You can stay in Harry Potter's actual childhood home for just £120 a night

The dreams of Potter fans everywhere are coming true!

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 12th Nov 2019
Last updated 12th Nov 2019

Harry Potter fans up and down the country will be absolutely over the moon to discover that Harry's childhood home is available to stay in! The house, which was used in the film adaptations as Lily and James Potter's home, is in Lavenham in Suffolk and is listed on Airbnb for £120 a night.

The town of Lavenham was used to depict the Potter's village of Godric's Hollow in the films, which was also home to the Dumbledore family and was where Harry and Hermione had a run-in with Voldemort's pet snake, Nagini.

Jane Ranzetta has owned the property for 30 years, and decided to transform it into a B&B after struggling to sell it. She said, "We have hundreds of tourists outside all of the time. The house was very famous in its own right, before Harry Potter came along.

But apparently, she didn't even know that her house would be in the film until she saw it at the cinema, and was away on holiday when filming took place.

"The village - I assume the Parish Council - was approached years ago and asked if they would mind if cameras came," she explained. "We were away on holiday so we didn't even know they were there.

"They then filmed every house in the village and when my sister approached and asked if they had permission, they told her yes but they didn't know which house they were going to use, or if it would even be from our village."

You can view the house on Airbnb here.

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Daniel Radcliffe

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