The West Country is a region of southwestern England, typically defined as including the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset.[1]
Residents
The village of Tinworth is located somewhere along the coast of Cornwall. A number of wizarding families lived there, including Bill and Fleur Weasley, who resided in a house called Shell Cottage on the outskirts of town.
The village of Ottery St. Catchpole is located in Devon. It was home to several wizarding families, including the Diggories, the Fawcetts, the Lovegoods, and the Weasleys.
Rubeus Hagrid was born in a part of the West Country near the Forest of Dean.[2][3][4][5] After his expulsion from Hogwarts, Hagrid became gamekeeper at the school, and moved into a hut on its grounds.