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Locations in Hogwarts
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of fictional novels by J. K. Rowling. This is list of locations on the grounds. It should be noted that some rooms in the school tend to "move around," which Rowling says can be attributed either to the magic of the school or to her own imperfect memory. Classrooms Potions Potions is taught in one of the dungeons under the castle. This dungeon is large enough to accommodate a double class. It is colder here than in the main castle, and the surrounding walls contain many jars of pickled animals, which the students find particularly creepy. Ice cold water pours from a gargoyle's mouth into a basin in the corner. History of Magic The History of Magic classroom contains a chalkboard, through which Professor Binns, a ghost, enters and exits at the start and end of class. There is also a window with thick glass and a narrow ledge that looks across the school lake. Muggle Studies The Muggle Studies classroom is never directly shown during the novels, though it is occasionally referenced. Charity Burbage taught Muggle Studies prior to her murder in 1997. The post was overtaken by Alecto Carrow, a Death Eater, who taught her class that Muggles were filthy, disgusting pieces of dirt that should be destroyed. Defence Against the Dark Arts The classroom for the Defence Against the Dark Arts class is located four floors below the Gryffindor common room on the seventh floor, and is where Professors Quirrell, Lockhart, Lupin, Barty Crouch Jr. (impersonating Moody), Umbridge, Snape, and Amycus Carrow worked. Charms Charms is taught by Professor Flitwick and the Classroom is located down the Charms corridor on the third floor and has a window overlooking the front drive. Transfiguration Professor McGonagall's office is located on the first floor, but her Transfiguration classroom could be anywhere in the main building. Scenes in this room in the movies were filmed at Durham Cathedral, England Arithmancy This classroom is where Arithmancy is taught by Professor Vector. Ancient Runes The location for Ancient Runes is unknown, but taught by Bathsheba Babbling. Greenhouses There are at least four greenhouses where Herbology classes are held by Professor Sprout, and, apparently, Neville Longbottom as of 2017. To get to the Herbology greenhouses, students frequently walk across the vegetable patches in the grounds. Among many others, the greenhouses have housed honking daffodils, leaping toadstools, umbrella-sized flowers, Snargaluffs, Abyssinian Shrivelfigs, Mandrakes, Puffapods, Bouncing Bulbs, Bubotubers, Screechsnaps, Fanged Geraniums, Flutterby Bushes, and a Venomous Tentacula. The first-year students are only taught in the first greenhouse; however, second-year students are occasionally taught in the second and third greenhouse. North Tower To enter the North Tower, it is necessary to climb a ladder on the seventh floor through a trapdoor in the ceiling. The North Tower contains Sybill Trelawney's residence and one of two Divination classrooms. This classroom is at the base of the North Tower and is a round room with walls lined with shelves (they hold teacups, crystal balls, and decks of cards), small round tables, armchairs, and pouffes. The classroom also has an oppressive fire with a copper kettle that gives off heavy fumes. Astronomy Tower Astronomy classes occur here, since this is the tallest tower and therefore has the best view of the night sky. The Astronomy Tower faces west and is located above the main entrance of Hogwarts. This is also the site of Albus Dumbledore's death at the hands of Severus Snape. Classroom Eleven When Firenze the centaur was appointed the new Divination teacher after Sybill Trelawney was sacked in book five, he was given a classroom on the ground floor, as he was unable to climb up the ladder to the normal classroom on the seventh floor. Albus Dumbledore made classroom eleven look like the middle of a forest clearing, full of trees and plantlife. Since Firenze stayed on as Divination teacher even after Trelawney was rehired, it is presumed that the room has not changed. The book states that this is one of a group of unused classrooms in one area, so one can only assume that there are several more classrooms on the ground floor. Offices Snape's Office Severus Snape's office is located in the dungeon, adjacent to the Potions classroom. The room is filled with bizarre creatures in jars, and Snape keeps his private stores of potion ingredients there. