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*[[Wales]] |
*[[Wales]] |
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− | '''Great Britain''' is a large [[Europe]]an island, to the northwest of the main continent. The island is administrated by the United Kingdom, which consists of [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Wales]], and Northern |
+ | '''Great Britain''' is a large [[Europe]]an island, to the northwest of the main continent. The island is administrated by the [[Prime Minister (title)|Prime Minister]] of the United Kingdom, which consists of [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Wales]], and Northern [[Ireland]] in the [[Muggle]] world, and by the [[Minister for Magic]] of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] in the [[wizarding world]]. |
==Magical creatures and plants== |
==Magical creatures and plants== |
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*[[Bubotuber]]s can be found in [[Scotland]], in the [[Forbidden Forest]]. |
*[[Bubotuber]]s can be found in [[Scotland]], in the [[Forbidden Forest]]. |
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*[[Devil's Snare]] |
*[[Devil's Snare]] |
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− | *There is a [[Giant Squid]] residing in [[ |
+ | *There is a [[Giant Squid]] residing in [[Black Lake]]. |
*The [[Hebridean Black]] [[Dragon]], is native to the [[Hebrides]] Islands. |
*The [[Hebridean Black]] [[Dragon]], is native to the [[Hebrides]] Islands. |
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*Nessie, the world's largest [[Kelpie]], can be found in [[Loch Ness]], Scotland. |
*Nessie, the world's largest [[Kelpie]], can be found in [[Loch Ness]], Scotland. |
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*A [[Cornish pastie]] is a pastry from [[Cornwall]], [[England]]. |
*A [[Cornish pastie]] is a pastry from [[Cornwall]], [[England]]. |
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*The source of the sparkling beverage [[McSpratts]] is in the [[Vale of McGowan]] in the Scottish Highlands. |
*The source of the sparkling beverage [[McSpratts]] is in the [[Vale of McGowan]] in the Scottish Highlands. |
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− | *[[Quintin Black]] was a brand of alcohol produced and sold in [[Scotland]] by the [[Quintin family]]. |
+ | *[[Quintin Black]] was a brand of [[alcohol]] produced and sold in [[Scotland]] by the [[Quintin family]]. |
*[[Yorkshire pudding]] is a dish that originated in [[Yorkshire]], [[England]]. |
*[[Yorkshire pudding]] is a dish that originated in [[Yorkshire]], [[England]]. |
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===Exclusively [[magic]]al=== |
===Exclusively [[magic]]al=== |
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====[[England]]==== |
====[[England]]==== |
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*[[Diagon Alley]], [[London]] |
*[[Diagon Alley]], [[London]] |
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**[[18a Diagon Alley]] |
**[[18a Diagon Alley]] |
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**[[59 Diagon Alley]] |
**[[59 Diagon Alley]] |
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**[[129b Diagon Alley]] |
**[[129b Diagon Alley]] |
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**[[275 Diagon Alley]] |
**[[275 Diagon Alley]] |
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− | *[[Horcrux cave]] |
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*[[Knockturn Alley]], [[London]] |
*[[Knockturn Alley]], [[London]] |
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**[[13B Knockturn Alley]] |
**[[13B Knockturn Alley]] |
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− | *[[ |
+ | *[[Horcrux cave]] |
====[[Scotland]]==== |
====[[Scotland]]==== |
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***[[18 Acanthia Way]] |
***[[18 Acanthia Way]] |
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**[[Little Norton Church Hall]] |
**[[Little Norton Church Hall]] |
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+ | *[[Mould-on-the-Wold]] |
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====[[England]]==== |
====[[England]]==== |
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*[[Appleby]] |
*[[Appleby]] |
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− | *[[Avalon]] |
+ | *[[Avalon]] |
*[[Barnton]] |
*[[Barnton]] |
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*Bedfordshire |
*Bedfordshire |
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*[[Bristol]] |
*[[Bristol]] |
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*[[Brockdale Bridge]] |
*[[Brockdale Bridge]] |
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− | *[[Brookshire]] |
+ | *[[Brookshire]] |
**[[Crowford]] |
**[[Crowford]] |
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***[[North Street]] |
***[[North Street]] |
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****[[32a North Street]] |
****[[32a North Street]] |
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− | *[[Budleigh Babberton]] |
+ | *[[Budleigh Babberton]] |
− | *[[Chipping Clodbury]] |
+ | *[[Chipping Clodbury]] |
− | *[[Chipping Sodbury]] |
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*[[Clapham]] |
*[[Clapham]] |
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**[[Laburnum Gardens]] |
**[[Laburnum Gardens]] |
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***[[2 Laburnum Gardens]] |
***[[2 Laburnum Gardens]] |
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− | *[[Cokeworth]] |
+ | *[[Cokeworth]] |
**[[Railview Hotel]] |
**[[Railview Hotel]] |
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*[[Dorset]] |
*[[Dorset]] |
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*[[Eton]] |
*[[Eton]] |
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*Gloucestershire |
*Gloucestershire |
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+ | **[[Cotswolds]] (partially) |
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**[[Forest of Dean]] |
**[[Forest of Dean]] |
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***[[Forest of Dean ruins]] |
***[[Forest of Dean ruins]] |
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***[[Bakery (Pudding Lane)|Bakery]] |
***[[Bakery (Pudding Lane)|Bakery]] |
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**[[Tottenham Court Road]] |
