7 Best Harry Potter Stores in London

After booking and enjoying a Harry Potter tour of London, there's no better way to end this magical adventure than by visiting the Harry Potter stores in the city, where you can buy that Harry Potter souvenir you've been dreaming about for so long to add to your collection. Take note because there are plenty of them!

After booking a Harry Potter tour of London, you have to visit this store located next to the famous Platform 9 and ¾ of Kings Cross Station. So, if you forgot to grab your potions book before catching the Hogwarts Express, you can always pop into the Kings Cross store for a quick purchase. The idea to open one of the Harry Potter stores in London next to platform 9 and ¾ at Kings Cross station was born from the large number of visitors who came here to see one of the London locations featured in the films.

The Harry Potter trolley belongs to the store and its employees organize the queue so that you can have your photo taken pushing it to enter the platform. They put a Hogwarts scarf on you and throw it in the air to give the moment a more realistic feel. You can then buy that professional style photograph.

The interior design of the Harry Potter store in Kings Cross is inspired by Ollivander's store in the novels. The decor is the best! This store has an exclusive collection created for it that you won't be able to find in any of the other Harry Potter stores in London - all the more reason to come here!

• Address: Euston Rd, London N1 9AL, UK.
• How to get there: By tube, Circle, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines.

In Soho you will find another of the coolest Harry Potter stores in London known as House of Minalima. It is an art gallery specializing in graphic design whose main exhibition focuses on the magical universe of Hogwarts.

The artists Eduardo Lima and Miraphora Mira worked on the films of the saga and were responsible for the design of many of the elements that appeared on the big screen, such as the 'Weasley's Sortileys', the covers of the 'Daily Prophet' or chocolate frogs, among others. An ideal visit after the bus tour of the Harry Potter locations.

I recommend going to House of Minalima on a weekday to peruse the free exhibition on Harry Potter (on weekends it is usually crowded) and then take advantage of the visit to buy a unique souvenir designed by these artists on the magical universe of the young wizard.

• Address: 157 Wardour St, London W1F 8WQ, United Kingdom.
• How to get there: By tube, Piccadilly Circus station, Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines.

Also in Soho you can visit another of the most fascinating Harry Potter stores in London: House of Spells. Its decoration and atmosphere is very much in line with the stores that appear in the wizard's movies, so entering it seems as if you were in one of the famous Diagon Alley. It's amazing!

As for the products sold in House of Spells you can find all kinds of things related to the Harry Potter universe (wands, magic books, uniforms, figurines of the characters, candy, toys and a long etcetera) but also about other fantasy sagas such as Game of Thrones, Frozen, Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings, among many others.

If you love collecting items about your favorite books and movies, you should definitely drop by House of Spells after enjoying the Harry Potter locations tour- you'll be there for hours! You'll find it just a few minutes walk from Leicester Square tube station.

• Address: 69-71 Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0NE, UK.
• How to get there: By tube, Leicester Square station, Northern and Piccadilly lines.

One of the most fun experiences you can have in London as a Potterhead is to book tickets to the Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio Park- it's amazing! During your visit to the Warner Bros. studios you can enter several different stores where you can buy some souvenirs related to the wizarding world:

• The Studio Shop: where you'll see personalized t-shirts, Hogwarts scarves and uniforms, wand replicas, Quidditch flags or stuffed animals, among other things.
• The Forbidden Forest Shop: where you can buy products related to this mysterious place in Hogwarts and the creepy creatures that inhabited it.
• The Railway Shop: where I advise you to buy some magical treats such as chocolate frogs, licorice wands or peppermint toads to eat on the way back to London.

Visiting the official Harry Potter Studios Park stores is part of the experience in itself. They are perfectly set and you can find a lot of very original products that are not available in other stores. For example, in addition to the typical Harry Potter merchandising, the Warner Bros. Studios official store also sells beautiful artwork and exclusive editions for those collectors looking for a more special and unique souvenir.

In my opinion it is a fabulous store to expand your Harry Potter collection and buy some gifts given its wide variety of pieces. However, to access this place it is essential to have a ticket to the Harry Potter Studios Park and if you do not plan the tour well in advance it is not easy to acquire them because the demand is very high and the tickets end up flying like Hedwig. In the post Harry Potter tickets resale in London I explain what you can do to get the official tickets with all the guarantees.

• Address: Studio Tour Dr, Leavesden, Watford WD25 7LR, United Kingdom.
• How to get there: By train, Watford Junction station.

Although in almost every Primark in the world you will find a small section dedicated to the Harry Potter universe, the one on Oxford Street has become one of the unofficial stores about this saga in the world.

Unlike other shopping centers of the company, the Oxford Street Primark has a huge section full of products on the novels of J.K. Rowling and after booking a Harry Potter tour of London you will get the bug to approach and find almost everything you propose. From slippers, plushies and backpacks, to stationery, household products and Hogwarts-inspired clothing.

Primark is probably one of the Harry Potter stores in London where you can buy souvenirs at very cheap prices. The downside is that, as it is not an official supplier, some of the product designs are a bit of a knock-off, but who cares about that when you can take those cool Gryffindor pajamas home with you for so little money?

• Address: 14-28 Oxford St, London W1D 1AU, UK.
• How to get there: By tube, Tottenham Court Road station, Central and Northern lines.

This toy store located in Regent's Street is an institution in the city to be one of the oldest, with a whopping 250 years old. A multi-storey store where you can admire thousands of toys and an exclusive area dedicated to the Harry Potter saga, Hamleys you will love it so much that you will not want to leave!

I recommend that after enjoying the Harry Potter tour, you take a walk around the entire toy store, as there are very curious items. But especially in the section dedicated to the young wizard, because on the shelves are exposed a lot of things that will tempt you. From the glasses and the wand of the main character, the golden snitch, Tom Riddle's diary or the Marauder's map to board games, mugs, stuffed animals or key chains inspired by Hogwarts.

Whether because it is one of the oldest toy stores in the city or because you are a big fan of the Harry Potter saga, the Hamleys store is always worth a visit. Especially if you travel to London with your family because the kids will have a great time in such a big toy store, a plan that they will enjoy a lot!

• Address: 188-196 Regent St., London W1B 5BT, United Kingdom.
• How to get there: By tube, Piccadilly Circus station, Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines.

You can not miss in a list of Harry Potter stores in London the Lego Store in Leicester Square, the largest in the world! Take advantage and stop by after enjoying your ticket to the Harry Potter Studios Park.

Just to admire the Lego constructions in the store is worth the visit, but they also have a large section dedicated to the magical universe created by the writer J.K. Rowling with the brand's own touch.

Besides being able to buy the Hogwarts castle and the Hogwarts Express, Hagrid's hut, Diagon Alley or the Astronomy Tower among other toys that belong to the Harry Potter collection, you can also see replicas of some of the most emblematic tourist attractions in London as the typical red phone booth, Big Ben or a subway car. It will be difficult for you to get here only one toy because they are pretty cool!

• Address: 3 Swiss Ct, London W1D 6AP, United Kingdom.
• How to get there: By tube, Leicester Square station, Northern and Piccadilly lines.