In a corner of northeastern England, there is a giant medieval castle, castle

anic.

With its stone towers, giant arched gateways, and thin spindly windows.

It looks a lot like Hogwarts.

In fact, it is Hogwarts.

The first two Harry Potter movies were filmed at this castle.

And like many old English castles, Anick is surrounded by these lush

ornamental gardens, but one of these gardens is unlike the others.

It's a painted black with a skull and crossbones and a worn and sign

these plants can kill.

Yeah, these plants, they're all poisonous.

And if that's not enough to put visitors on edge.

There's quite a clang when you shut the gates behind them so that kind of scares them again.

I'm Delantheris and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

And today, we're taking you to the Anuk Poison Garden, a place where stopping and smelling the flowers. Could actually kill you.

That's after this. The The rules are no touching the plants, no tasting the plants, no picking any plants to take home with them, and no smelling.

This is John Knox. He's the lead guide. with them and nurse Smalen.

This is John Knox.

He's the lead guide at the Anick Poison Garden.

And the garden can only be visited with a guide.

Being a guide there means that John has to enforce the garden's rules and the rules aren't

there just to scare visiting school kids into piping down and listening. You can

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