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, he declines an offer for an office nearer to his new Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, preferring to remain in the dungeon. McGonagall's Office Minerva McGonagall's office is in the hallway down from the Great Hall. The professor has one window in her office that overlooks the hills beside Hogwarts. Her bed is beside that window while her podium is on the other side of her room. Her podium is where she writes all her letters and other important documents. Staff Room Located off the Entrance Hall, the staff room is a long paneled chamber with mismatched dark wooden chairs. There are two stone gargoyles on either side of the door who challenge any student who knocks. Within the staff room is a large wardrobe, which on one occasion in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, became infested with a boggart. Filch's Office Argus Filch, the caretaker, has an office off the Entrance Hall that has a single oil lamp hanging from the ceiling and a vague smell of fried fish. His office contains filing cabinets with records of every student that Filch has ever punished (Fred and George Weasley have an entire drawer to themselves), as well as a cabinet marked "Confiscated and Highly Dangerous". His office contains well-oiled and polished chains and manacles, which he hopes to use on the students again one day. This is also where Fred and George Weasley found the , which had been confiscated many years before. Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor's Office This is the office of the current Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Although it is mentioned in the first book, during which time it is used by Professor Quirrell, the reader does not then see it. It is seen during the tenures of the five successive occupants. When Gilderoy Lockhart used it, it was full of portraits of himself. When Remus Lupin used it, it contained a variety of interesting used during his lessons. When the fake Alastor Moody occupied it, it was full of Dark Detectors, and when Dolores Umbridge used it, all the surfaces were draped with flowery and lacy covers and cloths and on one of the walls were many china ornamental plates decorated with technicolour kittens. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Severus Snape, who was formerly the Potions Master, became the new professor for Defence Against the Dark Arts. Unlike previous Defence Against the Dark Arts professors, Snape preferred to stay in his office in the dungeons, while the new Potions professor, Horace Slughorn, occupied the D.A.D.A. office. The location of the office is mentioned in passing when after the first attack of Ms. Norris in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on the second floor of Hogwarts, Professor Lockhart mentions that his office is "right up these stairs". Flitwick's Office Filius Flitwick's office is on the seventh floor and is the thirteenth window from the right of the West Tower. In the third book, Sirius Black was held there. Entrance to Headmaster's Office The entrance to the headmaster or headmistress' office is located behind the statue of a stone gargoyle on the seventh floor, though on the opposite side of the castle from Gryffindor Tower. When given the correct password, the gargoyle leaps aside and the wall behind it splits in two, revealing a stone spiral staircase that moves like an escalator. The office itself is presumably located one floor up as the staircase moves upwards to a highly polished oak door with a brass knocker shaped like a griffin. Dumbledore preferred passwords relating to sweets, such as "Fizzing Whizbee," "Sherbet Lemon", or "Acid Pop." During Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Harry unthinkingly says "Dumbledore!" and the door opens. Headmaster's Tower The headmaster or headmistress' office and residence is inside this tower, and is entered via a staircase guarded by a stone gargoyle on the seventh floor. It was originally the private chambers of Godric Gryffindor. The office is a large and beautiful round room with windows that have a view of the Quidditch pitch and the mountains surrounding Hogwarts. It is decorated with portraits of previous headmasters and headmistresses, including Dilys Derwent, Armando Dippet, Phineas Nigellus Black, Professor Everard, and Dexter Fortescue. The desk is enormous and claw-footed with a highly polished surface and a high-backed chair. On the wall behind the headmaster's desk is a shelf that holds the Sorting Hat and beside the Hat, Godric Gryffindor's sword is contained in a glass case. The office can seal itself so that none but the rightful headmaster or headmistress is allowed to enter, as Dolores Umbridge found out after she was made Headmistress. During Albus Dumbledore's tenure as Headmaster, the office contained a number of spindly-legged tables with numerous silver instruments of unknown function, at least one of which appears to have something to do with tracing or monitoring visions or dreams. Following Dumbledore's death in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, his portrait appeared, but was asleep, and had not woken by the book's end. According to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dumbledore's portrait is placed on the back wall behind the Headmaster's chair. Dormitories Slytherin The Slytherin dormitories and common room are actually located under the lake. Access is gained by going through the door to the left of the main staircase