{{Short description|none}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:Places in ''Harry Potter''}} {{In-universe|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2013}} The [[Fictional universe of Harry Potter|fictional universe of ''Harry Potter'']] contains numerous settings for the events in the [[Harry Potter|novels]], [[Harry Potter (film series)|films]] and other media of the ''[[Harry Potter (franchise)|Harry Potter]]'' and the ''[[Fantastic Beasts]]'' series. These locations are divided into four main categories: residences, education, commerce, and government.
==Residences== ===The Burrow=== [[File:The Making of Harry Potter 29-05-2012 (7537421914).jpg|thumb|Scale model of ''The Burrow'' in [[Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter|The Making of Harry Potter]] exhibition.]] The home of the Weasley family is known as the Burrow. It is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole in [[Devon]], England, near the homes of the [[Luna Lovegood|Lovegoods]], the [[Cedric Diggory|Diggorys]] and the Fawcetts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mittra |first=Archita |date=6 December 2019 |title=Harry Potter: 10 Hidden Details You Didn't Realize About The Burrow |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-burrow-weasley-home-details-secrets/ |access-date=3 November 2020 |work=Screen Rant}}</ref> The Burrow is used as the headquarters of the [[Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]''. The dilapidated house has seven floors and remains standing only through the use of magic.
===Godric's Hollow=== Godric's Hollow is a fictional [[West Country]] wizarding village where [[Lily Potter|Lily]] and [[James Potter (character)|James Potter]] lived with their infant son [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]].{{efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref>{{cite book |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |url=https://archive.org/details/harrypottersorce00rowl |title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |publisher=Scholastic |year=2001 |isbn=0-590-35342-X |chapter=The Boy Who Lived |oclc=37975719 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="godricshollow">{{cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |title=F.A.Q. |url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=86 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905131315/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=86 |archive-date=5 September 2006 |access-date=30 August 2006 |publisher=J. K. Rowling Official Site}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |publisher=Arthur A. Levine Books |year=2007 |location=New York, NY |pages=164}}</ref>}} It has been a home to [[Albus Dumbledore]], [[Bathilda Bagshot]] and [[Godric Gryffindor]], after whom it was named. At the centre of the village square is a war memorial that magically transforms into a monument to the Potter family. At the end of the main street are the remains of Harry's old home. In ''Deathly Hallows'', Harry discovers that the Godric's Hollow cemetery where his parents are buried also contains the grave of Ignotus Peverell.<ref name="Godric's Hollow">{{cite book |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |date=21 July 2007 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-0-7475-9105-4 |chapter=Godric's Hollow |oclc=173512210}}</ref>
===Little Hangleton=== Little Hangleton is a fictional [[Muggle]] village in the north of England, roughly two hundred miles from Little Whinging.<ref>Rowling, J.K. (2000). "The Riddle House", ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''. (Bloomsbury. {{ISBN|978-1-4088-4567-7}})</ref> It contains the graveyard where [[Voldemort]] is restored to bodily form in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Goblet of Fire]]''. On a hill above the village is the former estate of the [[Riddle family]], where Voldemort killed his father, his grandparents and the Muggle gardener [[Frank Bryce]]. Also nearby is the former home of the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunt family]].
