Editing Places in Harry Potter (section)

===Diagon Alley===
Diagon Alley{{Efn|"Diagon Alley" is a pun on the word "diagonally" to which a point is made when Harry mispronounces it in ''The Chamber of Secrets''}} is a winding London [[High Street|high street]] – with a number of side-streets and back alleys – that is accessible to wizards, but hidden from Muggles. It contains Gringotts Wizarding Bank and various types of shops for magical items and creatures.

====Shops and Places in Diagon Alley====

* '''Eeyelops Owl Emporium''' sells owls, which deliver wizard mail.<ref name="HP1_5">{{HPref|book=1|chapter=5}}</ref> It is here that [[Rubeus Hagrid]] purchases the snowy owl [[Hedwig (Harry Potter)|Hedwig]] as a birthday gift for Harry.
* '''Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour''' sells ice cream and other treats.<ref name="HP3_4">{{HPref|book=3|chapter=4}}</ref> In ''Half-Blood Prince'', the parlour is boarded up and Mr Fortescue has gone missing.
* '''Flourish & Blotts''' sells a variety of magical books including Hogwarts textbooks.<ref name="HP3_4" />
* '''Gambol and Japes''' is a wizarding joke shop.
* '''{{Visible anchor|Gringotts Wizarding Bank|Gringotts|Gringotts Bank|text=Gringotts Wizarding Bank}}''' is the only wizarding bank mentioned in the novels. It is operated primarily by [[Goblins (Harry Potter)|goblins]] and contains vaults that are protected by very strong and complex security measures.<ref name="HP1_5" />
* '''Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions''' sells robes and other clothing.
* '''The Magical Menagerie''' sells magical creatures and offers advice on animal care. It is here that Hermione purchases her cat [[Crookshanks]].
* '''Ollivanders''' is a [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Wand|wand]] shop owned by the wandmaker [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Garrick Ollivander|Mr. Ollivander]]. His shop closes in ''Half-Blood Prince'' after he is kidnapped by Death Eaters. He is rescued by Harry and his friends in ''Deathly Hallows''.
* '''Potage's Cauldron Shop''' sells various types of [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Cauldron|cauldron]]s.<ref name="HP1_5" />
* '''Quality Quidditch Supplies''' sells [[Broomsticks in Harry Potter|broomsticks]] and [[Quidditch]]-related items.
* '''Slug and Jiggers Apothecary''' sells scales, potions and potion ingredients.
* '''Twilfitt and Tatting's''' is a clothing shop.
* '''{{Visible anchor|Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|text=Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes}}''' is a popular joke shop founded by [[Fred and George Weasley]]. It sells joke and trick items, useful novelties, sweets, and items for use in defence against the Dark Arts. The shop is temporarily closed in ''Deathly Hallows'', but Fred and George continue to run an owl-order service. In the play ''[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child]]'', George and his brother Ron manage the business.
* '''Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment''' sells various types of equipment used in the wizarding world.
* '''Market Stalls''' – Diagon Alley contains a variety of stalls which sell magical objects, sweets and trinkets. After Voldemort returns, some wizards illegally peddle amulets and other objects which they claim can protect against [[Dementors]], [[Magic in Harry Potter#Inferius|Inferi]] and [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Werewolf|werewolves]].