We were so happy to be able to go inside Gloucester Cathedral this visit. We visited in 2004 with our daughter Katie for her “graduation gift trip” but we arrived to Gloucester when it was closed. This will also serve as my ABC Wednesday Post for the letter H since these beautiful halls were filmed as part of Hogwarts School. If you haven’t read or watched the Harry Potter books or movies you won’t know what I’m talking about but you can still enjoy these beautiful Cloisters and for ABC Wednesday you can call them hallways!
The cloisters were used in filming a couple of the Harry Potter films. You can read about it here. I know some of my friends have avoided reading the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. My family has enjoyed J.K. Rowling’s writing and the battle between good and evil.
We were amazed with this part of the cathedral and there was still so much more to see.
Thank you to the ABC Team and to Denise Nesbitt for ABC Wednesday!
Have a good first week of September!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
What really nice shots – you’ve captured the details on the ceiling and door superbly!
GORGEOUS, HIGH ceilings!
ROG, ABCW
What gorgeous ceilings, like lace!! And your photography does it justice, or seems to. I know there is nothing like being there. But good job!
I am continually amazed at the incredible intricacy of the carvings in these beautiful cathedrals. I loved Harry Potter!!!!
What a glorious place! Your first photo makes me want to walk right in and spend lots of time there. Such beauty and detail – I don’t know how those anonymous men who crafted such intricacy and loveliness managed it. I love the whole idea of cloisters and always have . . . peace, quiet, holiness and prayer, rest and healing . . . I too enjoyed the Harry Potter novels, the first three of them were mesmerizing and so entertaining. After that I seemed to lose interest in all that fantasy but remember fondly those I did read.
Wonderful pictures, breath taking, such intricacy in the carvings, absolutely awe inspiring!
Di.x
The details indeed. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to meet the guys who created this beauty using hand tools?
I did not know that there was a real and beautiful place, let alone, a cathedral used for several of my favorite movies! thank you for sharing!
These HALLS are absolutely gorgeous! You’re so lucky to have been able to visit. Next time I’m in England, I must a point of visiting.
leslie
abcw team
Its other worldly look would be perfect for fantasy film. Incredible to think it is carved stone as it looks so ethereal.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Your photos are fabulous – I want to run off to Gloucester to see this place. I adore architecture – Gloucester Cathedral would keep me busy for quite some time.
Loved the books, loved the movies…marvelous shots♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/hole-on-hold/
These shots are breathtaking – Wow – so amazing!!!!!! I really hope we get to see that someday.
Without those modern things on the one wall, your photos of this cathedral look like a painting. The intricacy is mind-blowing.
Very impressive….. it must be to walk underneath all that beauty!
Fabulous looking pictures…. the creaters of it must have had lots of time spent to make it.
I like Harry Potter series too. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful photos. It’s funny how so many different angles make the picture more real. Looks like such a fabulous trip and meaningful as you spent time together.
Wow, beautiful architecture! Very fancy Hallways.
I would be one of those people who’ve never read the books nor seen the movies and have no desire to do so either. However…this is an amazing Cathedral and your photographs really showed off it’s beauty. I enjoyed them very much.
Hi Ellen, I love these photos! These cloisters are incredibly beautiful!! It is always amazing to me how all of this intricate work was done so many centuries ago.
I know what you mean about the Harry Potter books; we have friends who refuse to read them, too. We at our house loved the books and the movies. Thanks for showing us these beautiful hallways, ceilings, and windows. I do indeed recognize them from the movies. 🙂
Have a wonderful week, Ellen!
Hugs,
Denise
Admirable architecture of the hallways! JK Rowling’s Harry potter series are amazingly innovative in supernatural content. Symbolically it is a battle between good and evil.
Her plots are mind blowing and sharpen the imagination of the reader as well, if he/she really wants to enjoy the story. She is a smart woman as she could feel the pulse of the young readers. She imagined something which was out of the box and succeeded marvelously.
Wow! These are amazing!