Post by Mike Meyer on Mar 22, 2007 23:55:03 GMT -5
Location and grounds
Hogwarts Castle, as it appears in the Harry Potter films.
J. K. Rowling says she visualises Hogwarts, in its entirety, to be: [1]
“ A huge, rambling, quite scary-looking castle, with a jumble of towers and battlements. Like the Weasleys' house, it isn't a building that Muggles could build, because it is supported by magic.
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Hogwarts is supposed by the author to be located in a mountainous and secluded region in Scotland, near a wizarding village named Hogsmeade.[5] The castle has extensive grounds with sloping lawns, flower beds and vegetable patches, a loch, a large and dense forest (called the Forbidden Forest), a number of greenhouses and other outbuildings, and a full-size Quidditch pitch. There is also an Owlery, which houses all of the owls owned by the school and those owned by students.
The village of Hogsmeade is used as a commercial centre by students, and as lodging by visitors to the school. Hogsmeade is the only remaining exclusively magical community in Britain, and is famous for Honeydukes Sweetshop, a well-known magical joke shop Zonko's and pubs The Hog's Head and The Three Broomsticks. It is popular with Hogwarts students, who visit it from school on certain weekends. The Hogwarts station (Hogsmeade Station), though not at all near to the village, nonetheless takes its name from the settlement. On a map drawn by Rowling for the film crew, the station appears to be south-east of the school, while the village of Hogsmeade appears to be north-west. The station is reached by the Hogwarts Express, a train service solely for the use of the students.
The Hogwarts Quidditch stadium, as it appears in the Harry Potter films.
Since Apparition is not possible within the school or the school grounds, due to magical security charms, the Hogwarts Express is the primary means of transportation to and from Hogwarts. It is possible to arrive by means other than the school train however: by using broomsticks, Apparating or taking the Knight Bus to a location outside the grounds and walking through the gates, or using other magical means of travelling such as Floo powder,
Seen from the school quidditch stadium.
and portkeys. The school still has a network of protective charms and magical barriers, however. The school also owns a number of carriages, drawn by Thestrals, which bring students around the lake from Hogsmeade station up to the school entrance. First-year students, after arriving at the Hogsmeade station by the Hogwarts Express, traditionally cross the lake by boat to reach the castle, while the rest of the students are taken by the Thestral-drawn carriages. The carriages pass through enormous gates flanked by winged boars, and then ramble up a curving drive to the main entrance of the castle, passing the loch on their way. After the students have entered the grounds, the gates are locked and stringent security measures are reinstalled, as Harry found when he arrived late in book six.
The school is enchanted to repel Muggles (non-magical people), to whom Hogwarts appears to be "a mouldering old ruin with a sign over the entrance saying DANGER, DO NOT ENTER, UNSAFE".GF Ch. 11 Electronic devices go haywire and do not work around Hogwarts because there is too much magic in the air. Witches and wizards can not Apparate or Disapparate in Hogwarts grounds.GF Ch. 28
Hogwarts Castle, as it appears in the Harry Potter films.
J. K. Rowling says she visualises Hogwarts, in its entirety, to be: [1]
“ A huge, rambling, quite scary-looking castle, with a jumble of towers and battlements. Like the Weasleys' house, it isn't a building that Muggles could build, because it is supported by magic.
”
Hogwarts is supposed by the author to be located in a mountainous and secluded region in Scotland, near a wizarding village named Hogsmeade.[5] The castle has extensive grounds with sloping lawns, flower beds and vegetable patches, a loch, a large and dense forest (called the Forbidden Forest), a number of greenhouses and other outbuildings, and a full-size Quidditch pitch. There is also an Owlery, which houses all of the owls owned by the school and those owned by students.
The village of Hogsmeade is used as a commercial centre by students, and as lodging by visitors to the school. Hogsmeade is the only remaining exclusively magical community in Britain, and is famous for Honeydukes Sweetshop, a well-known magical joke shop Zonko's and pubs The Hog's Head and The Three Broomsticks. It is popular with Hogwarts students, who visit it from school on certain weekends. The Hogwarts station (Hogsmeade Station), though not at all near to the village, nonetheless takes its name from the settlement. On a map drawn by Rowling for the film crew, the station appears to be south-east of the school, while the village of Hogsmeade appears to be north-west. The station is reached by the Hogwarts Express, a train service solely for the use of the students.
The Hogwarts Quidditch stadium, as it appears in the Harry Potter films.
Since Apparition is not possible within the school or the school grounds, due to magical security charms, the Hogwarts Express is the primary means of transportation to and from Hogwarts. It is possible to arrive by means other than the school train however: by using broomsticks, Apparating or taking the Knight Bus to a location outside the grounds and walking through the gates, or using other magical means of travelling such as Floo powder,
Seen from the school quidditch stadium.
and portkeys. The school still has a network of protective charms and magical barriers, however. The school also owns a number of carriages, drawn by Thestrals, which bring students around the lake from Hogsmeade station up to the school entrance. First-year students, after arriving at the Hogsmeade station by the Hogwarts Express, traditionally cross the lake by boat to reach the castle, while the rest of the students are taken by the Thestral-drawn carriages. The carriages pass through enormous gates flanked by winged boars, and then ramble up a curving drive to the main entrance of the castle, passing the loch on their way. After the students have entered the grounds, the gates are locked and stringent security measures are reinstalled, as Harry found when he arrived late in book six.
The school is enchanted to repel Muggles (non-magical people), to whom Hogwarts appears to be "a mouldering old ruin with a sign over the entrance saying DANGER, DO NOT ENTER, UNSAFE".GF Ch. 11 Electronic devices go haywire and do not work around Hogwarts because there is too much magic in the air. Witches and wizards can not Apparate or Disapparate in Hogwarts grounds.GF Ch. 28