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Hogwarts
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the castle school in the Scottish Highlands, founded by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar…
Ministry of Magic
The Ministry of Magic is the government of wizarding Britain, reached by visitors through a telephone box in London and by employees through the fireplaces. It holds courtrooms,…
Azkaban
Azkaban is the wizarding prison on an island in the North Sea, guarded by Dementors until the Ministry removes them. Sirius Black is held there for twelve years without a trial.…
Hogsmeade
Hogsmeade is the only all-wizarding village in Britain, a short walk from Hogwarts. Third-years and above may visit on set weekends if a guardian signs their form. The village…
Gringotts
Gringotts is the wizarding bank in Diagon Alley, run by goblins. Vaults sit deep under London, some behind dragons and waterfall charms. Harry’s trust vault is there, and the…
Privet Drive
Number Four, Privet Drive, in Little Whinging, Surrey, is the Dursley house where Harry grows up in the cupboard under the stairs and later in Dudley’s second bedroom. The…
The Burrow
The Burrow is the crooked, enchanted home of the Weasley family outside Ottery St Catchpole. It is held up by magic, full of clocks and knitting, and it is the closest thing…
Room of Requirement
The Room of Requirement is a Hogwarts room that appears, on the seventh floor opposite a tapestry, when someone needs it and walks past three times thinking of that need.…
Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place is the Black family house in London, hidden by a Fidelius Charm once Dumbledore is Secret-Keeper and later under the trio’s keeping. It is the…
Diagon Alley
Diagon Alley is the London shopping street hidden behind the Leaky Cauldron. It holds Gringotts, Ollivanders, Flourish and Blotts, and the shops where a student buys a wand,…
Godric's Hollow
Godric’s Hollow is the West Country village where the Potters hid and where Voldemort’s Killing Curse rebounded. The ruined cottage, the churchyard with James and Lily’s grave,…
Chamber of Secrets
The Chamber of Secrets is a hidden hall under Hogwarts, built by Salazar Slytherin and opened by the heir who can speak Parseltongue. Its monster is the Basilisk. Tom Riddle…
St Mungo's Hospital
St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries treats magical injury and illness behind a department-store front in London. Arthur Weasley is a patient after Nagini bites…
Forbidden Forest
The Forbidden Forest stands on the edge of the Hogwarts grounds. Students are not allowed in it. It holds unicorns, centaurs, Aragog’s descendants, and the thestral herd. Harry…
The Leaky Cauldron
The Leaky Cauldron is the dingy pub that stands between Muggle London and Diagon Alley. Witches and wizards pass through it on the way to the alley. Harry stays there before his…
Platform 9¾
Platform 9¾ is the hidden platform at King’s Cross from which the Hogwarts Express leaves. A witch or wizard reaches it by walking through the solid barrier between platforms…
Knockturn Alley
Knockturn Alley is the darker shopping street that branches off Diagon Alley, known for Dark artifacts. Harry lands in it by a bad Floo connection and stumbles into Borgin and…
Shell Cottage
Shell Cottage is the burrow-side house on the coast where Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour live after their wedding. Dobby brings Harry and the other prisoners from Malfoy Manor…
Malfoy Manor
Malfoy Manor is the Wiltshire house of the Malfoy family. In the last book it is a headquarters for Voldemort. Snatchers bring Harry, Ron, and Hermione there. Dobby apparates the…