in the Entrance Hall and down the stone steps that lead into a labyrinth of corridors. When given the correct password, a bare stone wall opens into the Slytherin common room. The common room is long and low with a rough stone ceiling and walls. It is lit by green-tinted lamps hanging by chains and carved chairs stand around a fire burning under an elaborate mantelpiece. The somewhat gloomy and dank atmosphere resemble the Slytherin house's dark reputation. Hufflepuff The Hufflepuff dormitories and common room are in the cellar, adjacent to the kitchens. They are located through the door to the right of the main staircase in the Entrance Hall, down a flight of stone steps and along a broad, stone corridor lit with torches and decorated cheerfully. The Hufflepuff common room is the only common room that Harry does not actually visit over the course of the series. However, in an online chat on Bloomsbury.com following the release of Deathly Hallows, Rowling describes the room. It is accessed through a still life painting near the kitchens and is a "very cozy and welcoming place, as dissimilar as possible from Snape's dungeon. Lots of yellow hangings, and fat armchairs, and little underground tunnels leading to the dormitories, all of which have perfectly round doors, like barrel tops." (4) As the Hufflepuff mascot is the badger, the cozy Hufflepuff common room bears resemblance to an underground burrow. Gryffindor Gryffindor Tower is entered through the portrait of the on the seventh floor. It can only be entered if one knows the correct password. When the correct password is given, the portrait swings forward to reveal a hole which leads into the Gryffindor common room. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Sirius Black was denied entry, and slashed the Fat Lady's portrait. For a short period afterwards, , a portrait of an eccentric knight, guarded Gryffindor Tower. Gryffindor Tower is where the Gryffindor common room and dormitories are located. The common room has windows, a fireplace, tables, and squashy armchairs. Its walls are lined with the famous medieval tapestries depicting the The Lady and the Unicorn, over which there are a few large paintings. There are separate dormitories for girls and boys, which are subdivided by year. Girls are permitted to enter the boys' dormitories, but boys cannot visit the girls', because the Hogwarts founders felt that boys were less trustworthy than girls. As seen in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the stairs to the girls' dormitories turn into a slide if a boy attempts to go up them. It is unknown if the other houses have similar security systems to prevent this, but is assumed that there are. There are a total of fourteen dormitories and each is a round, windowed room that includes five four poster beds and several bedside tables. In the first film (which was released before the publication of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) however, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are seen walking up the stairs to the 1st year girl's dormitory door. In general, the Gryffindor common room is a cozy and bright place, stemming from Gryffindor house's do-good reputation. Ravenclaw Ravenclaw Tower is located at the west side of the castle. It is home to the Ravenclaw common room and dormitories. The tower is entered through a door that had no handle and no keyhole, just a bronze knocker in the shape an eagle. To enter it you must correctly answer an intellectual and/or philosophical question rather than simply give a password. If a student can not answer the question, the student waits until one arrives that can, therefore Ravenclaw students learn something new every day. The eagle door knocker opens the door if it determines that the answer is a legitimate one. Inside, it is described as an "airy" room with many arched windows overlooking the surrounding mountains, all hung with bronze and blue curtains. The ceiling is domed and painted blue with stars on it. The floor is covered by midnight-blue carpet. There is a statue of Rowena Ravenclaw beside the entrance to the dorm. As the Ravenclaw house values intelligence and wisdom, the common room in general can be described as a studious and philosophical place. As the house mascot is an airborne bird, the Eagle (Raven in the movies), the common room is situated high in the air, on its tower. Others Kitchens The kitchens are located directly under the Great Hall in an enormous, high-ceilinged room. It has stone walls, heaps of brass pots and pans, and a large brick fireplace at one end. The kitchens contain four long wooden tables positioned exactly the same way as the tables above. Food must simply be placed on these tables in the kitchens in order to be sent up through the ceiling to their counterparts upstairs. The kitchens are staffed by over a hundred house-elves, including Dobby, Winky and, as of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Kreacher. To gain access to the kitchens, one must go down the corridor