England

"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"

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England is a country on the island of Great Britain in Western Europe. It is bordered by Scotland and Wales, and its capital city is London. It is the central country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is home to both Muggles and Wizardkind. Many famous wizards like Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, and Harry Potter hail from here. The wizarding community in England is governed by the Ministry of Magic.

Muggle world[]

The Dursley family live at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging in Surrey, England.

Magical history[]

The wizarding streets of Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley are located in the city of London, the capital of this country.
Their wizarding government is called the Ministry of Magic which is based in London just like the Muggle's government.
Many of the wizards and witches in England have moved to areas with mixed magical and Muggle communities, such as Godric's Hollow and Ottery St. Catchpole.
The Hogwarts Express leaves King's Cross Station from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on 1 September to go to Hogwarts with all of the students.
Malfoy Manor is located in Wiltshire, England.
Many of the battles in the Second Wizarding War happened in England.

Magical games and sports[]

Magical games and sports fall under the control of the Department of Magical Games and Sports
England hosted the final of the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.
Shuntbumps is a popular game in Devon.^[1]
Swivenhodge is a broom game that began in Herefordshire.^[1]

England is or has been home to the following Quidditch teams:

The Appleby Arrows
Barnton amateur Quidditch team
The Chudley Cannons
The English National Quidditch team
The English under-17 Quidditch team
The Falmouth Falcons
Ilkley Quidditch team
Lancashire Quidditch team
Puddlemere United
Puddlemere United reserve team
The Tutshill Tornados
The Wimbourne Wasps
Yorkshire Quidditch team

England is or has been home to the following Quidditch pitches:

Bodmin Moor Millenium Stadium
English National Quidditch Stadium
Exmoor Quidditch Stadium
Ilkley Moor Quidditch Stadium
Quidditch Trillenium Stadium
Yorkshire Moors Quidditch Stadium

Magical creatures and plants[]

The Bowtruckle is native to England, as well as Germany and Scandinavia.^[2]
The Crup, a wizard-bred dog, is native to England.^[2]
The Dirigible plum can be found in Ottery St. Catchpole, growing around the Lovegood House.^[3]
The native range of the Hag is England, as well as Europe and Russia.
The Porlock is a horse guardian native to England, as well as southern Ireland.^[2]
Wild Ponys can be found in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.
Pixies, being found chiefly in westernmost region of Great Britain, Cornwall, are also native to England.^[2]

Food and beverages[]

A Cornish pastie is a pastry from Cornwall, England.
Yorkshire pudding is a dish that originated in Yorkshire, England.

Known locations[]

Exclusively magical[]

Muggle and magical[]

Appleby
Avalon (fictional)
Barnton
Bedfordshire
- Dunstable
  - Dunstable Town Hall
Berkshire
- Eton
- Maidenhead
Birmingham
Bristol
Brockdale Bridge
Brookshire (fictional)
- Crowford
  - North Street
    - 32a North Street
Budleigh Babberton (fictional)
Chipping Clodbury (fictional)
Clapham
- Laburnum Gardens
  - 2 Laburnum Gardens
Cokeworth (fictional)
- Railview Hotel
Dorset
- Millburn
  - Lanes End
    - 17 Lanes End
- Wimbourne
Gloucestershire
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Forest of Dean
  - Forest of Dean ruins
  - Woodcroft
- Painswick
Hampshire
- Little Dropping
- New Forest
- Portsmouth
Herefordshire
Horcrux cave, by the Sea
Hut-on-the-Rock, on the Sea
Ilkey
Isle of Wight, an island county located about five miles off the south coast of the English mainland.
Kent
Lancashire
- Blackpool
  - Blackpool pier
Liverpool
- River Mersey
London
- Charing Cross Road
  - Angus Steak House
  - Leicester Square Station
  - The Leaky Cauldron
  - Sytner
- Elephant and Castle
- Grimmauld Place, London
  - 11 Grimmauld Place
  - 12 Grimmauld Place
  - 13 Grimmauld Place
- Harringay
  - Finsbury Park
- King's Cross Station, London
- Millennium Bridge
- Museum of Quidditch
- Paddington Station
  - Hamburger restaurant at Paddington Station
- Post Office tower
- Private Hospital
- Pudding Lane
  - Bakery
- Shaftesbury Avenue
- Tottenham Court Road
  - Luchino Caffe
- Vauxhall Road
  - Winstanley's Bookstore & Stationers
- Wool's Orphanage
- Westminster
  - 10 Downing Street
Maidenhead
Manchester
- Didsbury
Mill Town
- Spinner's End
Norfolk
- Cromer
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
- Kettering
Nottinghamshire
- Nottingham
Oxfordshire
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Nettlebed
Surrey
- Bakery
- Chertsey
- Grunnings, a drill company
- Little Whinging (Harry Potter, the only wizard, and Arabella Figg, a Squib)
  - Little Whinging fair
  - Magnolia Crescent
    - 2 Magnolia Crescent
  - Magnolia Road
  - Privet Drive
    - 4 Privet Drive
    - 7 Privet Drive
  - Wisteria Walk
    - 6 Wisteria Walk
- Staines
- Zoo
Tutshill
Upper Barnton
Warwickshire
- Cotswolds (partially)
West Country, a region of southwestern England.
- Cornwall
  - Bodmin Moor
  - Falmouth
  - Tinworth
    - Shell Cottage
- Devon
  - Chudley
  - Exmoor (partially)
  - Ilfracombe
  - Ottery St. Catchpole
    - The Burrow
    - Lovegood House
    - Stoatshead Hill
  - Topsham
- Godric's Hollow
- Somerset
  - Cotswolds (partially)
    - Bath
  - Exmoor (partially)
  - Modesty Rabnott Snidget Reservation
Wiltshire
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Malfoy Manor
Wimbourne Minster
Worcestershire
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Herbe Garden
Wye River
Yorkshire
- Barnsley
- Great Hangleton
- Ilkey
  - Ilkey Moor
- Little Hangleton
  - Gaunt shack
  - Little Hangleton graveyard
  - Riddle House
  - The Hanged Man
  - Upper Flagley

Appearances[]

External links[]

England on Wikipedia

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Quidditch Through the Ages (real) - Chapter 2 (Ancient Broom Games)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 20 (Xenophilius Lovegood)

[qta-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Quidditch Through the Ages (real) - Chapter 2 (Ancient Broom Games)

[fbwft-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)

[DH20-3] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 20 (Xenophilius Lovegood)

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