**[[Tottenham Court Road]] |
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− | ***[[ |
+ | ***[[Luchino Caffe]] |
**[[Vauxhall Road]] |
**[[Vauxhall Road]] |
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***[[Winstanley's Bookstore & Stationers]] |
***[[Winstanley's Bookstore & Stationers]] |
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**[[Wool's Orphanage]] |
**[[Wool's Orphanage]] |
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− | **Westminster |
+ | **[[Westminster]] |
− | ***[[10 Downing Street]] |
+ | ***[[Prime Minister's office|10 Downing Street]] |
*Maidenhead |
*Maidenhead |
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*Manchester |
*Manchester |
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**[[Nottingham]] |
**[[Nottingham]] |
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*[[Oxfordshire]] |
*[[Oxfordshire]] |
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+ | **[[Cotswolds]] (partially) |
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**[[Nettlebed]] |
**[[Nettlebed]] |
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*[[Painswick]] |
*[[Painswick]] |
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*[[Tutshill]] |
*[[Tutshill]] |
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*[[Upper Barnton]] |
*[[Upper Barnton]] |
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+ | *Warwickshire |
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+ | **[[Cotswolds]] (partially) |
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*[[West Country]], a region of southwestern England. |
*[[West Country]], a region of southwestern England. |
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**[[Cornwall]] |
**[[Cornwall]] |
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**[[Devon]] |
**[[Devon]] |
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***[[Chudley]] |
***[[Chudley]] |
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− | ***Exmoor |
+ | ***[[Exmoor]] (partially) |
***[[Ilfracombe]] |
***[[Ilfracombe]] |
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***[[Ottery St. Catchpole]] |
***[[Ottery St. Catchpole]] |
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***[[Topsham]] |
***[[Topsham]] |
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**[[Godric's Hollow]] |
**[[Godric's Hollow]] |
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− | **Somerset |
+ | **[[Somerset]] |
− | ***[[Cotswolds]] |
+ | ***[[Cotswolds]] (partially) |
****[[Bath]] |
****[[Bath]] |
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+ | ***[[Exmoor]] (partially) |
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***[[Modesty Rabnott Snidget Reservation]] |
***[[Modesty Rabnott Snidget Reservation]] |
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*[[Wiltshire]] |
*[[Wiltshire]] |
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+ | **[[Cotswolds]] (partially) |
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**[[Malfoy Manor]] |
**[[Malfoy Manor]] |
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*Wimbourne Minster |
*Wimbourne Minster |
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*[[Worcestershire]] |
*[[Worcestershire]] |
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+ | **[[Cotswolds]] (partially) |
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**[[Herbe Garden]] |
**[[Herbe Garden]] |
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*Wye River |
*Wye River |
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**[[Little Hangleton]] |
**[[Little Hangleton]] |
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***[[Gaunt shack]] |
***[[Gaunt shack]] |
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− | ***[[Little Hangleton |
+ | ***[[Little Hangleton graveyard]] |
***[[Riddle House]] |
***[[Riddle House]] |
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***[[The Hanged Man]] |
***[[The Hanged Man]] |
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**[[Isle of Skye]] |
**[[Isle of Skye]] |
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**[[Portree]], [[Isle of Skye]] |
**[[Portree]], [[Isle of Skye]] |
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+ | *[[Inverness]], a city in Scotland |
*[[Loch Lomond]], a famous lake in Scotland |
*[[Loch Lomond]], a famous lake in Scotland |
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*[[Loch Ness]], a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands |
*[[Loch Ness]], a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands |
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*[[Caerphilly]] |
*[[Caerphilly]] |
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*[[Holyhead]] |
*[[Holyhead]] |
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+ | *[[Abergavenny]] |
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====[[Northern Ireland]]==== |
====[[Northern Ireland]]==== |
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*[[Ballycastle]] |
*[[Ballycastle]] |
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+ | ==Behind the scenes== |
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+ | *[[J.K. Rowling]] has said that there are 3000 [[Wizardkind|wizards and witches]] in Britain. |
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+ | ==Exernal links== |
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+ | *{{Wikilink|Great Britain}} |
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+ | [[pt:Grã-Bretanha]] |
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+ | [[es:Gran Bretaña]] |
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[[fr:Grande-Bretagne]] |
[[fr:Grande-Bretagne]] |
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+ | [[pl:Wielka Brytania]] |
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[[Category:British Isles]] |
[[Category:British Isles]] |
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+ | [[Category:Locations (real-world)]] |
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+ | [[Category:Wizarding Nations]] |
Revision as of 14:58, 13 December 2014
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Great Britain is a large European island, to the northwest of the main continent. The island is administrated by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, which consists of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in the Muggle world, and by the Minister for Magic of the Ministry of Magic in the wizarding world.
