Transportation

Aberdeen • Cities Aberdeen is a city of about 100,000 people on the eastern coast of Scotland, about 85 miles northeast of Hogwarts School. Modesty Rabnott’s sister Prudence lived in Aberdeen c. 1200s, according to a thirteenth-century letter on display in the Museum of Quidditch (QA4). During Harry’s first trip… Read More

Abergavenny • Towns Located in southeastern Wales on the English border, Abergavenny is a market town that was once home to fortresses for the Roman and, later, Norman empires. This is where the Knight Bus dropped Madam Marsh off the first time Harry rode it (PA3). Read More

Summoning Charm — "Accio" • Spells The Summoning Charm causes an object to fly to the caster, even over quite some distance; the target object is said to have been Summoned. It would seem that the caster must know at least the general location of the object Summoned. Read More

Advance Guard • Organizations • Security The Advance Guard are the members of the Order of the Phoenix who were responsible for escorting Harry safely to Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Read More

The Advance Guard arrives in Privet Drive and escorts Harry to number twelve, Grimmauld Place • Event The Dursleys depart for what they believe to be the prize-giving of the All-England Best Kept Suburban Lawn Competition. The Advance Guard — “Mad-Eye” Moody, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elphias Doge, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Sturgis Podmore, and Hestia Jones — arrive at number four, Privet Drive to… Read More

Albert Tillyman • Character Albert Tillyman was a wizard and a bully whose wife, Violet, went missing after they argued. He believed she had disappeared in the Floo Network, which caused a national scare. Unbeknownst to him, she had traveled to the wrong house and left him for the man she met there, Myron… Read More

Albus Potter disarms Cedric Diggory during the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament • Event 24 November 1994 Disguised as Durmstrang students, Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy successfully travel back in time to the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament. They hear the introduction and announcements of Ludo Bagman and encounter a suspicious Hermione Granger (who Scorpius initially mistakes her… Read More

Albus Potter hears about the confiscated Time-Turner from Rose Granger-Weasley • Event Rose Granger-Weasley asks Albus Potter whether he has heard about the Ministry’s raid that confiscated an illegal Time-Turner. Having recently listened to his father and Amos Diggory’s conversation, this gives Albus an idea of how to save Cedric Diggory. He meets with Scorpius Malfoy on… Read More

Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy arrive in Godric's Hollow • Event 31 October 1981 Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy arrive in Godric’s Hollow. Albus has never visited previously, although his father Harry had offered several times to take him there. Scorpius shows him some highlights and they see his grandparents Lily and James Potter with baby Harry… Read More

Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy realise that Delphi plans to kill the baby Harry Potter • Event 30 October 1981 Left stranded at Aviemore train station in Scotland by Delphi after the destruction of the Experimental Time-Turner, Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy are lost. From a chance remark by the station master, Albus realises where and when they are in Time (CC4.2). He now… Read More

Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy use the Time-Turner for the first time • Event Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy enter the Forbidden Forest and, although Scorpius has some misgivings, they use the Time-Turner for the first time (CC2.6). Read More

Albus and Scorpius decide to save Cedric Diggory, and not return to Hogwarts • Event Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy board the Hogwarts Express at King’s Cross to start what should be their fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, Albus tells Scorpius about the confiscated Time-Turner the Department of Magical Law Enforcement found in Theodore Nott’s possession. Read More

Albus and Scorpius encounter the Trolley Witch on the roof of the Hogwarts Express • Event Scorpius Malfoy follows Albus Potter onto the roof of the Hogwarts Express. To their surprise (and alarm), the Food Trolley Witch appears and tries to keep them on the train. They jump off before she can capture them. The Trolley Witch tells them a little about her… Read More

Albus and Scorpius travel through the sink pipes from Moaning Myrtle's bathroom into the Lake • Event Albus Potter, with Scorpius Malfoy, enters Moaning Myrtle’s girls’ bathroom and demonstrates using the Engorgement Charm on a piece of soap. Myrtle appears in the sink and they tell her that they are planning to save Cedric Diggory. She reveals that the sink pipes in this… Read More

