deleted] says:

i so want to be a hogwarts pupil...

but i'd be a slytherin. ;)
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Spitzgogo_CHEN (Nokia 6230i) says:

Superb!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Alê Santos says:

Very, very beautiful!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

ahorn says:

great picture! reminds me ... www.flickr.com/photos/15769048@N00/228509044/
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

reverseswim says:

Ah, takes me back to my final days in Oxford this summer.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

smzeldarules says:

holy crappp *_____* that looks so much like hogwarts!! awesommeeee
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

sophie86 says:

it really looks like hogwarts!
greeting from argentina!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

they call me garret says:

I've eaten here too, and I was also told that it is the Location of Harry Potter Movies. I went to see the new potter movie and looked closely at the dining hall scenes but to be honest, I couldn't tell at all.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Luh.Paes says:

Perfect place, perfect shot, very moody.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

astonkke says:

Indeed, looks like a great set for a film.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

paperfangirl says:

This was the dining hall from the Harry Potter series. It's one of the fifteen places those films were filmed.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

m1man05 says:

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Artie | Photography says:

impressive layout
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Nalzz says:

Isn't this also in the Golden Compass?
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

WesDigital says:

Great atmosphere.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Michael H O'Neill says:

Hi,

Harry Potter was not filmed IN the hall, but the hall in the film was based on the hall at Christ Church. As it is a working hall that college were not able to make the hall available to the production company for as long and to they extent they needed it. The scenes in the first film with the sorting hat were filmed on the stairs outside the hall. Some other scenes from the first film were filmed around the college. The college was used in the second film as a set, but only about half of the scenes filmed made the final cut, the others can be seen in the DVD extras. Much less location filming has been used from film three onwards, mostly owing to the financial success of the production requiring more elaborate studio sets.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

MykReeve says:

Sorry, yes, Michael's right - I found out after I made my comment that this wasn't used as the great hall in the Potter films. I'd assumed that because they'd used the staircase outside in the first film, they'd also used the hall. In any case, it was clearly a significant influence on the set for the films!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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