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Pictures: Harry Potter Studio Tour, Leavesden Studios

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Diagon Alley at the Harry Potter studio tour.
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Ever dreamed of taking a stroll down Diagon Alley? Well, very soon you could be doing just that...

Model of Hogwarts School from the Harry Potter films
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See Hogwarts itself in all its glory. Well - it's a model of course, but it's still pretty cool. It's part of a new exhibition: the Harry Potter Studio Tour at Warner Brothers Leavesden Studios, near Watford.

Potion ingredients.
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The tour lets you get up close and personal with loads of the weird and wonderful props and buildings featured in the wizarding series, like these potion jars.

Aragog the spider from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Just because they're models doesn't mean they're not scary! Check out Aragog the spider - creepy!

A mermaid prop from The Making of Harry Potter
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Check out this close-up of an amazing mermaid prop. It's got loads of detail like the teeth and the ears.

A visitor takes a picture of the Great Hall.
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You can stand in the Great Hall and imagine you're in Gryffindor banqueting with Harry and Hermione...

Two visitors play in one of the cars from Harry Potter.
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Or, like these fans, you can take a magic spin in the Weasley's little blue car.

Two visitors play on one of the buses at the Harry Potter studio tour.
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Maybe you'd like to climb aboard the purple triple-decker Knight Bus from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

The entrance to The Great Hall.
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The entrance to the Great Hall might look really old - but it's just another newly-built set like the rest of it!

Two visitors look around Dumbledore's office.
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In Dumbledore's office you can check out all his wizard portraits - unfortunately there wasn't enough room for his phoenix, it was a bit of a fire hazard...

Goblin masks on display at the Harry Potter studio tour.
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Up close, all of the goblin masks from the workers at Gringotts Wizarding Bank look pretty scary! The studios open to muggles on Saturday 31 March - but tickets are sold out for weeks.