Mersey Tunnels feature in film of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Sep 9 2009 by David Bartlett, Heswall News

A MERSEY tunnel played host to a magical adventure as a scene from the final Harry Potter movie was filmed.

Crew from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – the final Potter film – arrived at the mouth of the Queensway Tunnel this week for the start of a four-day shoot.

The filming will take place at night in the Birkenhead tunnel while it is closed for routine maintenance.

Fans hoping to catch a glimpse of stars like Daniel Radcliffe who plays Harry Potter or Emma Watson (Hermione) are likely to be disappointed as publicist for the Warner Brothers film said none of the main cast members are involved in the shoot.

Film bosses were tight-lipped about which part of the plot was being filmed, but it is likely to be an action scene given that stunt experts Bickers Action are involved.

JK Rowling’s seventh Potter book features a part known as the Seven Potters where seven Harry Potters are created to act as a diversion from Death Eaters controlled by villain Lord Voldemort.

It is believed the scene is related to this and is thought to involve Hagrid, who has so far been played by Robbie Coltrane, racing through the tunnel on Sirius Black’s motorbike with Harry Potter in a sidecar fighting off enemies with his wand. A publicist for the film said: “We have got a unit shooting for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

“There are no principal cast members there. It is going very well and everybody has been very accommodating.”