===Malfoy Manor=== Malfoy Manor is the home of [[Lucius Malfoy|Lucius]] and [[Narcissa Malfoy]] and their son [[Draco Malfoy|Draco]]. The novel ''Order of the Phoenix'' states that the manor is located in [[Wiltshire]]. In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'', Voldemort uses Malfoy Manor as his headquarters and imprisons [[Luna Lovegood]], [[Dumbledore's Army#Dean Thomas|Dean Thomas]], [[Mr. Ollivander]] and [[Griphook]] in the basement. When Snatchers capture [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]], [[Ron Weasley|Ron]], and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]], they are also imprisoned in the manor. Some of the Malfoy Manor scenes in the ''Harry Potter'' films were shot at [[Hardwick Hall]] in Derbyshire.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 November 2010 |title=Harry Potter scenes shot at Derbyshire's Hardwick Hall |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/derby/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9223000/9223641.stm |access-date=24 January 2019 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
===Number 4, Privet Drive=== [[File:Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging.jpg|thumb|The set used for the Dursley home in the ''Harry Potter'' films]] Harry is raised from infancy by his aunt [[Petunia Dursley]] and his uncle [[Vernon Dursley]] at Number 4, Privet Drive. The house is located in the fictional town of Little Whinging, which is south-west of London in the county of [[Surrey]].<ref name="New York Review of Books">{{cite magazine |last1=Lurie |first1=Alison |date=16 December 1999 |title=Not for Muggles |url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/264# |access-date=21 October 2009 |magazine=New York Review of Books}}</ref> [[Albus Dumbledore]] explains to Harry that when his mother sacrificed herself to save him, an ancient magic was created that protects Harry as long as he lives with Petunia, his mother's sister. Unbeknownst to Harry, his neighbour [[Arabella Figg]] is a [[Blood purity (Harry Potter)#Squibs|Squib]] who was placed in Little Whinging by Dumbledore to keep an eye on Harry.
Scenes taking place at the Dursley residence in the film adaptation of ''[[Philosopher's Stone (film)|Philosopher's Stone]]'' were filmed at 12 Picket Post Close in the town of [[Bracknell]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Low |first1=Jonathan |last2=Ritchie |first2=Candice |date=23 September 2016 |title=Owner of Harry Potter house reveals what is really kept in the cupboard under the stairs |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/owner-harry-potter-house-reveals-11922899 |access-date=2 November 2020 |work=Berkshire Live}}</ref> Filming for subsequent films took place on a set at [[Leavesden Film Studios]], near Watford, Hertfordshire that proved to be cheaper than filming on location.<ref>Shephard, Ben (7 July 2007). Harry Potter: Behind the Magic (TV). [[ITV1]].</ref>
===Number 12, Grimmauld Place=== Number 12, Grimmauld Place is the London home of the [[Black family (Harry Potter)|Black family]]. In the fifth novel, it is selected as the headquarters of the [[Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]]. A [[house-elf]] named [[Kreacher]] inhabits the house. In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Half-Blood Prince]]'', Harry learns that he has inherited Number 12 from his deceased godfather Sirius Black, and he donates the property to the Order. In ''Deathly Hallows'', the house becomes a sanctuary for Harry, Ron, and Hermione while they are hiding from Voldemort.
===Shell Cottage=== [[File:Harry Potter Shell Cottage Freshwater West.JPG|thumb|Shell Cottage as depicted in the ''Harry Potter'' films]] Shell Cottage is the home of [[Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] after they get married. It overlooks a beach outside the village of Tinworth in [[Cornwall]]. The cottage serves as a hiding place for Harry and his companions after they escape from Malfoy Manor in ''Deathly Hallows''. After [[Dobby (Harry Potter)|Dobby]] dies, Harry buries him in the cottage's garden. The scenes set at Shell Cottage in the film adaptations of ''Deathly Hallows'' were shot on [[Freshwater West]] beach in Wales.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 May 2009 |title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: mystery cottage on beach in Wales |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5291037/Harry-Potter-And-The-Deathly-Hallows-mystery-cottage-on-beach-in-Wales.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008175015/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5291037/Harry-Potter-And-The-Deathly-Hallows-mystery-cottage-on-beach-in-Wales.html |archive-date=8 October 2018 |access-date=8 October 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
===Spinner's End=== The house of [[Severus Snape]] is located in a fictional Muggle town called Spinner's End.<ref>{{cite book |last=Granger |first=John |title=Looking for God in Harry Potter |publisher=[[Tyndale House Publishers]] |year=2006 |isbn=1-4143-0634-2 |page=182}}</ref> The town first appears in ''Half-Blood Prince'' when Snape is visited there by [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] and [[Narcissa Malfoy]]. In ''Deathly Hallows'', it is revealed that Snape lived in Spinner's End as a child, and that [[Lily Potter]] and [[Petunia Dursley]] lived in the same town.
