Places

Separated from Muggles since 1689, the Wizarding world has grown and developed independently from the rest of society, though it still parallels it in many ways. For the most part, Wizarding places today are kept well-hidden from Muggle eyes. Some exist within Muggle places, like Platform Nine-and-Three-Quarters hidden in King’s Cross Station. Others are completely hidden away and Unplottable, like the terrible island of Azkaban.

Here on this page you can find information on these places, both wonderful and mundane, both those hidden and those in plain sight. You can also discover some Muggle places which are important to the stories. Down at the bottom you’ll find a list of essays detailing fans’ efforts to find out where some of those magical place just might be on our Muggle maps.

Notable Locations

Scotland

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

London and Surrey

• Diagon Alley
• Leaky Cauldron
• Number 12 Grimmauld Place
• The Ministry of Magic
• Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
• Number 4 Privet Drive

The West Country

• The Burrow
• Godric’s Hollow
• Malfoy Manor

Elsewhere in Britain

• Little Hangleton
• Cokeworth

Elsewhere in the World

• Ilvermorny
• MACUSA Headquarters
• Durmstrang
• Beauxbatons

Gazetteer of the Wizarding World

Information on the places of the wizarding world, large and small

Types of Places

• Businesses, merchants, and shops
• Cities
• Churches and graveyards
• Continents
• Creatures’ homes, lairs, and territories
• Houses and addresses
• Islands
• Lakes and marshes
• Mountains, hills and other landforms
• Muggle places
• Oceans and seas
• Quidditch places
• Railway places
• Rooms, chambers, and floors
• Regions, counties, and territories
• Schools
• Towns
• Wizarding places

Essays exploring the Wizarding World

• Where are the Longbottoms From? by S. Hall
• Surrey: Showing the Location of Little Whinging by Nik the Hermit
• Echoes of the Past: Street Names of Little Whinging by Nik the Hermit
• In Search of… Little Whinging by Ravenclaw Rambler
• In Search of… Grimmauld Place by Ravenclaw Rambler
• Where is Spinner’s End? by Claire M. Jordan
• In Search of… the Hut-on-the-Rock by Ravenclaw Rambler
• In Search of… the Burrow by Ravenclaw Rambler
• Harry Potter in London by Quentin Lowagie
• In Search of… Platform Nine and Three-Quarters by Ravenclaw Rambler