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Hogsmeade Access
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About Hogsmeade
The only all Wizarding village in Great Britain; it was located near Hogwarts; students in third year and above could go there on certain weekends during the school year.
The Three Broomsticks is one of the local pubs in Hogsmeade. It is known for its delicious butterbeer and its beautiful owner Madam Rosmerta, who lives above the pub. It is said by Hermione Granger that Ronald Weasley finds Madam Rosmerta very attractive. The Three Broomsticks is a favorite pub among Hogwarts students and staff.
The Three Broomsticks is one of the local pubs in Hogsmeade. It is known for its delicious butterbeer and its beautiful owner Madam Rosmerta, who lives above the pub. It is said by Hermione Granger that Ronald Weasley finds Madam Rosmerta very attractive. The Three Broomsticks is a favorite pub among Hogwarts students and staff.
Hogsmeade Station is the closest train stop to Hogwarts; the Hogwarts Express stops here after travelling from King's Cross. Scenes involving Hogsmeade Station in the Harry Potter films were shot at Goathland railway station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, built in 1865 and virtually unchanged, that serves the village of Goathland in the North York Moors. According to Rowling's illustrations, Hogsmeade station is not actually in Hogsmeade, but on the opposite side of the lake.
The Hog's Head
The Hog's Head is another pub, which often attracts a more unusual and private clientele than the Three Broomsticks, and many of the customers hide their faces. The hanging sign on the front of the pub has a severed boar's head, leaking blood onto the white cloth around it. The pub itself is filthy, with the floor covered with layers of dirt, and the windows smeared with so much grime that little light gets through. The main floor is a single room, but there are additional rooms on the upper floors. Harry notes that the pub smells strongly of goats. The bartender is Aberforth, the brother of Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
Despite its seedy reputation, the Hog's Head pub has been host to several important events in the world of Harry Potter. The inn was the headquarters of the 1612 Goblin Rebellion. A few months before Harry was born, it was here that the seer Sybill Trelawney revealed the prophecy connecting Lord Voldemort and Harry, during an interview with Albus Dumbledore for the position of Divination teacher at Hogwarts. It is also where Rubeus Hagrid wins an illegal dragon egg (Norbert) while gambling with a disguised servant of Voldemort. In Order of the Phoenix, the first meeting of Dumbledore's Army is secretly held at the Hog's Head. It also serves as a evacuation point for the underaged students directly before the Battle of Hogwarts. The children are sent to Hogwart's Room of Requirement and travel to the Hog's Head through a portrait of Ariana Dumbledore. Also during the Battle of Hogwarts, the Hog's Head is the gathering place of the remaining members of The Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army who have gathered to fight against Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
Dervish and Banges
A shop that sells and repairs magical equipment, Dervish and Banges is located near the end of the High Street.
Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop
Scrivenshaft's is a stationery shop located on the High Street.
Gladrags Wizardwear
Gladrags Wizardwear sells clothing. There are other branches in London and Paris. It is full of quirky merchandise, and appears to specialise in strange and unusual socks.
Madam Puddifoot's
Located on a little side street off the main High Street, this small tea shop is a favourite among Hogwarts couples out on dates. On Valentine's Day Madam Puddifoot hires floating golden cherubs to throw pink confetti on visiting couples. It was at Madam Puddifoot's that Harry celebrated his Valentines day with Cho Chang.
Honeydukes Sweet Shop
Honeydukes is one of the most famous wizarding sweetshops in the world. It sells wizarding sweets of all descriptions, including Chocolate Frogs, Liquorice Wands, Pepper Imps, Chocoballs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, Fizzing Whizzbees, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Toothflossing Stringmints, Ice Mice, thingyroach Clusters, Jelly Slugs, Blood Lollipops, Acid Pops and Sugar Quills, among others. Honeydukes is particularly well known for their special kind of fudge. They also sell creamy chunks of nougat, shimmering pink squares of coconut ice, fat, honey-coloured toffees, and hundreds of different kinds of chocolate.
The owners, Ambrosius Flume and his wife, live in a flat above the shop. There is a trapdoor in the cellar of Honeydukes, which connects to a secret passage. The passage leads to a statue of a one-eyed witch on the third floor of Hogwarts. Harry Potter uses this to illegally enter Hogsmeade in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Post Office
The post office is filled with at least two–to–three–hundred owls, ranging from Great Grey Owls to tiny Scops (the latter for "local deliveries only"), hooting down from colour-coded shelves. The shelves are colour-coded based on how quickly they will arrive at their destination.
Shrieking Shack
This house is supposed to be the most haunted building in Britain, and even the Hogwarts ghosts avoid it. Fred and George Weasley once tried to get in and failed. When James Potter and his friends were in school, Remus Lupin used this house during his monthly transformation into a werewolf to stay isolated from the students. He was brought there every month by Madam Pomfrey and it was the transformations that caused the rumour of the shack being haunted. This house is where the encounter between Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger takes place. The only known way to access it is by a passageway underneath the Whomping Willow tree on the Hogwart's grounds.
Not all of the above Hogsmeade attractions can be found in the Hogsmeade board, but perhaps the most popular. It is also possible that from time to time new boards will be added.
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