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Westminster Underground Station
Harry and Mr Weasley’s Tube journey to the Ministry in Harry Potter. Working station · normal fare applies; allow 15–30 minutes.
- On screen as
- Harry and Mr Weasley’s Tube journey to the Ministry
- Series and episodes
- Order of the Phoenix · Film 5
- Access
- Working station · normal fare applies
- Time needed
- 15–30 minutes
- Where
- Westminster, London
On screen
How Westminster Underground Station appears
Westminster Underground station supplies the Tube setting for Harry and Arthur Weasley’s journey to the Ministry in Order of the Phoenix. The real transport station is in London, while the Ministry itself is fictional and is not a destination accessible from a secret visitor exit. The sequence uses the everyday mechanics of London travel as part of Harry’s wizarding story. A present-day journey can recognise the architecture and atmosphere without treating the station as an exhibition or expecting the film’s events to be marked.
The real place
What you can visit
Westminster is a busy London Underground station on the Jubilee, District and Circle lines, beneath Bridge Street opposite the Houses of Parliament. Its deep concrete-and-steel escalator hall is the space recognisable from Order of the Phoenix, when Harry and Mr Weasley travel to the Ministry of Magic. There is nothing to visit beyond the station itself: you see it by travelling through it with a normal ticket or contactless payment.
Travel outside rush hour if you want a calmer look at the escalator hall, and keep moving on the escalators.
Mayor of London ↗Use the station as part of a journey: tap in with a ticket, Oyster or contactless card. Avoid rush hours if you want a calmer look at the escalator hall, and never stop on escalators or block platforms for photographs. The station has step-free access between street and Jubilee line platforms; check TfL's current station information if you need it. Westminster Bridge and the Thames are directly outside.
Common questions
Planning a responsible visit
Which scene was filmed at Westminster station?
Harry and Arthur Weasley's Tube journey to his Ministry hearing in Order of the Phoenix. The Ministry itself is fiction and was built in the studio.
Can I take photos inside the station?
Casual personal photos are generally fine, but keep out of the way of passengers and staff, and don't use tripods or stop on escalators.
What can I combine it with?
Lambeth Bridge, also seen in Order of the Phoenix, is a short walk south along the river, and the Millennium Bridge is a few stops east.
Plan your visit
Build it into the day.
Walk south along the river to Lambeth Bridge, also seen in Order of the Phoenix, or take the Jubilee line east towards the Millennium Bridge.
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