Snape arrives at Malfoy Manor
Hardwick Hall — Chesterfield, Derbyshire
In the Northern England guidePlan a day here
On screen
Snape lands and strides up to a forbidding mansion for Voldemort’s council of Death Eaters around a long table. Later in the film Harry, Ron and Hermione are dragged here as prisoners.
The place today
An Elizabethan mansion from the 1590s, run by the National Trust. The park and gardens are open all year and the house seasonally; house and gardens are ticketed, and parking is charged for non-members.
Did you know? Production designer Stuart Craig said Malfoy Manor was based on Hardwick. The real front was filmed and given extra spires and towers by computer; the interiors were studio sets.
Sources: Wikipedia EN (BBC Derby) · movie-locations · National Trust
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