is a fictional settlement in
Scotland that appears in the ''
Harry Potter '' novels. Hogsmeade is the only pure wizarding settlement in the
United Kingdom and is located south of
Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry . Third year students and older are permitted to visit the
Village , as long as they have a signed permission slip from their parent or guardian.
Hogsmeade remained unseen in the films, except for the short sequences where the train arrives at the Hogsmeade station and at the end when Harry leaves from the station in
The First Movie , until the release of ''
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban '' in
2004 .
A
Map of Hogsmeade can be found at the
Harry Potter Lexicon site.
''The Three Broomsticks'' is one of the local pubs in Hogsmeade. It is well known for its delicious "butterbeers" and the beautiful owner
Madam Rosmerta . She lives above the first floor.
Ron has a crush on Madam Rosmerta, but denies it. The Three Broomsticks is a favorite pub among Hogwarts students, who can usually be found in it relaxing after the stress of school or tests.
Zonko's has jokes and tricks that could "fulfill even
Fred And George 's wildest dreams." It was closed in ''
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince ''; possible reasons include
Voldemort 's rise to power or competition from Fred and George's new shop in London. The twins planned to buy the shop before Hogwarts' students were banned from visiting Hogsmeade. Zonko's closed when it began losing business (the students were the main customers).
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Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
This is where the
Hogwarts Express arrives after travelling from
King's Cross . Scenes involving Hogsmeade Station in the Harry Potter films were shot at the station on the
North York Moors Railway , built in
1865 and virtually unchanged, that serves the village of
Goathland in the
North Yorkshire Moors .
The
Hog's Head is another
Pub , which attracts more unusual customers than the Three Broomsticks. The hanging sign in front of the pub has a severed boar's head leaking blood onto the white cloth around it. The pub itself is filthy, with the floor covered under layers and layers of dirt, the windows are smeared with so much grime that they hardly let any light through. The ground floor is a single room, but there are rooms on the upper floors. A Hogwarts Headmaster interviewed a potential professor here (because the professor had chosen the lodgings for their cheapness). Harry notes that the dirty room smells strongly of goats, and that it's something of a fashion to hide your face or head at this pub. While students are permitted to go to the pub, they are strongly advised to bring their own glasses. The bartender is an elderly man, and is in fact Albus Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth.
Despite it's somewhat seedy reputation, the Hog's Head has been witness several important events throughout the series. It was here that the seer
Sibyll Trelawney revealed the prophecy connecting
Voldemort and
Harry , during an interview with
Albus Dumbledore for the position of
Divination teacher. This was also where
Hagrid bought an illegal dragon egg from Voldemort's servant in disguise. A few years later, the first meeting of
Dumbledore's Army was held here, where it was eavesdropped upon by a Ministry spy. Centuries before this, this inn was the headquarters of the 1612 Goblin Rebellion.
Shop that sells and repairs magical equipment, located near the end of the High Street
Scrivenshaft's is a stationary shop located on the High Street.
Gladrags Wizardwear sells clothes. There are other branches in
London and
Paris . It is full of quirky merchandise, and appears to specialize in strange and unusual socks.
Located on a little side street off the main High Street, this cramped little tea shop is patronized by Hogwarts couples out on dates. The decor is on the tacky side of frilly - Madam Puddifoot goes overboard with this on Valentine's Day, when she hires floating golden cherubs to throw pink confetti on trysting couples.
Honeydukes is one of the most famous wizarding sweetshops in the world. It sells wizard candies and treats of all descriptions, including Chocolate Frogs, Licorice Wands, and Cockroach Clusters. Honeydukes is particularly well known for their special kind of fudge. They also sell creamy chunks of nougat, pink squares of coconut ice, honey-colored toffees, and row upon row of different kinds of chocolate.
Honeydukes sweets are sold to students on the Hogwarts Express tea trolley on the journeys to and from Scotland and London.
The owners, Ambrosius Flume and his wife, live in an apartment above the shop. There is a
Secret Passage connecting the basement of the shop and the statue of a humpbacked witch on the third floor of
Hogwarts , which
Harry Potter uses to illegally enter Hogsmeade in the
Prisoner Of Azkaban .
This place is filled with
Owl s which are colour-coded based on how fast you want your letter to get to its destination.
This house is supposed to be the most severely haunted building in
Britain . The
Hogwarts Ghost s avoid this place.
Fred And George Weasley tried to get in, of course, but failed. When
James Potter and his friends were in school,
Remus Lupin used this house during his monthly transformations to stay isolated from the students, being brought there every month by
Madam Pomfrey .
Dumbledore encouraged the theory that there were ghosts causing the commotion.
