Visit Platform 9¾™ at the Harry Potter™ Studio London

The ultimate guide for exploring Platform 9¾

Platform 9¾ is the mysterious train station in the Harry Potter series that is secretly hidden between platforms 9 and 10 at London's King's Cross station. Unless you're brave enough to fly a Ford Anglia across the country, it's the only spot you can catch the quickest train to Hogwarts. So, as a muggle, can you actually visit the place? Let's find out!

Did you know?

In a 2001 interview with the BBC, J.K. Rowling confessed to mixing up Euston Station with King's Cross Station. She revealed, “I wrote Platform 9¾ when I was living in Manchester, and I wrongly visualized the platforms, and I was actually thinking of Euston, so anyone who’s actually been to the real platforms 9 and 10 in King’s Cross will realize they don’t bear a great resemblance to the platforms 9 and 10 as described in the book. So that’s just me coming clean, there. I was in Manchester; I couldn’t check.”

Interestingly, even at Euston station, platforms 9 and 10 are also adjacent, which once again leaves no room for a magical brick wall!

During the production of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the team renumbered platforms 4 and 5 at King's Cross Station to deal with the issue of not having a brick wall separating them. Additionally, the film production opted to utilize the neighboring St. Pancras Station, known for its exquisite Victorian architecture, for the exterior scenes of the train station rather than the less spectacular King's Cross Station.