Ali Bashir • Character Ali Bashir was a flying carpet merchant who was very interested in importing flying carpets into Britain. Arthur Weasley wouldn’t allow it, so Ali tried to smuggle carpets in (GF7, GF23). Read More

Amos Diggory, arriving at Harry and Ginny Potter's home with Delphi, forces a meeting • Event After having several appointments to meet with Harry Potter at his office in the Ministry of Magic postponed, Amos Diggory comes to Harry and Ginny’s house the night before the start of term to beg him to use a Time-Turner to save his son Cedric. He… Read More

Anglesey • Islands Anglesey is an island off the west coast of Wales, almost due east across the Irish Sea from Dublin. It is one of the places the Knight Bus visited the first time Harry rode it (PA3) though the Knight Bus then moved abruptly to Aberdeen, on the other side… Read More

Annual Broom Race of Sweden • Sports and competitions The Annual Broom Race of Sweden is a dangerous 300-mile race between Kopparberg and Arjeplog, first run in the 900s, and which has since become a popular international event. The racers must travel through the dangerous dragon reservation that lies directly between the starting and ending points. The… Read More

Annual Swedish broom race begins • Event A broom race is run in Sweden from Kopparberg to Arjeplog, a distance of well over 300 miles. The race is so popular it is made an annual tradition – one which still continues today, over 1000 years later. Read More

Anti-Apparition • Spells Anti-Apparition Charms prevent someone from Apparating, or magically traveling to a location. Read More

Anti-Burglar Buzzer • Security Presumably this magical device or charm buzzes when anyone tries to steal the item it’s attached to (GF8). Read More

Anti-Disapparation Jinx • Spells The Anti-Disapparation Jink prevents someone from Disapparating, or disappearing to magically travel somewhere else. Read More

Apparition • Spells Apparition is an advanced spell used by fully trained witches and wizards to disappear from one place and appear almost instantly somewhere else. A person who uses this spell is referred to as an Apparator. Apparition is typically cast non-verbally. No one can Apparate or Disapparate inside Hogwarts because of… Read More

First Apparition Lesson • Event Harry and the other sixth years take their first Apparition lesson, under watchful eye of the Ministry instructor, Wilkie Twycross. None of the students manage to Apparate in this first lesson, although Susan Bones does manage to Splinch herself (HBP18). The lessons will continue for twelve… Read More

Apparition lessons • Hogwarts academics Wizards who have come of age can take lessons in Apparition at Hogwarts (HBP17). Read More

Apparition Test Centre • Ministry of Magic A division of the Department of Magical Transportation, with responsibility for administering the Apparition Test to witches and wizards. Read More

Arbroath • Towns A town on the east coast of Scotland. Guthrie Lochrin flew a splintery broomstick from Montrose to Arbroath (a distance of approximately 13 miles) in 1107 (QA1).  … Read More

Arkie Alderton's Kwik-Repair Shop • Businesses, merchants, and shops All we know about this shop is that JKR would recommend it to a wizard whose Nimbus 2000 “has a terrible knack of veering left,” according to her online chat (BLC). Read More

Armenia National Team • Sports teams The Armenian National Teams come from the Eurasian country of Armenia. Quidditch Quidditch fans who wanted to watch the English Under-17s play the Armenian Junior Nationals in England were advised to contact the Department of Magical Games and Sports (DP3). Read More

Ash • Wandmaking A wand wood also used to make other magical objects. Read More

Atlantic Ocean • Oceans and seas Just as with Muggles in aeroplanes, the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by broomstick was an important milestone for wizards, as the distance is too great for safely Apparating. Jocunda Sykes first accomplished this feat in 1935, riding an Oakshaft 79 (QA9). Isolt Sayre crossed the Atlantic in… Read More

Atrium • Rooms, chambers, and floors Taking up most of level eight, the Atrium is a large and splendid area that functions as the entrance and exit point for traffic in and out of the Ministry of Magic. Read More

Axminster flying carpet • Transportation Short for “Axminster carpet” or “Axminster rug” – a carpet or rug with a soft tufted pile cut of a type originally (and apparently still) manufactured at Axminster in Devon, England (NSOED). Read More