A lovely college where parts of Harry Potter were filmed
Normally open to visitors are the Cloisters (familiar to anyone who watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire—remember the scene where Malfoy gets turned into a ferret?), the lovely Chapel, the DIning Hall, the Gardens, and the City Wall.
Mar 13–Oct 13: 11am–5pm (enter via New College Lane)
Oct 15–Mar 12: 2–4pm (enter via Holywell Street gate)
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.