==Education==
=== Beauxbatons === {{Main|Beauxbatons}} The Beauxbatons Academy of Magic is a French magic school. It is first introduced in ''Goblet of Fire'' when a delegation of students from Beauxbatons arrives at [[Hogwarts]] for the Triwizard Tournament. Beauxbatons is described as a [[boarding school]] located in the [[Pyrenees]] mountains. The school has a preponderance of French students, although students from Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium also attend in large numbers.<ref name="Pottermore-Beauxbatons">{{cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=10 August 2015 |title=Beauxbatons Academy of Magic |url=https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/beauxbatons-academy-of-magic |access-date=2016-08-07 |website=Wizarding World}}</ref> The headmistress of Beauxbatons is [[Olympe Maxime]], and the school's champion in the Triwizard Tournament is Fleur Delacour. In the film adaptation of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Goblet of Fire]]'', all Beauxbatons students are female, while in the novel the school is [[Mixed-sex education|co-educational]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otway |first=Jack |date=8 January 2020 |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 10 Things The Movie Changed From The Book |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-goblet-fire-movie-book-changes/ |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=ScreenRant}}</ref> ''Beauxbatons'' translates from French as "beautiful sticks".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berger |first=Matt |date=12 August 2019 |title=Harry Potter: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About Beauxbatons Academy of Magic |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-facts-didnt-know-beauxbatons-academy-magic/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>
The depiction of French students in the ''Harry Potter'' series has been described as stereotypical by several scholars.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:{{sfn|Oziewicz|2010}}{{sfn|Flotmann|2014|pp=329–330}}{{sfn|Moore|2000|p=177}}}} Marek Oziewicz has called the Beauxbatons delegation "homogeneous" and lacking the cultural diversity of Hogwarts.{{sfn|Oziewicz|2010|p=}} Christina Flotmann claimed that the contrast depicted between Beauxbatons and Hogwarts functions as an allusion to a historical competition between the "sober and proper" England and the "immoral and decadent" France.{{sfn|Flotmann|2014|p=330}}
=== Castelobruxo === Castelobruxo ({{IPAc-en|pron|k|æ|s|t|ɛ|l|oʊ|b|r|uː|ʃ|uː}}) is a Brazilian school of magic that specialises in [[Magizoology]] and [[Hogwarts#Herbology|Herbology]]. The exact location of the school is unknown, but it is said to appear to wizards as a golden temple, and to [[Muggle]]s as nothing more than ruins. Castelobruxo is guarded by magical creatures called [[Caipora]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=30 January 2016 |title=Castelobruxo |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/castelobruxo |access-date=2019-02-23 |website=Wizarding World |language=en}}</ref>
===Durmstrang=== [[File:Blason Durmstrang.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of Durmstrang]] The Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning is a school that makes its first appearance in ''Goblet of Fire''. Like [[Beauxbatons]], Durmstrang sends a delegation of students to Hogwarts for the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. According to the [[Wizarding World]] website, Durmstrang is located in the "far Northern reaches of Europe".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Durmstrang Institute |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/fact-file/locations/durmstrang-institute |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Wizarding World |language=en}}</ref> The school's headmaster is the former [[Death Eater]] [[Igor Karkaroff]], and the novel reveals that Durmstrang students are instructed in the [[Dark Arts (Harry Potter)|Dark Arts]]. Durmstrang is portrayed as an all-boys school in the film adaptation of ''[[Goblet of Fire (film)|Goblet of Fire]]'', but is depicted as co-educational in the novel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otway |first=Jack |date=8 January 2020 |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 10 Things the Movie Changed from the Book |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-goblet-fire-movie-book-changes/ |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'', it is revealed that the Dark wizard [[Gellert Grindelwald]] attended Durmstrang.
