In order to get up and close to the Platform 9 ¾ sign, you will need to travel to King’s Cross Station in London, which has its own tube and train station. You can reach King’s Cross Station via routes 10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 59, 63, 73, 91, 205, 214, 259, 390 and 476.

In 1991, Harry Potter, being a first-year, went to Platform 9¾ for the first time after being told to go there at King Cross Station. In 1992, Dobby the House-elf did something to the barrier dividing platforms 9 and 10, in order to prevent Harry Potter and Harry and Ron accessing the platform.

Platform Nine and Three-Quarters (Platform 9¾) was a platform at King’s Cross Station in London. In order for someone to get onto Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, they had to walk directly at the apparently solid barrier dividing Platforms Nine and Ten.

The “9” is Gill Sans, stretched slightly to align with the reference image.

Where was the The Leaky Cauldron filmed? In the first film the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron was filmed in Leandenhall Market in London. Leandenhall Market was built in the late 19th century and is a beautiful example of a Victorian market. Also this was the location for some exterior Diagon Alley scenes.

Kings Cross is a district in Central London, England, 1.5 miles (2.5 km) north of Charing Cross. It is served by London King’s Cross railway station, the terminus of one of the major rail routes between London and the North.

King’s Cross railway station, also known as London King’s Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London. Adjacent to King’s Cross station is St Pancras International, the London terminus for Eurostar services to continental Europe.

Lumos. Lumos is a typeface inspired by the chapter titles in the US editions of the Harry Potter books. It also includes a number of Harry Potter symbols, including a broom and Golden Snitch.

The Leaky Cauldron Leadenhall Market in the City of London was used as Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The entrance to wizard’s pub, the Leaky Cauldron, is in real life an optician in Bull’s Head Passage in Leadenhall Market.

HOW TO GET TO PLATFORM 9 3/4. To avoid visitors clamouring onto the platforms, King’s Cross has placed the “real Platform 9 and 3/4” at the back of King’s Cross Rail Station. This means one needs to walk all the way to the end of the station to find it – a short walk and definitely worth it! We recommend using this Google map for exact directions.

In the wizarding world, Harry and his friends get to the platform by dashing through a brick wall between platforms 9 and 10. Meanwhile, in the real King’s Cross, platforms 9 and 10 are separated by tracks, but you can find a platform 9¾ on the wall in the station concourse. Look out for a luggage trolley embedded in…

Keep walking past the ticket office, and then walk to the right of the Disabled Meeting Point sign. Continue walking straight ahead past the cash machines, and on the right you will see the Platform 9 ¾ sign (which is located directly under the footbridge).

The Ultimate Guide to visiting platform 9 3/4. Located in King’s Cross Station, London’s Platform 9 ¾ is quite possibly the most famous railway platform in the world – and it doesn’t even exist.