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*[[Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions]]: Located at 275 Diagon Alley, this shop helps witches getting rid of "warts and worse". | *[[Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions]]: Located at 275 Diagon Alley, this shop helps witches getting rid of "warts and worse". | ||
*[[Magical Menagerie]]: One of the shops where students buy their pets and supplies. | *[[Magical Menagerie]]: One of the shops where students buy their pets and supplies. | ||
*[[Magicarium Apothecarium]]: | |||
*[[Obscurus Books]]: Located at 18a Diagon Alley, Obscurus is a Wizarding book publisher. | *[[Obscurus Books]]: Located at 18a Diagon Alley, Obscurus is a Wizarding book publisher. | ||
*[[Ollivanders Wand Shop]]: Ollivanders Wand Shop is the sole wand shop of Diagon Alley. Peeling gold letters over the door of the shop read: Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.. The shop's display consists of a solitary wand laying on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window. The shop is tiny, empty except for a single, spindly chair in the corner. Thousands of narrow boxes containing wands are piled right up to the ceiling of the tiny shop, and the whole place has a thin layer of dust about it. | *[[Ollivanders Wand Shop]]: Ollivanders Wand Shop is the sole wand shop of Diagon Alley. Peeling gold letters over the door of the shop read: Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.. The shop's display consists of a solitary wand laying on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window. The shop is tiny, empty except for a single, spindly chair in the corner. Thousands of narrow boxes containing wands are piled right up to the ceiling of the tiny shop, and the whole place has a thin layer of dust about it. | ||
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*[[Secondhand robe shop]]: A shop that sells secondhand robes. | *[[Secondhand robe shop]]: A shop that sells secondhand robes. | ||
*[[Slug & Jiggers Apothecary]]: Where students buy their potion ingredients. | *[[Slug & Jiggers Apothecary]]: Where students buy their potion ingredients. | ||
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*[[Sugarplum's Sweets Shop]]: A shop that sells confections. | *[[Sugarplum's Sweets Shop]]: A shop that sells confections. | ||
*[[TerrorTours]]: Located at 59 Diagon Alley, TerrorTours is presumably a travel agency for wizards and witches. | *[[TerrorTours]]: Located at 59 Diagon Alley, TerrorTours is presumably a travel agency for wizards and witches. | ||
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*[[Whizz Hard Books]]: Located at 129B Diagon Alley. Whizz Hard Books is a Wizarding book publisher. | *[[Whizz Hard Books]]: Located at 129B Diagon Alley. Whizz Hard Books is a Wizarding book publisher. | ||
*[[Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment]]: A miscellaneous equipment shop. | *[[Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment]]: A miscellaneous equipment shop. | ||
*[[Witch Weekly]]: Headquarters of the magical magazine. | |||
*Various stalls and peddlers: There are a variety of street peddlers who take up space in between shops out on the main thoroughfare of Diagon Alley. Included are: a flower vendor, a vendor who is selling roasted chestnuts, and a jewellery vendor. | *Various stalls and peddlers: There are a variety of street peddlers who take up space in between shops out on the main thoroughfare of Diagon Alley. Included are: a flower vendor, a vendor who is selling roasted chestnuts, and a jewellery vendor. | ||
;Residences | ;Residences | ||
Revision as of 23:16, 21 February 2013
Diagon Alley is a cobbled wizarding alley and shopping area located in London, England behind a pub called the Leaky Cauldron. Inside the alley is an assortment of restaurants, shops, and other sights. All items on the Hogwarts supply list can be bought at Diagon Alley. The alley is completely hidden from the Muggle world which is right outside of its boundaries. It is very large in area and the centre of wizarding London.
- Originally compiled from Diagon Alley at the Harry Potter Wiki
History
Creation
It is a popular historical theory that the oldest building in Diagon Alley is Gringotts Wizarding Bank and that the other shops grew up around it. However, there is a possibility that Ollivanders Wand Shop is the oldest building, with records dating back to the late fourth century B.C.
Recent History at AO
Location
Diagon Alley is accessible from Muggle London through the Leaky Cauldron, which is on Charing Cross Road, set between a bookshop and a record shop. The Muggles who pass by the inn seem to be "quite unconscious" of its existence. Knockturn Alley, a dark artifacts area, is an off shoot of Diagon Alley.