Several writers have commented on the depiction of the Durmstrang students. The British journalist [[Julia Eccleshare]] asserts that the Durmstrang delegation is depicted as dishonest and untrustworthy.{{Sfn|Eccleshare|2002|p=81}} Marek Oziewicz called Durmstrang a "medley of scary stereotypes" of Eastern Europe.{{sfn|Oziewicz|2010|p=}} Christina Flotmann wrote that the first appearance of the Durmstrang delegation links the school with "sinister literary tropes such as the [[Flying Dutchman]]." She also suggested that the name ''Durmstrang'' sounds dark and threatening.{{sfn|Flotmann|2014|p=328–329}} The name of the school is likely a play on the German phrase ''[[Sturm und Drang]]'', meaning ''storm and stress''.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref>{{cite book |last=Boyle |first=Fionna |title=A Muggle's Guide to the Wizarding World: Exploring The Harry Potter Universe |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/203 203] |isbn=1-55022-655-X |url=https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/203 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kirk |first=Connie Ann |author-link=Connie Ann Kirk |title=J. K. Rowling: A Biography |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |year=2003 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jkrowlingbiograp0000kirk/page/88 88] |isbn=0-313-32205-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/jkrowlingbiograp0000kirk/page/88 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Colbert |first=David |title=The Hidden Myths in Harry Potter: Spellbinding Map and Book of Secrets |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |year=2005 |page=19 |isbn=0-312-34050-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Whited |first=Lana A. |title=The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon |url=https://archive.org/details/ivorytowerharryp00whit |url-access=limited |publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]] |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ivorytowerharryp00whit/page/n35 23] |isbn=0-8262-1549-1}}</ref>}}
===Hogwarts=== {{Main|Hogwarts}}
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a British school of [[Magic in Harry Potter|magic]]. It is the primary setting for the first six ''Harry Potter'' novels.<ref name="Wohlberg2005">{{cite book|author=Steve Wohlberg|title=Hour of the Witch: Harry Potter, Wicca Witchcraft, and the Bible|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQ-4_ane91IC&pg=PA31|access-date=31 July 2011|date=April 2005|publisher=Destiny Image Publishers|isbn=978-0-7684-2279-5|page=31}}</ref>
===Ilvermorny===
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is an American school of magic.<ref name="PMIlvermorny">{{Cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=28 June 2016 |title=Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |url=https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/ilvermorny |access-date=28 June 2016 |work=Wizarding World}}</ref> It first appeared in a short story by J. K. Rowling in 2016, and was subsequently depicted in the film ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''. The school was founded in the seventeenth century by Isolt Sayre in [[Adams, Massachusetts]]. It is located on [[Mount Greylock]] and is concealed from non-magical people with enchantments.<ref>{{cite web|last=Toussaint|first=Kristin|url=https://www.boston.com/culture/books/2016/06/28/new-j-k-rowling-story-tells-origins-magic-school-set-massachusetts/|title=A new J.K. Rowling story tells the origins of a magic school set in Massachusetts|work=[[Boston.com]]|date=28 June 2016|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> Like Hogwarts, Ilvermorny is divided into four houses. The Ilvermorny houses are [[Horned Serpent]], [[Pukwudgie]], [[Thunderbird (mythology)|Thunderbird]] and [[Wampus Cat|Wampus]], each said to represent a different aspect of the ideal wizard.<ref name="PMIlvermorny" />
===Mahoutokoro=== Mahoutokoro is the smallest wizarding school, and is located in Japan. Students wear enchanted robes which grow in size with the wearer. The robes change colour, from faint pink to gold, as the wearer increases their knowledge of magic. The students of Mahoutokoro are known for their academic prowess and skill at Quidditch. It is said that Quidditch was introduced to Japanese students when two Hogwarts students flew off-course during a typical flying routine.<ref name="PMMahoutokoro">{{Cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=30 January 2016 |title=Mahoutokoro |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/mahoutokoro |access-date=29 August 2024 |work=Wizarding World}}</ref>
===Uagadou=== According to the [[Wizarding World Digital|Wizarding World]] website, Uagadou is the oldest of several African wizarding schools, and the largest wizarding school in the world. It is located in the [[Mountains of the Moon (Africa)|Mountains of the Moon]] in [[Uganda]].
