9¾ Platform

We can't talk about King's Cross without mention Harry Potter and his famous platform 9¾ in the station. In Rowling's books, this is the entrance to the magic world of Howharts in the muggle world.

Magic World

Muggle World

This place is very important to Harry Potter fans. There, you can also find a trolley "running through the wall", like in Harry Potter films, and many other things, like...

In the station there's also a hole shop dedicated to Harry Potter, where you can find everything about that world, like wands, magic objects, a chess game based on the movie, etc.

Harry Potter Shop

Magic Map that shows what happens at real time.

Chess Match in HP1.

Alan Rickman's Dead

 

Not so far ago, the actor for Severus Snape, a very important character, died due to cancer. Althought he is famous for representing villians, he's loved all around the world. He got his first role after 2 days in Holywood, in "Die Hard" (Jungla de cristal).

Due to his dead, there've been some homages in his honor (one in Kings Cross), in which people has written banners with his mythic world "always" and his patronus, and has dressed up tunics. Here you have a video about it:

 

† Our deepest sympathies †