Is 4 Privet Drive From Harry Potter A Real Place?
By Mia Tucker
Unfortunately, 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, England, is not a real address. Little Whinging is a fictional town, and Rowling said on Wizarding World Digital that she gave the home address the number 4 simply because she "has never been fond of the number." According to Google Maps, there is a house at 4 Privet Drive in Bristol, England, but that's not the location that Warner Bros. used for the Dursleys' home.
During the production of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in 2000 and 2001, the studio shot at 12 Picket Post Close in Bracknell, Berkshire, for the Dursley home (via BBC). It was then re-created at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in Watford, England, for subsequent appearances.
12 Picket Post Close was last put up for sale in 2016, sparking global interest, according to the BBC. Interested Potterheads would do well to keep an eye on future listings for the address should they want to live like the Dursleys — or perhaps fans would be more interested in sleeping in the cupboard under the stairs. The house is just one of many real-life locations that appear in the movies.