===Koldovstoretz=== Koldovstoretz is the Russian wizarding school.<ref>''[[Pottermore]]'' facts from the 2014 UK editions of the ''Harry Potter'' books</ref>
==Commerce== ===Diagon Alley=== {{Main|Diagon Alley}}
Diagon Alley is a shopping district in London that is accessible to wizards, but hidden from Muggles. It contains Gringotts Wizarding Bank and various types of shops.
=== Hogsmeade === Hogsmeade Village, or simply Hogsmeade, is a wizarding village located near [[Hogwarts]]. It primarily consists of a single thoroughfare called High Street, which contains shops, cafés and pubs. Hogwarts students who are in their third year or above are permitted to visit Hogsmeade on certain weekends.
'''Places in Hogsmeade''' * '''Dervish & Banges''' sells and repairs magical equipment. * '''Gladrags Wizardwear''' is a clothing shop full of quirky merchandise, including a selection of strange and unusual socks. * '''Honeydukes''' is a popular sweets shop. There is a secret passageway in the cellar that leads into Hogwarts. [[File:Glenfinnan Viaduct - 2022.jpg|thumb|right|''[[The Jacobite (steam train)|The Jacobite]]'' steam train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in 2022.]] * '''Hogsmeade Station''' is a train station where the [[Hogwarts#Hogwarts Express|Hogwarts Express]] stops. Scenes depicting Hogsmeade Station in the ''Harry Potter'' films were filmed at [[Goathland railway station]] on the [[North Yorkshire Moors Railway]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horton |first1=Glyn |title=Horton's guide to Britain's railways in feature films |date=2007 |publisher=Silver Link |isbn=978-1-85794-287-3 |location=Kettering |page=78}}</ref> Extensive filming of the Hogwarts Express took place on the West Highland Line on the [[Glenfinnan Viaduct]], located at [[Loch Shiel]] in [[Inverness-shire]], Scotland. * '''The Hog's Head''' is a filthy pub owned by [[Aberforth Dumbledore]]. A few months before Harry was born, [[Sybill Trelawney]] uttered a prophecy in The Hog's Head which connected Voldemort and Harry. In ''Order of the Phoenix'', the first meeting of Dumbledore's Army is held at The Hog's Head. During ''Deathly Hallows'', Aberforth reveals a secret passage in the pub that leads into Hogwarts. * '''Madam Puddifoot's''' is a small teashop located on a side street. On [[Valentine's Day]], floating cherubs throw pink confetti on visiting couples. In ''Order of the Phoenix'', Harry and [[Cho Chang]] visit Madam Puddifoot's on Valentine's Day. * '''Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop''' sells stationery items such as quills, ink, parchment and envelopes. * '''The Shrieking Shack''' stands on the outskirts of Hogsmeade, with boarded-up windows and an overgrown garden. It was built as a hiding place for the werewolf [[Remus Lupin]], then a Hogwarts student. He accessed the shack from a secret tunnel underneath the [[Whomping Willow]] on the Hogwarts grounds, and would stay there during his monthly transformations to avoid harming fellow students. Nearby villagers heard Lupin's howling and a rumour started that the shack was haunted by spirits. * '''The Three Broomsticks''' is an inn and pub known for its delicious [[butterbeer]]. * '''Zonko's Joke Shop''' sells joke and trick items.
