New Photos Reportedly Show Privet Drive Set Construction for HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV Series

by · May 19, 2025

The first photo showing the construction of one of the sets for HBO’s Harry Potter has emerged, and it is reportedly going to be Privet Drive. 

According to a photo from UnBoxPHD on X, the production isn’t reusing old sets or digitally recreating the iconic suburban street where Harry grew up with his aunt, uncle, and cousin; instead they’re constructing a brand-new Privet Drive, which looks to have a Tudor-style update with much larger houses than the ones seen in the films. 

 

 

Some may be wondering whether a new Privet Drive set is really necessary, but those who have read the Harry Potter books will know that many scenes featuring the Dursley’s house never made it into the films. From a series of Harry’s magical mishaps in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (like regrowing his hair overnight or vanishing onto a school roof) to Mr. Weasley blasting into their living room via Floo Powder in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, destroying their fireplace in the process. Plus we can’t forget the full Dursley goodbye in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where there’s a longer farewell scene where members of the Order arrive to escort the Dursleys into hiding and Dudley thanks Harry for saving his life and shakes his hand. And that’s just to name a few of them.

Whether it’s for a brief flashback or something more elaborate, if the set is Privet Drive, this series is going all in, and producers are reportedly putting a lot of money into the expansion of the Leavesden studios where it is being filmed, including new roads, multi-storey car parks, a school for all the young actors who will be playing Hogwarts students, and an animal facility for all the real-life creatures playing a role in the series.

While HBO hasn’t officially confirmed that the set is for Harry Potter, its location at Leavesden Studios makes it highly likely, and this kind of commitment shows how seriously HBO is taking the reboot.

Grace Hurley

I'm an animal-loving Ravenclaw with a Masters Degree in Writing and a passion for the Harry Potter universe since the age of five.