to the right of the main staircase in the Entrance Hall, find the painting of a bowl of fruit and tickle the pear, which then giggles and becomes a door handle. Harry appears to have known and then forgotten about the location of the kitchens in his first three years at the school. In the , he recalls that there is a suit of armour near to the kitchens, noting that he must be 'five floors up from there' (he appears to be on the same level as the library: he has run from there, and does not mention using any staircases). By The Goblet of Fire, however, he does not know where the kitchens are (he has to be told about them by Fred and George Weasley, and does not realise where Hermione is taking him when they visit the kitchens). One could argue that what Harry had initially believed to be the kitchens by the library was not, that there is a common kitchen for student use, or (most likely) that Rowling had forgotten the first instance when she wrote the scene in Goblet of Fire. During their time at Hogwarts, Fred and George Weasley steal food frequently from the kitchens. Chamber of Secrets The Chamber of Secrets, which is deep under the dungeons (probably under the lake), was home to an ancient Basilisk, intended to be used to purge the school of students. The Chamber was built by Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts, before he left the school. Since June 1993, the Chamber has presumably been empty. The Chamber is well hidden and the entrance is in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom on the second floor, which leads down into a dark, slimy stone tunnel. There are many skeletons of small animals littering the floor and even a gigantic skin shed by the Basilisk. The tunnel leads to a solid wall, carved with two entwined serpents with emeralds for eyes. When is spoken they open into a very long, dim corridor, lined with monumental statues of snakes, including two towering stone pillars with more carved serpents that brace the ceiling. A colossal statue of Salazar Slytherin, looking ancient and monkey-like, is at the centre. The Basilisk rested inside the statue and emerged from its mouth when the Heir of Slytherin, Tom Marvolo Riddle, summoned it. Harry uses parseltongue to open the chamber and destroys the diary in his second year at Hogwarts. It is later revealed that the diary was a Horcrux. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ron and Hermione enter the Chamber. Ron opens the door (despite not speaking Parseltongue) by imitating sounds he heard Harry use to open Slytherin's locket. They find a basilisk fang to use to destroy the Horcrux made from Helga Hufflepuff's cup (Hermione stabs it). Entrance Hall The Entrance Hall is entered up a flight of stone steps and through huge double oak front doors that face west. The Hall is lit by torches and is quite imposing, with a ceiling so high it is barely visible and a paved flagstone floor. A wide marble staircase opposite the front doors leads to the first floor. On either side of this staircase there are two doors. One leads to the Hufflepuff common room and the kitchens, while the other leads to the dungeons. There is also a door on the left side of the Hall that leads to an antechamber where the first year students wait before the Sorting, as well as a broom cupboard off the Hall. The Hall is also home to the four House hourglasses where the House points are displayed for all to see. Great Hall The Great Hall is entered by double doors to the right of the Entrance Hall. The Great Hall is a vast chamber that contains four long tables for each of the four Houses. Closest to the doors is the Slytherin table, followed by Ravenclaw, then Hufflepuff, and finally the Gryffindor table next to the far wall. On a raised platform at the front of the room is the High Table where the staff dine. The ceiling is enchanted so that it mirrors the sky as it currently appears outside. There are also high mullioned windows around the room that show the grounds outside. Behind the High Table, there is a smaller antechamber with a fireplace and many portraits, where the champions of the Triwizard Tournament gathered for the first time. The Final Duel between Harry Potter and Voldemort took place in this room. Hospital Wing The hospital wing contains many beds with white sheets, optional privacy screens, and bedpans. It also contains the office of Poppy Pomfrey, the nurse. In the third film, 'Prisoner Of Azkaban' the Clock Tower is located along the corridor outside the hospital. It chimes the hours with a big bell. Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom Moaning Myrtle's bathroom contains the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets. The entrance is a sink with a snake scratched onto the tap, opened by speaking in . This causes the sink to open into a pipe large enough for a person to slide down. At the bottom of this chute is a tunnel leading to the Chamber of Secrets. When Tom Riddle opened the Chamber in 1943, Myrtle was sulking in a stall. When she heard him, she opened the door, saw the Basilisk, and died immediately, becoming a ghost. Her bathroom remains operational, but is rarely used by students because of Myrtle's disagreeable presence. Trophy Room The trophy room is where awards, cups, plates, shields, statues, and medals are kept in a crystal glass display case. This room also contains a list of Head Boys and Head Girls. The trophy room is adjacent to an armour gallery. Tom Riddle's Award for Services to the School is among the awards here (or was, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Riddle was given the Award for discovering Hagrid's pet acromantula and for condemning it as the Monster of the Chamber; since it later became clear that the acromantula was not the monster, and that Riddle himself had opened the Chamber, it may now have been removed). Harry Potter and Ron Weasley both won Special Awards for Service to the School; their awards will be on display here as well. Peeves especially enjoys bouncing around the trophy room. In the Playstation 2 game of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the Trophy Room is located down a spiral staircase through a door just next to the staff dining table in the Great Hall. Third Floor Corridor In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this corridor is forbidden to students. Fluffy was kept stationed within the corridor, guarding a trapdoor in the floor. The trapdoor allowed a person to drop down to below the school, into the chambers used to hide the philosopher's stone. The corridor has not been mentioned since (although Fluffy now roams the Forbidden Forest) - this could mean that the corridor is no longer out-of-bounds, or that it is still kept locked up. Library The library contains tens of thousands of books on thousands of shelves. The different sections include an Invisibility Section, a section on dragons, and the Restricted Section at the very back, barred by a rope. Students need a signed note of permission from a teacher to peruse the Restricted Section, as it holds books about powerful Dark subject matter that is never taught at Hogwarts, and is only used by older students studying advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts. Books in the Hogwarts library may be put on hold and the student's name added to a waiting list. Chocolate and presumably all other food and drinks are forbidden in the library, which closes at eight p.m. Irma Pince is the librarian. She guards the books fiercely, and has been known to put unusual jinxes on the books, to make sure that they are not mistreated. Prefect's Bathroom The prefects' bathroom is hidden behind the fourth door to the left of the statue of Boris the Bewildered. Despite the name, this bathroom can also be used by Quidditch captains. The door opens when told the correct password. At one point in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the password was "pine fresh." Inside, the room is made entirely of white marble and is softly lit by a candle-filled chandelier. The bathtub is rectangular and about the size and depth of a swimming pool, complete with a diving board and hundreds of taps each with a differently coloured jewel set into the handle. From these taps gush not only water, but also magical bubble bath, including pink and blue bubbles the size of footballs, extremely thick ice-white foam, and heavily perfumed purple clouds that hover over the surface of the water. One tap even sends a jet that bounces across the water in large arcs. Moaning Myrtle sometimes comes here to secretly watch the prefects take baths. There is a pile of fluffy white towels in the corner and a painting of a flirty blonde mermaid. Owlery The Owlery is at the top of the West Tower. The Owlery is a circular stone room that holds hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of owls, including both the school owls and owls that students have brought as pets, all nestled on perches that rise right to the top of the tower. None of the windows in the Owlery have glass and so it is rather cold and drafty. The floor is covered in straw, droppings, and the "regurgitated skeletons of mice and voles". This is where Harry asked Cho Chang to the Yule Ball, but she has already been asked by Cedric Diggory. Room of Requirement Located opposite an enormous tapestry depicting Barnabas the Barmy attempting to train trolls for the ballet, the Room of Requirement appears only when someone is in need of it. To make it appear, one must walk past its hidden entrance three times while concentrating on what is needed. The room will then appear, outfitted with whatever is required. To the Hogwarts house-elves it is also known as the Come and Go Room. Albus Dumbledore was first to mention the room, noting that he discovered it at five-thirty in the morning, filled with chamber pots when he was attempting to locate a bathroom. However, Dumbledore did not appear to know the Room's specific secrets. Dobby later told Harry of the Room in detail and admitted to frequently bringing Winky to