Filming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

filming of aerial , backdrop shots took place @ glen etive, scotland.

though producers explored options film outside of uk, leavesden film studios in watford again location on many of interior scenes, including great hall, privet drive , number twelve, grimmauld place shot.

locations in england included river thames, flight of order of phoenix number twelve, grimmauld place, , flight of dumbledore s army ministry of magic. sequence includes such landmarks london eye, canary wharf, big ben, buckingham palace, , hms belfast. filming @ platform 9¾ took place @ king s cross station, has in past. telephone booth near scotland yard used harry , arthur weasley enter ministry, while crew closed westminster tube station on 22 october 2006 allow filming of arthur weasley accompanying harry trial @ ministry of magic. other scenes filmed in , around oxford, @ nearby blenheim palace in woodstock.

in glenfinnan, hogwarts express crosses viaduct, has in past films. aerial scenes shot in glen coe, in clachaig gully, , glen etive, which, @ time of filming, 1 of few places in scotland without snow, making ideal backdrop.

director david yates stated in interview had shot three-hour film of order of phoenix. however, material had cut out in final edit, movie 45 minutes long. therefore, several locations used various scenes not appear in final cut of film. in virginia water, scenes shot professor mcgonagall recovers stunning spells, , burnham beeches used filming scene hagrid introduces fifth-year care of magical creatures class thestrals. harry skips stones in front of glenfinnan monument in glenfinnan in cut scene.