===Knockturn Alley=== Knockturn Alley{{Efn|"Knockturn Alley" is a play on the word "nocturnally".<ref>{{cite book |last=Boyle |first=Fiona |url=https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/255 |title=A Muggle's Guide to the Wizarding World: Exploring The Harry Potter Universe |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |year=2004 |isbn=1-55022-655-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/255 255]}}</ref>}} is described in the novels as a dark and seedy alleyway diagonal to Diagon Alley. Many of the shops in Knockturn Alley, such as {{Visible anchor|Borgin and Burkes|Borgin & Burkes|text=Borgin and Burkes}}, are devoted to the [[Dark Arts (Harry Potter)|Dark Arts]]. Objects that have appeared in Borgin and Burkes include a cursed opal necklace, a [[Hand of Glory]], and a [[Vanishing cabinet|Vanishing Cabinet]] which is used by Draco Malfoy to infiltrate Hogwarts in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Half-Blood Prince]]''. Voldemort worked at Borgin and Burkes briefly during the 1940s. The shop is owned by Caractacus Burke and Mr. Borgin, though Mr. Borgin is the only owner to appear in the novels and films.
===La Place Cachée=== '''La Place Cachée''' or '''The Hidden Square''', is a shopping district for wizards in Paris, near the [[River Seine]]. It is accessed via a portal in a brick pedestal under a [[verdigris]] bronze statue of a reclining woman. La Place Cachée appears in the film ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'' (2018).
===The Leaky Cauldron=== The Leaky Cauldron is described as a dark and shabby pub and inn, located on the Muggle street [[Charing Cross Road]] in London. It provides a way of entering Diagon Alley from the Muggle world. The rear of the pub opens onto a courtyard, in which a particular brick must be tapped three times to open a path to Diagon Alley.
===Platform Nine and Three-Quarters=== [[File:Platform9.75 - 2012.jpg|thumb|Following the success of ''Harry Potter'', a sign reading "Platform 9¾ " was installed at London's King's Cross railway station.]] The [[Hogwarts Express]] train departs from the fictional platform 9¾ at [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross]] railway station in central London. The platform is accessed by magically walking through a solid barrier between platforms 9 and 10. After the ''Harry Potter'' novels were published, Rowling found that she had confused the layout of King's Cross with that of [[Euston railway station|Euston station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hp-lexicon.org/muggle/encyc/muggle-k.html#kings_cross|title=The Muggle Encyclopedia|access-date=12 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070724195244/http://www.hp-lexicon.org/muggle/encyc/muggle-k.html#kings_cross|archive-date=24 July 2007}}</ref> During production of the ''Harry Potter'' films, the [[St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel]], which is part of [[St Pancras railway station]], was used for King's Cross station.
A plaque depicting the supposed location Platform 9¾ was placed on a wall at King's Cross, along with a luggage trolley "stuck" halfway through the wall. A wrought-iron "Platform 9¾" gate used in the films is preserved at the [[National Railway Museum]]. After [[Alan Rickman]]'s death in 2016, ''Harry Potter'' fans created a memorial to the actor at Platform 9¾.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gettell |first=Oliver |date=14 January 2016 |title=Alan Rickman dies: Harry Potter fans honor actor at Platform 9¾ |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/14/alan-rickman-dies-harry-potter-tribute-platform-9-34 |access-date=15 January 2016 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> A ''Harry Potter''–themed store is also located near the plaque.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Fiona |date=1 September 2018 |title=Back to Hogwarts day: Harry Potter fans descend on King's Cross with a surprise appearance from Jude Law and Eddie Redmayne |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/harry-potter-fans-descend-on-kings-cross-for-back-to-hogwarts-day-a3925281.html |access-date=2018-11-23 |work=Evening Standard|location=London |language=en-GB}}</ref>
There is a replica of King's Cross at [[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Orlando Resort)|The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]] themed area at [[Universal Orlando Resort]]. It features a wall between Platforms 9 and 10, which visitors can "walk through" to access Platform 9¾.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQdReb_tMWg |title=Hogwarts Express Train Ride Full POV from Kings Cross Station to Hogsmeade at Universal Orlando |date=6 July 2014 |last=Temporary Tourist |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/hQdReb_tMWg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |format=YouTube video}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Government==
===Azkaban=== Azkaban is a prison for criminals of the British and Irish wizarding world. According to ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Half-Blood Prince]]'', Azkaban is located somewhere in the [[North Sea]]. It is guarded by [[Dementors]], which render the inmates incapable of happiness. According to Sirius Black, many inmates simply stop eating and eventually die of starvation. It was considered impossible to escape from Azkaban until Sirius managed to do it.<ref name="HP5">{{HPref|book=5}}</ref> Performing any of the [[Unforgivable Curses]] on a human is punishable by a life sentence in the prison, although there are occasions when Aurors are allowed to perform those curses. Following Voldemort's demise, [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]] becomes Minister of Magic and ends the use of Dementors at Azkaban.<ref>[http://the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript "J.K. Rowling Web Chat Transcript"] – The Leaky Cauldron, 30 July 2007</ref>
===Erkstag === The Erkstag is a prison in Berlin that is supposedly closed, but is secretly being operated. It appears as a vast underground quarry with a spiral walkway leading down into its depths. It is inhabited by an enormous mother [[manticore]] who dissolves the bodies of prisoners and feeds them to her thousands of offspring.