the room to cure her bouts of Butterbeer-induced drunkenness, finding it full of antidotes and a "nice elf-sized bed". Argus Filch was said to find cleaning supplies here when he had run out, and when Fred and George Weasley needed a place to hide, it would appear in the form of a broom cupboard. Sybill Trelawney also makes a habit of using it to hide her empty sherry bottles after she is sacked in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It would seem that when one wishes to hide something it produces the same room for everyone: the Room of Hidden Things, which is full of many centuries worth of abandoned objects, such as broken furniture, books, and possessions which were presumably forgotten by their owners. Harry learned of the room's abilities from Dobby, finding it the perfect location for his Dumbledore's Army meetings, during which it would be filled with bookcases full of Defence Against the Dark Arts volumes, many different kinds of Dark Detectors, and a plethora of floor cushions for practicing defensive spells. In Half-Blood Prince Harry used the Room of Hidden Things to stash his copy of Advanced Potion-Making, describing it as the size of a large cathedral and packed to overflowing with items hidden by Hogwarts inhabitants over the years, such as old potions, clothing, ruined furniture, an old tiara, or books which were "no doubt banned or graffitied or stolen". He later realized that Draco Malfoy had been using the room in that same state to hide and repair the Vanishing Cabinet in order to use it to smuggle Death Eaters into Hogwarts. In Deathly Hallows, the Room is used by the students who need a place to hide from the Carrows, two Death Eater professors. It is also revealed that the Room of Requirement's current version can change while still occupied, though should a completely different version be required (e.g. the Room of Hidden Things instead of DA Headquarters) the room must be empty. The Room can also answer to the desire of the wizard within the room, such as providing Harry with a whistle when he needed one during a Dumbledore's Army meeting, or creating a passage to the Hog's Head (as the room cannot produce food). Later, the diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw is found to be one of Voldemort's Horcruxes and has been hidden in the Room of Hidden Things (a manifestation of the Room of Requirement) by Voldemort himself. Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter the Room, with Harry knowing that he must look for a place to hide things, and find the tiara; but they are ambushed by Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle. The diadem is finally destroyed when Crabbe fills this version of the Room with what Hermione believes to have been ; a particularly destructive magical fire. It is not known if the room continues to function after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Ron expresses concern that it may have been ruined in all of its forms by the cursed fire. Grounds Hogwarts Castle is surrounded by mountains and is perched high atop a cliff overlooking a great black lake. When entering from the lake, a curtain of ivy hides a wide opening in the cliff face. A dark tunnel leads right under the castle into an underground harbour with a rocky beach and from there, a passageway in the rock leads to the front doors. The entrance on the road from Hogsmeade to around the lake is through a pair of wrought iron gates in the walls enclosing the grounds. On either side of the gates are two tall stone pillars, each topped with a winged boar. The Hogwarts grounds are extensive with sloping lawns, including flowerbeds, vegetable patches, and a Quidditch pitch, as well as the vast Forbidden Forest. Lake The lake is located on the south side of the castle, which stands on a cliff overlooking the water. It is about half a mile in diameter and the Hogwarts plumbing network drains into it. A number of magical creatures inhabit the lake, including a surprisingly friendly giant squid, often seen near the surface, a colony of merpeople inhabiting the bottom, and a population of grindylows. It was also the temporary home of the Durmstrang ship during the Triwizard Tournament in which it also served as the setting for the Second Task. Hagrid's Hut Rubeus Hagrid is the gamekeeper, Keeper of the Keys and the Grounds, Professor of Care of Magical Creatures, and the only teacher not to live in the castle. He lives in a small wooden hut on the grounds, on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, with his boarhound, Fang, who, belying his appearance, is a coward. He has a pumpkin patch behind his hut, with a fence around it. In the first film Hagrid's hut was quite close to the south exit of Hogwarts but in films 2,3,4 and 5 Hagrid's hut is shown to be at the bottom of a long dirt path. Forbidden Forest The Forbidden Forest is a large, dark forest to the east of Hogwarts Castle. It is usually referred to simply as "the Forest" and in the film series as the "Dark Forest". It is strictly