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 in Diagon Alley. The alley is completely hidden form the Muggle world which is right outside of its boundaries. It is a very large area and essentially the centre of wizarding London. ====

It is a popuar historical theory that the oldest building in Diagon Alley is Gringotts: The Wizarding Bank and that the other shops grew up around it. However, there is a possibility that Ollivander's Wand Shop is the oldest building, records dating back to the late fourth century BC.

Harry Potter's first visit to Diagon Alley was with Rubeus Hagrid who was helping him get all of his school supplies, and purchased Harrys eleventh birthday present, the snowy owl that he named Hedwig, from Eeylops Owl Emporium. Harry also purchased his wand from Ollivander's Wand Shop, and presumably, the other members of Harry's year, including Hermione Granger, did the same.

Diagon Alley is accessible from Muggle London through the Leaky Cauldron, which is on Charing Cross Road, between a bookshop and a record shop. Knockturn Alley, a dark artifacts area, is an off shoot of Diagon Alley.