{"id":744485,"date":"2026-08-20T22:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744485\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T22:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:26:14","slug":"tickets-alert-free-back-to-hogwarts-experience-next-to-the-tower-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744485\/","title":{"rendered":"Tickets Alert: Free Back to Hogwarts experience next to the Tower of London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry Potter fans planning the traditional 1st September pilgrimage to King\u2019s Cross should take note \u2013 there will be no official Back to Hogwarts event, countdown or announcement at King\u2019s Cross station this year.<\/p>\n

Instead, the main London celebration is moving across town to Old Billingsgate, next to the Tower of London, where HBO Max will host a one-day fan event ahead of the new Harry Potter television series arriving this Christmas.<\/p>\n

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Back to Hogwarts at Old Billingsgate<\/p>\n

The one-day celebration is inspired by the forthcoming HBO Original series Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone and will include interactive experiences, exclusive giveaways and a preview of the new adaptation ahead of its debut at Christmas.<\/p>\n

Admission is free, but tickets will be required.<\/p>\n

Tickets will be released in daily batches at 11am from 24th to 28th August from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event takes place on Tuesday 1st September 2026.<\/p>\n

Information<\/p>\n

Location: Old Billingsgate Market, 1 Old Billingsgate Walk (Riverside, 16 Lower Thames St, London EC3R 6DX).
\nAll guests require a ticket, including young children. Guests must bring a valid form of ID that matches the registrant\u2019s name.
\nTickets are timed and only valid for the time slot displayed on them.
\nNew tickets will be released for each slot daily at 11am from 24th August 2026 to 28th August 2026.
\nGuests should arrive no earlier than 40 minutes before the allotted time slot and no later than 10 minutes prior to the allotted time slot as entry will not be permitted.
\nGuests will need to be able to wait in queue for up to 40 minutes. No seating will be provided while in queue.
\nUnder 18 guests must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
\nThe experience is free of charge.
\nThe experience is timed and will last 60 minutes with the opportunity to leave earlier. All guests must leave the experience when directed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Potter fans planning the traditional 1st September pilgrimage to King\u2019s Cross should take note \u2013 there will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-744485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}