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Great Britain is a large European island, located to the northwest of the main continent. The island consists of England, Scotland and Wales, which, along with Northern Ireland, make up one sovereign state, the United Kingdom.

Muggle government[]

Union12 — The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, the national flag of the United Kingdom

The island is administrated by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the Muggle world, which consists of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in the Muggle world.

Magical government[]

It was governed by the British Ministry of Magic in the wizarding world.

Even though Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom, it was part of the British Ministry of Magic in the wizarding world as of 1994.^[1]

Magical education[]

Hogwartscrest

Many British wizards and witches attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland. Established around the 10th century, Hogwarts was considered to be one of the finest magical institutions in the wizarding world.

Children with magical abilities were enrolled at birth, and acceptance was confirmed by owl post at age eleven.

Those who did not wish to attend Hogwarts have the option of home-schooling. Durmstrang Institute also accepted British students if they had pure wizarding heritage, evident by Draco Malfoy telling people how his parents were originally going to send him there.

Magical creatures[]

Nationwide[]

England[]

Scotland[]

Ogre
Blood-Sucking Bugbear
Weetimorousbeastie (River Clyde) (possibly)

Wales[]

Europe[]

The following creatures were found in certain regions of Europe that Great Britain falls under:

North Sea[]

The following creatures were found throughout the North Sea:

Atlantic Ocean[]

The following creatures were found throughout the Atlantic Ocean:

Worldwide[]

The following creatures were all found worldwide:

Magical plants[]

England[]

Scotland[]

Wiggenbush

Magical games and sports[]

The British and Irish Quidditch League

England[]

The Appleby Arrows
The Chudley Cannons
The English National Quidditch team
The Falmouth Falcons
Shuntbumps is a popular game in Devon.
Swivenhodge is a broom game that began in Herefordshire.
The Tutshill Tornados
The Wimbourne Wasps

Scotland[]

The Banchory Bangers were a Scottish Quidditch team noted for their poor skills and post-match parties, but were disbanded in 1814.
Creaothceann originated in Scotland, and was regarded as the most dangerous of all broom games.
Montrose Magpies
Pride of Portree
The Scottish National Quidditch team
Wigtown Wanderers

Wales[]

Northern Ireland[]

The Ballycastle Bats

Food and beverages[]

A Cornish pasty was a pastry from Cornwall, England.
The source of the sparkling beverage McSpratts was in the Vale of McGowan in the Scottish Highlands.
Quintin Black was a brand of alcohol produced and sold in Scotland by the Quintin family.
Yorkshire pudding was a dish that originated in Yorkshire, England.

Known locations[]

Exclusively magical[]

England[]

Scotland[]

Muggle and magical[]

England[]

Appleby
Avalon
Barnton
Bedfordshire
- Dunstable
  - Dunstable Town Hall
Birmingham
Bristol
Brockdale Bridge
Brookshire
- Crowford
  - North Street
    - 32a North Street
Budleigh Babberton
Chipping Clodbury
Clapham
- Laburnum Gardens
  - 2 Laburnum Gardens
Cokeworth
- Spinner's End
- Railview Hotel
Dorset
- Millburn
  - Lanes End
    - 17 Lanes End
- Wimbourne
Eton
Gloucestershire
- Stinchcombe
- Forest of Dean
  - Forest of Dean ruins
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Woodcroft
Hampshire
- Little Dropping
- New Forest
- Portsmouth
Herefordshire
Horcrux cave, by the Sea
Hut-on-the-Rock, on the Sea
Ilkley
- Ilkey Moor
Isle of Wight, an island county located about five miles off the south coast of the English mainland.
Kent
Lancashire
- Blackpool
  - Blackpool pier
Liverpool
London
- Charing Cross Road
- Elephant and Castle
- Grimmauld Place
- Harringay
  - Finsbury Park
- King's Cross Station, London
- Millennium Bridge
- Museum of Quidditch
- Paddington Station
  - Hamburger restaurant at Paddington Station
- Post Office Tower
- Private Hospital
- Pudding Lane
  - Bakery
- Tottenham Court Road
  - Luchino Caffe
- Vauxhall Road
  - Winstanley's Bookstore & Stationers
- Wool's Orphanage
- Westminster
  - 10 Downing Street
Maidenhead
Manchester
Didsbury
Norfolk
- Cromer
Northamptonshire
- Kettering
Nottinghamshire
- Nottingham
Oxfordshire
- Nettlebed
- Cotswolds (partially)
Painswick
Surrey
- Bakery
- Chertsey
- Grunnings, a drill company
- Little Whinging (Harry Potter, the only wizard, and Arabella Figg, a Squib)
- Staines
- Zoo
Tutshill
Upper Barnton
Warwickshire
- Cotswolds (partially)
West Country, a region of southwestern England.
- Cornwall
- Devon
  - Chudley
  - Exmoor (partially)
  - Ilfracombe
  - Ottery St Catchpole
  - Topsham
  - Godric's Hollow
- Somerset
  - Cotswolds (partially)
    - Bath
  - Exmoor (partially)
  - Modesty Rabnott Snidget Reservation
Wiltshire
- Malfoy Manor
- Cotswolds (partially)
Wimbourne Minster
Worcestershire
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Herbe Garden
Wye River
Yorkshire
- Barnsley
- Great Hangleton
- Little Hangleton
- Upper Flagley

Scotland[]

Aberdeen
Arbroath
Argyllshire, a county of Scotland until 1975
Banchory
Dufftown
Dundee
Glasgow
- River Clyde, a river that runs through Glasgow
Hebrides Islands (a group of islands located off the northernmost tip of Scotland)
- Isle of Drear
- Isle of Skye
  - Portree
Inverness, a city in Scotland
Loch Lomond, a famous lake in Scotland
Loch Ness, a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands
Lowercroft
- Wildbrook Crescent
Montrose
Peebles
Vale of McGowan, Scottish Highlands
Wigtown

Wales[]

Northern Ireland[]

Ballycastle

Behind the scenes[]

J. K. Rowling has said that there are about 3000 wizards and witches in Britain.^{[citation needed]}

External links[]

Great Britain on Wikipedia

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 8 (The Quidditch World Cup) - The Bulgarian National Quidditch team was represented by the Bulgarian Minister for Magic, while the Irish National Quidditch team was represented by Cornelius Fudge of the British Ministry of Magic. In addition, the British and Irish Quidditch League, which falls under the authority of the Department of Magical Games and Sports of the British Ministry of Magic, has both a team from Ballycastle, Northern Ireland and a team from Kenmare, Republic of Ireland. This suggests that the whole of Ireland may be a single political entity that falls under the jurisdiction of the British Ministry of Magic in the wizarding world.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Thestrals" at Harry Potter (website)
↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
↑ Pottermore
↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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