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Located behind [the Leaky Cauldron](/fact-file/locations/the-leaky-[cauldron](/fact-file/objects/cauldron)) pub, Diagon Alley was the main shopping street for the UK’s wizarding community. With its ancient buildings and cobbled streets, Diagon Alley was often a busy place, particularly before term started as [Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) students rushed to get the books and equipment on their back-to-school lists. Shops such as Madam Malkin’s Robes for all Occasions and Flourish and Botts sold everything from wizarding robes to cats, owls, [cauldrons](/fact-file/objects/cauldron) and quills, whilst [Ollivanders](/fact-file/locations/ollivanders) was the go-to place for finding the perfect [wand](/fact-file/objects/wand). The Alley was also home to [Gringotts](/fact-file/locations/gringotts) wizarding bank, and was connected to Knockturn Alley - a more sinister shopping street devoted to the Dark Arts.

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### Where in the world
London

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### Magical Properties
Only wizards and witches can enter Diagon Alley by tapping on a brick wall in a particular pattern with a [wand](/fact-file/objects/wand).

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### Shops
[The Leaky Cauldron](/fact-file/locations/the-leaky-cauldron)

[Ollivanders](/fact-file/locations/ollivanders)

[Gringotts](/fact-file/locations/gringotts)

[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes](/fact-file/locations/weasleys-wizard-wheezes)

[Eeylops Owl Emporium](/fact-file/locations/eeylops-owl-emporium)

[Flourish and Blotts](/fact-file/locations/flourish-and-blotts)

[Quality Quidditch Supplies](/fact-file/locations/quality-quidditch-supplies)

[Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions](/fact-file/locations/madam-malkins-robes-for-all-occasions)

[The Magical Menagerie](/fact-file/locations/the-magical-menagerie) 

[Gambol and Japes](/fact-file/locations/gambol-and-japes)

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A gift for Harry's eleventh birthday, Hedwig was a snowy owl who came to be one of Harry's closest companions. Not only did Hedwig deliver Harry's mail but she was a friend to Harry during his loneliest moments. Despite her loyalty to Harry, Hedwig could get stroppy, particularly when she wasn't given the flying freedom that she was accustomed to.

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### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone)

[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets)

[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban)

[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire) 

[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix)

[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince) 

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows)

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### Family connections/Affiliation
[Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter)

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### Skills
Delivering letters quickly and efficiently 

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### Hobbies
Nipping Harry

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Gamekeeper, Keeper of the Keys and Care of Magical Creatures teacher at [Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts). Rubeus Hagrid may have been intimidating physically - he was of course, half-man, half-giant - but he was also soft-hearted, especially when it came to looking after the beasts of Hogwarts. From monstrous spiders to feathered [Hippogriffs](/fact-file/creatures/hippogriff), majestic [unicorns](/fact-file/creatures/unicorn) and Blast-Ended-Skrewts, there was nothing too creepy or crawly that didn't have a place in Hagrid’s heart.  Hagrid was the one to deliver the news to Harry that he had a place at Hogwarts with the immortal line, ‘Harry - yer a wizard’, and became something of a father figure to him ever since.

Rubeus Hagrid

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### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone)

[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets)

[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban)

[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire)

[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix)

[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince)

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows)

[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child](/discover-on-stage)

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### House
[Gryffindor](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/gryffindor)

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### Affiliation
[Order of the Phoenix](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/order-of-the-phoenix)

[Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) Staff

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### Skills
[Giant](/fact-file/creatures/giant) strength

Care of Magical Creatures

Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts

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### Hobbies
Walks in the [Forbidden Forest](/fact-file/locations/the-forbidden-forest)

Looking after [Fang](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/fang)

Baking

Hatching [Norbert](/fact-file/creatures/norwegian-ridgeback)

Befriending [Aragog](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/aragog)

Eeylops Owl Emporium did what it said on the tin: sold owls and supplies to care for them. Eeylops was the go-to place for witches and wizards looking for pets and postal owls. It was in this [Diagon Alley](/fact-file/locations/diagon-alley) shop that Harry found his snowy owl, [Hedwig](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/hedwig), a present from [Rubeus Hagrid](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/rubeus-hagrid) on his eleventh birthday.  

Eeylops Owl Emporium

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### Where in the world
[Diagon Alley](/fact-file/locations/diagon-alley)

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### Notable events
Hagrid buys Harry his owl, [Hedwig](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/hedwig) 

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