Magical creatures and plants
England
- The Bowtruckle is native to England, as well as Germany and Scandinavia.
- The Crup, a wizard-bred dog, is native to England.
- The Dirigible plum can be found in Ottery St. Catchpole, growing around the Lovegood House.
- The native range of the Hag is England, as well as Europe and Russia.
- The Porlock is a horse guardian native to England, as well as southern Ireland.
- Wild Ponies can be found in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.
Scotland
- Aconite
- The native range of the Banshee is Scotland, as well as Ireland.
- Blast-Ended Skrewts were illegally bred in Scotland by Rubeus Hagrid.
- Blood-Sucking Bugbears
- Bubotubers can be found in Scotland, in the Forbidden Forest.
- Devil's Snare
- There is a Giant Squid residing in Black Lake.
- The Hebridean Black Dragon, is native to the Hebrides Islands.
- Nessie, the world's largest Kelpie, can be found in Loch Ness, Scotland.
- The Moondew is a flowering plant found in Scotland, and possibly Ireland.
- The Ogre is native to Scotland.
- The Quintaped can be found on the Isle of Drear.
- The Scottish stag, known for its impressive horns, is native to Scotland.
- There is a Thestral herd residing at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- The Vampyr Mosp may be native to Scotland, as they are frequently found in the sewers, pipes and greenhouses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- The Weetimorousbeastie is a fabled creature that allegedly lives on the banks of the River Clyde.
- The Wiggenbush
Wales
- The Common Welsh Green is native to Wales.
Magical games and sports
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 is 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 pastie is a pastry from Cornwall, England.
- The source of the sparkling beverage McSpratts is 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 is a dish that originated in Yorkshire, England.
Known locations
Exclusively magical
England
Scotland
Muggle and magical
- Deadmarsh
- Ellis Moor (Fictional)
- Little Norton
- Mould-on-the-Wold
England
- Appleby
- Avalon
- Barnton
- Bedfordshire
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brockdale Bridge
- Brookshire
- Budleigh Babberton
- Chipping Clodbury
- Clapham
- Cokeworth
- Dorset
- Eton
- Gloucestershire
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Forest of Dean
- Woodcroft
- Hampshire
- Little Dropping
- New Forest
- Portsmouth
- Herefordshire
- Horcrux cave, by the Sea
- Hut-on-the-Rock, on the Sea
- Ilkey
- Isle of Wight, an island county located about five miles off the south coast of the English mainland.
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Blackpool
- Liverpool
- London
- Maidenhead
- Manchester
- Mill Town
- Norfolk
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- 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
- Godric's Hollow
- Somerset
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Exmoor (partially)
- Modesty Rabnott Snidget Reservation
- Wiltshire
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Malfoy Manor
- Wimbourne Minster
- Worcestershire
- Cotswolds (partially)
- Herbe Garden
- Wye River
- Yorkshire
Scotland
- Aberdeen
- Arbroath
- Argyllshire, was a county of Scotland until 1975
- Banchory
- Dundee
- Glasgow
- River Clyde, a river that runs through Glasgow
- Hebrides Islands (a group of islands located off the northernmost tip of Scotland)
- Inverness, a city in Scotland
- Loch Lomond, a famous lake in Scotland
- Loch Ness, a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands
- Lowercroft
- Montrose
- Peebles
- Vale of McGowan, Scottish Highlands
- Wigtown
Wales
Northern Ireland
Behind the scenes
- J.K. Rowling has said that there are 3000 wizards and witches in Britain.