===Magical Congress of the United States of America=== The Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA) first appeared in the 2016 film ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them]]''. It is the entity that governs the wizarding population of the United States, and is led by a President. It is located in a tower in the wizarding world—all within the same footprint as the [[Woolworth Building]] in Lower Manhattan, New York City—but is far larger on the inside, with a vast atrium and extensive basement levels.
===Ministry of Magic=== {{Main|Ministry of Magic}} The Ministry of Magic is the government of the wizarding community of Britain and Ireland. The ''Fantastic Beasts'' series introduces a French and German Ministry of Magic, located in Paris and Berlin respectively.
===Nurmengard=== Nurmengard is a prison that the Dark wizard [[Gellert Grindelwald]] built to incarcerate Muggles and enemies. After [[Albus Dumbledore]] defeated Grindelwald, the prisoners were released and Grindelwald himself was imprisoned in the top-most cell. In ''Deathly Hallows'', Voldemort arrives at Nurmengard seeking information about the [[Elder Wand]]. When Grindelwald refuses to tell him anything, Voldemort kills him.
===St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries=== Located in London, St Mungo's Hospital treats witches and wizards who have suffered magical injuries or are infected by magical diseases. It also acts as a long-term [[lunatic asylum|asylum]] for those permanently disabled by magic or suffering from dangerous conditions, and it prevents them from being exposed to Muggles.
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=== Works cited === * {{cite book |last=Eccleshare |first=Julia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHjF5K2uVdsC&pg=PA81 |title=Guide to the Harry Potter Novels |publisher=A&C Black |year=2002 |isbn=9780826453174 |pages=81–82}} * {{cite book |last=Flotmann |first=Christina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7LJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA328 |title=Ambiguity in "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter": A (Post)Structuralist Reading of Two Popular Myths |publisher=Verlag |year=2014 |isbn=9783839421482 |pages=328–331}} * {{cite journal |last=Moore |first=Miranda |year=2000 |title=Translatability of "Harry Potter" |url=http://www.drusha.msk.ru/books.translatabilityofharrypotter.html |journal=The Linguist |volume=39 |pages=176–177 |number=6}} * {{cite journal |last=Oziewicz |first=Marek |year=2010 |title=Representations of Eastern Europe in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, Jonathan Stroud's The Bartimaeus Trilogy, and JK Rowling's Harry Potter Series |url=https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/ircl.2010.0002 |journal=International Research in Children's Literature |edition=International Research in Children's Literature |volume=3 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.3366/ircl.2010.0002 |number=1|url-access=subscription }}
== Further reading == * {{cite news |date=23 October 2002 |title=JK interview Part 4 – questions and queries |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2353000/2353727.stm |access-date=30 August 2006 |work=CBBC Newsround |publisher=BBC}} * {{cite book |last=Rana |first=Marion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LW3BlG4p6FIC&pg=PA71 |title=Creating Magical Worlds: Otherness and Othering in Harry Potter |publisher=Peter Lang |year=2009 |isbn=9783631580714}} {{wikibooks|Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter|position=left}}
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