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)
In that paragon of travel documentaries, National Lampoon's European Vacation, there is a scene in which Ellen Griswold (Beverly D'Angelo) forgets to lock the door on the shared bathroom in their London hotel. A man comes in to brush his teeth and is pleasantly surprised when Ellen—washcloth over face and believing the man to be her hubby, Clark—calls to him from the bathtub to join her. Shock and hilarity ensue. The accidental intruder was played by none of ther than Robbie Coltrane, 16 years before he embodied Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.
