![]() Where, in the 1800s, children once ran barefoot as their parents munched green peas on their doorsteps, at the start of the new millenium, Chris Columbus found inspiration for the set of Harry Potter - it seems that Goodwin’s Court was the model for Knockturn Alley, the twin street of Diagon Alley which, in the novels of Joanne Rowling, hosts shops dedicated to witchcraft. ![]() And to think that in the ‘30s, this street connecting St Martin’s Lane and Bedfordbury escaped demolition by a hair - the old buildings mentioned by Charles Dickens in Bleak House seemed an offence to the progressively modern urban landscape. ![]() Buildings in the Georgian style, old-fashioned store fronts, bow windows from the 1700s and gaslights offer an unexpected view of London. Right near the highly-central Leicester Square, Goodwin’s Court is a secret place where time seems to have stood still. The atmosphere is that of an old novel, yet the heart of a modern metropolis pulses all around us.
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