Was Goathland station used in Harry Potter?
A must-see is the celebrity station which became Hogsmeade Station in the first Harry Potter film and featured as Aidensfield in the ITV programme Heartbeat. The charming village of Goathland is just a few minutes’ walk up the bank from the station, with a great range of shops and pubs.
What was filmed at Goathland Station?
Goathland station is Hogsmeade station in the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone film. So, you see the station towards the beginning when Harry Potter departs the Hogwarts Express, and the very last scene of the film when Hagrid is waving the youngsters goodbye.
What is Goathland famous for?
The pretty village of Goathland is probably most famous for its fictional existence as ‘Aidensfield’ in ITV’s long-running drama series Heartbeat. When you visit Goathland by train you will recognise many of the landmarks from ‘Aidensfield’, including the stores, garages, pub and the railway station itself.
What train station was in Heartbeat?
Goathland Railway Station
Goathland Railway Station used in Heartbeat UK TV Show, then Hogsmeade Station in the Harry Potter.
Where was Heartbeat filmed in UK?
Goathland
The North York Moors National Park, and the quaint village of Goathland in particular is famous as being Aidensfield. The village where the ITV police drama Heartbeat was filmed.
Why is Goathland called Goathland?
The name Goathland is probably a corruption of ‘good land’. In 1109 King Henry I granted land to Osmund the Priest and the brethren of the hermitage of Goathland, then called Godelandia, for the soul of his mother, Queen Matilda, who had died in 1083. This is recorded in a charter held at Whitby Abbey.
Where was Aidensfield?
28/3/2013 Film & TV Locations on the Yorkshire Coast The North York Moors National Park, and the quaint village of Goathland in particular is famous as being Aidensfield. The village where the ITV police drama Heartbeat was filmed.
Where is the Harry Potter train station?
King’s Cross Station
Based off of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Platform 9 ¾ is a fictional train platform located in King’s Cross Station in London.
Which train is the Hogwarts Express?
The Jacobite
West Coast Railways, operators of ‘The Jacobite’, provided the steam engine and carriages for the ‘Hogwarts Express’ as seen in the ‘Harry Potter’ films including ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’ and others in this wonderful series of films.
Has anyone fallen from Malham Cove?
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Was any of Harry Potter filmed in the Lake District?
Fans of the Harry Potter series may expect to be able to find one of the locations from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in the Lake District. Instead, the producers chose to have an enormous scenic backdrop created of a magnificent Lake District view, and filmed the scene in the studio.
Where is Goathland railway station in North Yorkshire?
Goathland is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the North York Moors national park due north of Pickering, off the A169 to Whitby. It has a station on the steam-operated North Yorkshire Moors Railway line.
How many people use the Goathland railway a year?
The railway is run by a charitable trust with some paid staff but is mostly operated by volunteers and runs nearly all year including Christmas. It carries more than 250,000 passengers a year and is the second-longest preserved line in Britain.
Where is the village of Goathland in England?
Goathland is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.
Where does the last name Goathland come from?
Alternatively it may come from ‘Goda’s land’, Goda being an Old English personal name. In 1109 King Henry I granted land to Osmund the Priest and the brethren of the hermitage of Goathland, then called Godelandia, for the soul of his mother, Queen Matilda, who had died in 1083.