Here we are at the Millennium Bridge. You can climb on it and give it a walk, but be prepared for a slight wobble. Not the magical kind of wobble, unfortunately, but the kind that made this bridge rather infamous when it first opened! Do you remember the scene in Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince where the Death Eaters destroy the bridge, sending pedestrians into the Thames? Try not to dwell on that while crossing. The bridge was built to celebrate the millennium but opened in the year two thousand with a notorious wobble which actually caused some pedestrians to fall into the river. It was closed for two years to fix it but looks amazing now. In Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, the Millennium Bridge makes a cameo as Harry flies over London to Grimmauld Place. But it's the scene of Death Eaters attacking it in the next movie that leaves an impact. Voldemort forces London into chaos, and the iconic bridge's destruction is a chilling sign of things going awry. What's particularly clever about the filmmakers' choice is how they used the Millennium Bridge to replace the fictional Brockdale Bridge mentioned in the books. The sight of this well-known London structure twisting and collapsing in the air doesn't just terrify audiences - it also humorously references the bridge's real-life wobbling issues that plagued its early days! It's a perfect example of how the films take real London landmarks and weave them into the magical narrative. The special effects team apparently spent weeks working on this sequence, using a combination of practical models and computer graphics to create the bridge's destruction. They built incredibly detailed miniatures of sections of the bridge, then used controlled explosions and digital effects to create that heart-stopping moment when the bridge literally tears itself apart. The way the bridge twists and writhes almost makes it look alive - like some massive magical creature in its death throes. From the bridge you can also glimpse Saint Paul’s cathedral. The cathedral is home to the spiralling Geometric Staircase which, in the movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, leads to Professor Trelawney's Divination classroom. I haven’t included it as a stop as the cathedral requires admission tickets and this stair is not always open for viewing. However, if you do happen to visit the cathedral, do take a peek at the staircase. It's pure magic, even without Trelawney's crystal balls! Perhaps it is now time to say Expecto Patronum. Let's keep those dementor-like thoughts about bridge collapses at bay and continue our magical journey! Our next stop is another ten minutes away but I promise that the stops are closer together after that