Access
The entrance is behind the the Leaky Cauldron in a small, walled courtyard with a dustbin. Diagon Alley can be accessed by tapping the correct brick in the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron (from the trash can, three up and two across). The wall goes in a small hole first but forms a large archway. It can also be accessed by Floo powder and Apparition.
Diagon Alley connects to a second, less reputable shopping district, Knockturn Alley.
Community
Inside the Alley is an assortment of restaurants, shops, and other sights; some even have tables out front with coloured umbrellas. Particularly during the days or weeks before school starts at Hogwarts, the location is packed with witches and wizards, though shops are open year-round as witches and wizards travel to the location for various goods. While the shops include many school-supply locations, there are also many locations important to the wizarding world, such as Gringotts Wizarding Bank and Ollivanders Wand Shop.
Locations
- 2nd Hand Brooms: A shop that sells used broomsticks.
- Amanuensis Quills: A shop in Diagon Alley that sells quills. It is next to Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions shop.
- Broomstix: A shop that sells broomsticks.
- Calaveras:
- Eeylops Owl Emporium: A pet shop located in Diagon Alley that sells owls and various other things needed for the care of owls, like Owl Treats. It sells a variety of breeds, including Screech, Barn, Tawny, Brown, and Snowy.
- Ferris Magizoology Clinic
- Flourish and Blotts: A popular bookshop in Diagon Alley where most Hogwarts students purchase their schoolbooks.
- Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop: Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop is located in Diagon Alley.
- Gringotts Wizarding Bank: Gringotts is the only known bank of the wizarding world.
- Junk shop: A shop that sells secondhand items such as broken wands, lopsided scales, etc.
- The Leaky Cauldron: A popular Wizarding pub in London. It is the entrance to Diagon Alley.
- Libertine Ltd.
- Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions: Sometimes simply referred to as Madam Malkin's, it is a shop in Diagon Alley that sells robes and other wizard clothing.
- Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions: Located at 275 Diagon Alley, this shop helps witches getting rid of "warts and worse".
- Magical Menagerie: One of the shops where students buy their pets and supplies.
- Magicarium Apothecarium:
- Obscurus Books: Located at 18a Diagon Alley, Obscurus is a Wizarding book publisher.
- Ollivanders Wand Shop: Ollivanders Wand Shop is the sole wand shop of Diagon Alley. Peeling gold letters over the door of the shop read: Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.. The shop's display consists of a solitary wand laying on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window. The shop is tiny, empty except for a single, spindly chair in the corner. Thousands of narrow boxes containing wands are piled right up to the ceiling of the tiny shop, and the whole place has a thin layer of dust about it.
- Potage's Cauldron Shop: A shop that sells cauldrons.
- Quality Quidditch Supplies: A shop in Diagon Alley. Its main products are things having to do with Quidditch such as Quaffles, Bludgers, and broomsticks.
- Reach-Me-Down Robes:
- Reducto Records:
- Rosa Lee Teabag: a teashop located in Diagon Alley as well as in Hogsmeade.
- Rover’s Fancy:
- Scribbulus Writing Instruments: A shop that sells ink and presumably other stationary items (quills, parchment).
- Secondhand robe shop: A shop that sells secondhand robes.
- Slug & Jiggers Apothecary: Where students buy their potion ingredients.
- Spelpunk:
- Sugarplum's Sweets Shop: A shop that sells confections.
- TerrorTours: Located at 59 Diagon Alley, TerrorTours is presumably a travel agency for wizards and witches.
- The Ministry Press: A publishing house affiliated to the Ministry of Magic.
- The Daily Prophet: Headquarters of the venerable wizarding newspaper.
- Twilfitt and Tatting's: Twilfitt and Tatting's is a wizarding clothing shop located in Diagon Alley.
- The Sword & Chant:
- Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes: Located at 93 Diagon Alley, it is a joke shop owned by George Weasley.
- Whizz Hard Books: Located at 129B Diagon Alley. Whizz Hard Books is a Wizarding book publisher.
- Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment: A miscellaneous equipment shop.
- Witch Weekly: Headquarters of the magical magazine.
- Various stalls and peddlers: There are a variety of street peddlers who take up space in between shops out on the main thoroughfare of Diagon Alley. Included are: a flower vendor, a vendor who is selling roasted chestnuts, and a jewellery vendor.
- Residences
