📧 Waitlist for Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience – Chester
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🚨 Exclusive pre-sale opens Friday 30th October at 11 AM - join the waitlist for early access to tickets! 🚨
⭐ Don't miss Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience! Walk into the depths of an enchanting forest and discover magical creatures and iconic moments from the world of Harry Potter. Having successfully enchanted audiences in 16 cities worldwide, and welcoming over 3 million visitors so far, this magical experience continues to captivate fans around the globe. Join the waitlist now!
Experience the Magic by the Numbers:
Highlights
🏞️ Follow a woodland trail through a spellbinding forest full of state-of-the-art illuminations and sound effects
🐎 Come face-to-face with some of your favourite characters and magical creatures from the Harry Potter™ and the Fantastic Beasts™ films, such as a Hippogriff, unicorns, Nifflers, and more
✨ Use your wand to cast spells and even conjure a Patronus
🍽️ Enjoy a selection of delicious food and drink inspired by the world of Harry Potter™️
📸 Take plenty of fun photos to capture magical memories from the evening adventure
General Info
📅 Dates: from 10th December 2026
🕔 Time: sessions start from 4:30 PM until 9 PM
⏳ Duration: approx. 60–90 minutes (the walking trail will take approx. 45–75 minutes)
📍 Location: Bolesworth Castle, Tattenhall, Chester, CH3 9HQ
👤 Age requirement: all ages are welcome!
♿ Accessibility: please be aware that this is a woodland walk - please consult the FAQs for more information
❓ Please consult the FAQs of this experience here
Description
Ready your wand and cast spells, come face-to-face with magical creatures and moments from the movies, and enjoy a spellbinding Forbidden Forest experience based on the Harry Potter™️ and Fantastic Beasts™️ films. Celebrate the wizarding world and explore breathtaking moments in an unforgettable experience. With 3 million visitors across 16 cities worldwide, don't miss this opportunity — join the waitlist now for Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience at Bolesworth Castle!
All characters and elements are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR.
✔️ Join the waitlist and get exclusive access to ticket presales before they are released to the general public
🚨 Exclusive pre-sale opens Friday 30th October at 11 AM - join the waitlist for early access to tickets! 🚨
⭐ Don't miss Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience! Walk into the depths of an enchanting forest and discover magical creatures and iconic moments from the world of Harry Potter. Having successfully enchanted audiences in 16 cities worldwide, and welcoming over 3 million visitors so far, this magical experience continues to captivate fans around the globe. Join the waitlist now!
Experience the Magic by the Numbers:
- 💡Over 4,000 individual lights transform the trail into a glowing wonderland
- 🐾 Over 20 life-sized magical creatures lurking within the trees
- 🪄 6 interactive spell moments to test your wandwork
- 🎬 Over 15 iconic film recreations brought vividly to life
- 🍺 Over 50 F&B options (including wizarding treats & themed drinks!)
- 🛍️ Over 100 items of exclusive merch to take the magic home
Highlights
🏞️ Follow a woodland trail through a spellbinding forest full of state-of-the-art illuminations and sound effects
🐎 Come face-to-face with some of your favourite characters and magical creatures from the Harry Potter™ and the Fantastic Beasts™ films, such as a Hippogriff, unicorns, Nifflers, and more
✨ Use your wand to cast spells and even conjure a Patronus
🍽️ Enjoy a selection of delicious food and drink inspired by the world of Harry Potter™️
📸 Take plenty of fun photos to capture magical memories from the evening adventure
General Info
📅 Dates: from 10th December 2026
🕔 Time: sessions start from 4:30 PM until 9 PM
⏳ Duration: approx. 60–90 minutes (the walking trail will take approx. 45–75 minutes)
📍 Location: Bolesworth Castle, Tattenhall, Chester, CH3 9HQ
👤 Age requirement: all ages are welcome!
♿ Accessibility: please be aware that this is a woodland walk - please consult the FAQs for more information
❓ Please consult the FAQs of this experience here
Description
Ready your wand and cast spells, come face-to-face with magical creatures and moments from the movies, and enjoy a spellbinding Forbidden Forest experience based on the Harry Potter™️ and Fantastic Beasts™️ films. Celebrate the wizarding world and explore breathtaking moments in an unforgettable experience. With 3 million visitors across 16 cities worldwide, don't miss this opportunity — join the waitlist now for Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience at Bolesworth Castle!
All characters and elements are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR.
Check out what others have said about this experience in other cities around the world!
4.7/5
based on 8819 reviews
- Amazing. Superbly organised. Not over crowded. Well thought out, with lots to see and well positioned rest and refreshment areas. Would highly recommend!
- Amazing use of the lights, the interactive parts. Friendly staff throughout. Easy to navigate. Loved the whole experience in relation to Harry Potter
- Amazing Experience and Set up , One of the best HP experiences we have been too . Highly Recommended
- Brilliant evening, full of magic. We enjoyed ourselves immensely, casting spells and generally completely immersing ourselves in the world of Harry Potter!
- It was such a magical experience. I loved every moment of it. Thank you.
- Was absolutely amazing, the interaction with the surroundings and the displays were stunning, staff are super friendly and supportive. Loved every minute.
- Great experience, really well set up and spaced out, very immersive and atmospheric. Would be great to find the gift shop on the website more easily?
- Loved this for the second year running. The interactive bits are a fantastic edition. Having toilets mid way through as well as at the beginning/end is much better. I love the extensions/extras to Hagrid’s scene. My only criticisms would be - please bring back the hologram centaurs as they were so good last year, can Grawps eyes not open? - it would be more fun if he woke up when people ring the bicycle bell and the food/drink/shop village was better last year - bigger, more choice, felt more like a village, much prettier.
- Absolutely brilliant, very unique experience and definitely worth the money.
- Really well set up, lots to see and interact with. Our 2 year old also had a great time :)
- amazing experience, the lights, sounds and props were extraordinary. the interactive parts were an added bonus.definitely a must for any witch wizard or muggle
- I liked it very much, the staff were very welcoming and helpful in helping me during my tour. I thank all the staff for making this event special.
- Fantastic evening, so much work has gone into this experience.
- It was beautiful and of course, magical. Staff were enthusiastic and added to the experience. It was beautifully organised !
- We had an absolutely fantastic night, from start to finish it was truly magical. We had my grandson with us who is 5 and he loved it. The staff were so friendly and polite and there was nothing that was to much trouble, from taking photos to having full conversations with the 5 year old. Would highly recommend and will hopefully be back next year.
Bolesworth Castle
Bolesworth Castle is a striking Gothic Revival country house set in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, just outside the village of Tattenhall. Surrounded by lush parkland, lakes, and panoramic vie...
