Diagon Alley

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.

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

• 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.
• 1, North Side, Leaky Cauldron
• 3, North Side, Potage's Cauldron Shop
• 7, North Side, Scribbulus Writing Implements
• 9, North Side, Quality Quidditch Supplies
• 13, North Side, Slug and Jigger's Apothecary
• 15, North Side, Amanuensis Quills
• 17, North Side, Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions
• 18a, South Side, Obscurus Books
• 19, North Side, Second hand book shop
• 21, North Side, Fortescues
• 23, North Side, Eeylops Owl Emporium (Another branch at 521)
• 33, North Side, Flourish and Blotts
• 35, North Side, Pettichaps
• 37, North Side, Twinkle's Telescopes
• 37b, North Side, Tut's Nuts
• 39, North Side, Praedico Predico
• 59, North Side, TerrorTours
• 62, South Side, Dragon Towers
• 71, North Side, Rover’s Fancy
• 92, South Side, a shop
• 93, North Side, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
• 94, South Side, a shop
• 97, North Side, Magical Menagerie
• 100, North Side, Gringotts
• 103, South Side, Ollivanders
• 107b, South Side, 107B Diagon Alley - Carstairs/Bevans/Gamp Flat
• 109, South Side, Sword & Chant
• 111, South Side, Alohomocha
• 124, South Side, Twilfit & Tattings
• 129b, South Side, Whizz Hard Books
• 131, South Side, Daily Prophet Headquarters
• 137, South Side, Witch Weekly Headquarters
• 154, South Side, Spellpunk
• 166, South Side, Death & Co.
• 167, North Side, Gambol & Japes
• 189, South Side, Calaveras
• 202, South Side, Morgana's Novelties
• 222, South Side, Wizarding Wireless Network Headquarters
• 275, North Side, Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions
• 277, North Side, A divination shop
• 277b, North Side, 277b Diagon Alley - Mordent/Hollingbury Flat
• 284, South Side, The Yelling Compass
• 300, South Side, Reducto Records
• 312, South Side, Floriblunders Florist
• 312c, South Side, 312c Diagon Alley - Ceph Gamp's flat
• 342, South Side, Donovan's Commissions, Wares and Repairs
• 343, South Side, GalloLoans
• 521, North Side, Eeylops Owl Emporium (Another branch at 23)
• 666, South Side, Bagnold Funeral Home