forbidden to all students, except during Care of Magical Creatures lessons and, on rare occasions, detentions. Among the plant species within the Forest are trees such as beech, oak, pine, sycamore, and yew, as well as undergrowth including knotgrass and thorns. Though the Forest is vastly dense and wild, there are a few paths and clearings. These are mostly made by Rubeus Hagrid, who frequently travels into the Forest for various reasons. The Forest is also home to an assortment of creatures. The following is an (incomplete) list of beasts that inhabit the forest: *A herd of at least 50 centaurs, including Bane, Magorian, Ronan, and formerly Firenze. *Werewolves, according to Draco Malfoy and Argus Filch (unlikely, considering the nature of werewolves). *A colony of Acromantulas, the late Aragog and his family, which may have been wiped out by Death Eaters. *Trolls (according to Tom Riddle). *Unicorns *Thestrals *Bowtruckles *Fluffy, a three-headed dog who was released into the forest after the events of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. it was stated by J.K Rowling that Fluffy was to make an appearance in the Second Battle of Hogwarts, though this plan never happened. It was supposed to be that Hagrid rides in on Fluffy with Grawp tailling behind. *Though not technically a beast, there is a much damaged turquoise Ford Anglia, formerly owned by Arthur Weasley that had been bewitched with the ability to fly, but took on a mind of its own after Harry and Ron Weasley crashed it into the Whomping Willow. It fled into the Forest, never to be seen again except on one occasion in which it helped Ron and Harry escape from a hungry bunch of giant spiders. Rowling stated in an interview that the flying car was set to make a return in the seventh and final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. However, it did not. *Grawp, a "small" giant, lived in the Forest during Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Albus Dumbledore later arranged for him to move up to the mountains surrounding Hogwarts and live in a big cave, where he is "much happier than he was in the Forest". *Foxes, according to Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. *Blood-Sucking BugBear, according to Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. *Butterflies, according to Harry in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Whomping Willow The Whomping Willow is a very valuable magical tree on the Hogwarts grounds. The tree is extremely violent, striking viciously with its branches at anything that comes within reach. Headmaster Albus Dumbledore planted the Willow to guard a secret passageway to the Shrieking Shack, a building in Hogsmeade. Remus Lupin was smuggled to the passageway each month at the full moon, where he could transform in the Shack into his werewolf form, without risking harm to others. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry and his best friend Ron Weasley flew an enchanted Ford Anglia to Hogwarts, and accidentally crashed into the Whomping Willow, causing minor damage to the tree but more significant harm to the car. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Sirius Black, having transformed himself into a dog, dragged Ron Weasley into the secret passageway beneath the tree. The passage was also used in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione learned that Voldemort was waiting at the Shrieking Shack for Harry's surrender. Quidditch Pitch The Quidditch pitch is where Quidditch games are held, and where teams practice. There are three golden hoops, about 50 feet high, at each end used for scoring, and stands surrounding it, providing seating for spectators. It houses the locker rooms for the four House teams and the offices of the four team captains. The referee is often Madam Hooch, the flying teacher and Quidditch coach, although Severus Snape refereed once in Harry's first year. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire it was the site of the Triwizard Tournament's Third Task. Locker rooms There are locker rooms off the grounds of the Quidditch pitch where team members change for practices and games. When Oliver Wood isn't present at one point after a Gryffindor team loss in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Fred and George Weasley joke that he's still trying to drown himself in the locker room showers. There is also an office that is used by the Team Captain. White Tomb The White Tomb is where Albus Dumbledore is buried. It lies beside the lake, in a serene and calm inlet on a hill. It is the only location in the whole of the Hogwarts grounds where a former Hogwarts Head is buried, giving Dumbledore a unique distinction. The Tomb was opened by Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in order for Voldemort to retrieve the , which was in Dumbledore's possession at the time of his death. At the end of the book Harry intends to secretly return the Elder Wand to Dumbledore's tomb. See Also
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