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Encyclopedia > List of places in the Harry Potter books

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Wizarding places

Godrics Hollow is a fictional village in the Harry Potter series[1]. Spoiler warning: It was the final hiding place of James and Lily Potter prior to being murdered by Lord Voldemort on October 31, 1981. ... Hogsmeade is a fictional village in Scotland that appears in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Azkaban is the fictional wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... St. ... In the fictional universe of the Harry Potter series as written by J.K. Rowling, the Ministry of Magic is the governing body of the magical community of Britain and succeeded the earlier Wizards Council. ...

Houses

A photograph from the fictional wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet of the Weasleys on vacation in Egypt. ... Number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London is the address of a fictitious house in the Harry Potter books. ... Spinners End is a fictitious place in the Harry Potter books and is first mentioned in the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. ... The Shrieking Shack is a building from the Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling, set in Hogsmeade, the only entirely wizarding settlement in Britain, a village close to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ...

Schools

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series. ... Beauxbatons Academy of Magic is a fictional magic school similar to Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series of books. ... Durmstrang Institute for Magical Study is a fictional magic school in the Harry Potter books, similar to Hogwarts. ...

Streets

In J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter novels and their filmed adaptations, Diagon Alley is a street in London, and is effectively a magical high street. ... Knockturn Alley, a pun on nocturnally, is a fictional location in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of novels. ...

Muggle-related places

Not to be confused with Surry. ... Little Whinging, Surrey, England, is a fictitious town to the south of London, described in the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Little Hangleton, England, is a fictitious town described in the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ...

Locations used in the Harry Potter films


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Harry Potter - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (3535 words)
Books one (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), two (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) and three (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) all won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for the 9 to 11 age group.
The three adolescents at the centre of the book (Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger) are perceptively presented, the main adult characters have substance, and the minor characters are vivid and memorable.
Harry Potter was also parodied in The Onion, when an article titled "Harry Potter Books Spark Rise in Satanism Among Children" satirically reported the thousands of children attracted to the dark arts and denying religion due to the books.
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