A snowy Hogsmeade with Hermione Ron and an invisible Harry.

The only entirely non-Muggle settlement in Britain

Hogsmeade fact file

Where in the world

Scotland

Residents or owners

Owners of various businesses include Aberforth Dumbledore, Madame Rosmerta and Madam Puddifoot, and shops include Honeydukes sweet shop, and Zonko’s Joke Shop

Magical properties

Both Honeydukes and the Hog’s Head pub have secret passages into the grounds of Hogwarts

What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter? Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade. No part of your body has permission to be in Hogsmeade.

Severus Snape

‘Psst – Harry!’ He turned, halfway along the third-floor corridor, to see Fred and George peering out at him from behind a statue…

Extract

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

By J.K. Rowling
An illustration of a snowy Hogsmeade and the exterior of the Three Broomsticks.

The Three Broomsticks

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Honeydukes is full of students.

Inside Honeydukes

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All right, the sweetshop’s rather good, but Zonko’s Joke Shop’s frankly dangerous, and yes, the Shrieking Shack’s always worth a visit, but really, Harry, apart from that, you’re not missing anything.

Percy Weasley

Harry’s feet touched road. He saw the achingly familiar Hogsmeade High Street: dark shop fronts, and the outline of black mountains...

Extract

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

By J.K. Rowling

The first meeting of Dumbledore’s Army

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Harry's floating head by the shrieking Shack scares off Malfoy and his friends.

Harry's head haunts the Shrieking Shack

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