![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not the only time that Rowling describes the Leaky Cauldron as being on the Charing Cross Road and Diagon Alley just behind it either. Harry sat up and watched buildings and benches squeezing themselves out of the Knight Bus’s way….Įrn slammed on the brakes and the Knight Bus skidded to a halt in front of a small and shabby-looking pub, the Leaky Cauldron, behind which lay the magical entrance to Diagon Alley.” Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter Three – The Knight Bus “They were thundering along Charing Cross Road. Still, gossip aside, there are some particularly interesting points that come up when you look at Rowling’s description of the location of Diagon Alley. Lined with ye olde shops that look like they’ve been plucked straight from the 18th century, Cecil Court’s history is a jaunt through some pretty hair-raising tales – including a landlady who attempted to burn down the court in an insurance fraud scam. This curiously well-preserved court running between St Martins Lane and Charing Cross is… (wait for it) a hub for bookshops focused on the occult and magic. On the face of it, Cecil Courtticks all the right boxes for Diagon Alley. ![]()
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