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THIS IS WHERE YOU CLAIM EVERYTHING. RESERVATIONS LAST THREE DAYS AND YOU MUST CLAIM EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY AFTER ACCEPTANCE.

ALL PRE-MADE CHARACTERS WILL BE FOUND HERE.

BOOKS FILLED WITH MOVING PICTURES OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

A PLACE FOR YOU TO SPILL YOUR INNERMOST THOUGHTS.

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COLD AND DRAUGHTY, NO ONE REALLY LIKES STAYING DOWN HERE FOR LONGER THAN THEY HAVE TO. THERE'S PLENTY OF HIDING SPACES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO TAKE PART IN "EXTRA-CURRICULARS".

THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE ENTRANCE TO HOGWARTS, AND THE COURTYARD IT LEADS TO. FOUR LARGE HOURGLASSES TRACK THE AMOUNT OF HOUSEPOINTS EACH HOUSE HAS OBTAINED.

THIS FLOOR MAINLY CONSISTS OF CLASSROOMS, MOST OF WHICH ARE USUALLY EMPTY.

IT'S RUMOURED THAT THE SECOND FLOOR HIDES THE SECRET ENTRANCE TO THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, BUT, AS OF YET, NO ONE HAS SUCCEEDED TO FIND IT.

THE THIRD FLOOR CONTAINS THE DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS CLASSROOM AND A SHORT CUT TO HONEYDUKES, IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.

HOME TO THE LIBRARY AND THE HOSPITAL WING, THIS FLOOR IS FREQUENTED OFTEN BY STUDENTS.

PREFECTS WILL FIND THEIR PERSONAL BATHROOM HERE, AND GRYFFINDORS WILL FIND A SHORT CUT UP TO THEIR COMMON ROOM.

MORE CLASSROOMS; NOT MUCH TO DO ON THIS FLOOR.

HOME TO THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENT AND GRYFFINDOR TOWER, THE SEVENTH FLOOR ALSO HOUSES THE DIVINATION CLASSROOM AND PROFESSOR FLITWICK'S OFFICE.

THERE ARE FIVE TOWERS AT HOGWARTS, INCLUDING GRYFFINDOR TOWER; THE ASTRONOMY TOWER IS BY FAR THE TALLEST.

HOGSMEADE IS THE ONLY ENTIRELY WIZARDING VILLAGE IN BRITAIN. ACCORDING TO TRADITION IT WAS FOUNDED OVER A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, AROUND THE SAME TIME AS HOGWARTS, BY HENGIST OF WOODCROFT AS HE WAS FLEEING PERSECUTION BY MUGGLES. IT'S A PICTURESQUE LITTLE VILLAGE OF THATCHED COTTAGES AND SHOPS, WITH ENCHANTED CANDLES HANGING IN THE TREES DURING THE HOLIDAYS. AS HOGSMEADE IS LOCATED JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM HOGWARTS, THE SCHOOL AND THE VILLAGE HAVE ALWAYS SHARED A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. ON SELECT SATURDAYS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR THE VILLAGE IS FILLED WITH HOGWARTS STUDENTS, WHO ARE ALLOWED TO VISIT BEGINNING IN THEIR THIRD YEAR; SOME OF THE HOGWARTS TEACHERS, INCLUDING HAGRID AND DUMBLEDORE, VISIT MORE FREQUENTLY. THE RAILWAY STATION THAT SERVES THE VILLAGE IS ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HOGWARTS, AND THIS IS WHERE THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS DROPS STUDENTS OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR.

TAPPING JUST THE RIGHT BRICK IN THE WALL BEHIND THE LEAKY CAULDRON IN LONDON WILL REVEAL AN ARCHWAY WHICH IS A PORTAL INTO DIAGON ALLEY, A LONG COBBLED STREET WHERE IS TO BE FOUND A STRANGE AND EXCITING ASSORTMENT OF SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS. IT IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE HUB OF COMMERCE IN THE BRITISH WIZARDING WORLD, WITH VIRTUALLY EVERY WIZARDING BUSINESS STATIONED THERE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE DEMAND FOR SPACE HERE IS STEEP, AND RENT COSTS "LOADS OF GALLEONS".

JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM DIAGON ALLEY LIES A DARK, TWISTING ALLEYWAY DEVOTED TO THE DARK ARTS: KNOCKTURN ALLEY. NOT ONLY ARE THE WARES SOLD THERE A BIT DODGY, BUT THE WIZARDS HANGING AROUND BEHAVE FAIRLY SUSPICIOUSLY AS WELL. FROM THE SHOPS AND THE STREET VENDORS ONE CAN PURCHASE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SHRUNKEN HEADS, POISONOUS CANDLES, HUMAN-LOOKING FINGERNAILS, AND FLESH-EATING SLUG REPELLENT.

IN NORTHWESTERN LONDON LIES KINGS CROSS STATION, A MUGGLE RAILWAY STATION THAT IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE CITY. IT'S A PERFECTLY ORDINARY STATION, WITH BIG PLASTIC NUMBERS OVER EACH TRACK AND GUARDS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF HOGWARTS SCHOOL. HOWEVER, EVERY SEPTEMBER 1, AS THE CLOCK OVERHEAD APPROACHES ELEVEN O'CLOCK AND THE INTERCITY 125 PULLS INTO PLATFORM NINE, A STRANGE CROWD TURNS THE OCCASIONAL MUGGLE HEAD. THE CROWD IS WIZARDING CHILDREN, BEARING ENORMOUS TRUNKS AND CAGED OWLS, MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD - AND THEN THROUGH - THE SOLID METAL BARRIER BETWEEN PLATFORMS NINE AND TEN. THROUGH THIS BARRIER, OF COURSE, LIES PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS, HOME OF THE FAMOUS HOGWARTS EXPRESS. THERE A LOOK BACK AT THE BARRIER REVEALS IT IS INSTEAD A WROUGHT-IRON ARCHWAY WITH THE WORDS "PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS," AND OVER THE SCARLET STEAM TRAIN BILLOWING SMOKE, A SIGN ANNOUNCES THAT THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS DEPARTS AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK. THE PLATFORM ALSO HAS A DISTINCT SMELL - ONE WHICH LIFTS THE SPIRITS OF YOUNG WIZARDS WHO, LIKE HARRY, LOOK FORWARD EACH SUMMER TO THE START OF TERM. THOUGH THE PLATFORM IS NORMALLY ONLY USED SIX DAYS A YEAR ( ROUND TRIPS FOR THE BEGINNING AND END OF TERM, AS WELL AS THE CHRISTMAS AND EASTER HOLIDAYS ), THE PLATFORM ON THOSE DAYS IS AWASH WITH ACTIVITY. STEAM FROM THE SCARLET ENGINE FLOODS THE PLATFORM AS CATS WIND THEIR WAY AROUND THE WIZARDS' LEGS AND OWLS HOOT TO EACH OTHER, AS HOARDES OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS MOVE AROUND THROUGH THE STEAM "LIKE DARK GHOSTS", THEIR VOICES CARRYING THROUGH THE MIST.

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