Last minute tickets to Harry Potter Tour in London?

October 22, 2018 1:01 AM

My girlfriend and i will be in London between Oct 24 and Oct 30. She wants to go on the Harry Potter WB studio tour for her birthday, but it turns out that their tickets are sold out into 2019. Is there any way to source a pair of tickets?
posted by duende to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (7 answers total)

Staying at a decent hotel? if so, try the concierge. Otherwise look for tour companies who offer packages. We did a Moulin Rouge package that also involved a boat trip on the Seine because we couldn't book direct (no seats for when we wanted). Bonus was excellent seats, and no queues.
posted by GeeEmm at 1:37 AM on October 22, 2018

Please be aware that the HP "facility" is not actually in London. It is near the town of Watford 25 miles from the centre of London. You can catch a train from Euston station in London to Watford Junction station and then get the Harry Potter bus which will take you to the (Leavesden) studio. (It's a normal bus and not a triple decker!)
posted by JtJ at 2:32 AM on October 22, 2018 [2 favorites]

One thing you should do is to check Gumtree regularly. Someone might put up some tickets at the last minute there, you never know.
posted by cincinnatus c at 6:06 AM on October 22, 2018

Also, this Tripadvisor reviewer describes how she went about getting last-minute tickets (in 2015).
posted by cincinnatus c at 6:18 AM on October 22, 2018

We managed to get tickets as part of a package tour from International Friends after direct sales were sold out. Sadly, they don't currently have any available for this month.
posted by mbrubeck at 12:32 PM on October 22, 2018

I should have added that we found ours with a simple google search. YMMV.
posted by GeeEmm at 1:49 PM on October 22, 2018

One thing you should do is to check Gumtree regularly. Someone might put up some tickets at the last minute there, you never know.

Following up on my own answer, some tickets for a tour tomorrow have been put up on Gumtree in the last few minutes.
posted by cincinnatus c at 2:45 AM on October 26, 2018