Snape’s worst memory
Blenheim Palace, the “Harry Potter tree” — Woodstock, near Oxford
In the Oxford guidePlan a day here
On screen
In a lesson where Snape teaches him to shield his mind, Harry breaks into Snape’s memory. He sees the teenage Snape humiliated by James Potter and Sirius under a tree by the lake, and it shakes everything Harry believed about his father.
The place today
A cedar of Lebanon on the bank of the Great Lake, below the palace near the Grand Bridge. Reach it on a Palace or Park ticket, or on foot along public rights of way from Woodstock. The tree is fenced, with cables supporting its branches.
Did you know? According to Blenheim, the cedar had been growing on the estate for more than 250 years before its film role. Blenheim is also where Winston Churchill was born.
Sources: Blenheim Palace · movie-locations · Oxford Mail (HPANA)
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