The Wizarding World Geocache Series
"Upon the signature of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1689, wizards went into hiding for good. It was natural, perhaps, that they formed their own small communities within a community."
— The secrecy surrounding the wizarding world
The Wizarding World, also referred to as the magical community, is the society in which wizards and witches live and interact, separate from non-wizarding society. The two communities are kept separate through the use of charms, spells, and secrecy. Wizards and witches are forbidden to reveal anything about magic to Muggle society due to the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, but that does not mean that the two worlds live entirely apart.
Welcome to London
"He wished he had eight more eyes... There were shops selling robes, shops selling telescopes and strange silver instruments Harry had never seen before, windows stacked with barrels of bat spleens and eels' eyes, tottering piles of spell books, quills, and rolls of parchment, potion bottles, globes of the moon...."
—Description of a wizard's first visit in Diagon Alley.
A cobbled shopping area in London, England, located behind the Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley is the main shopping location for the UK's wizarding community. Shops such as Madam Malkin’s Robes for all Occasions and Flourish and Botts sell everything from wizarding robes to spellbooks, while other shops offer owls, cauldrons, flying brooms, and quills, whilst Ollivanders is the go-to place for finding the perfect wand. Diagon Alley is also home to Gringotts wizarding bank, and is connected to Knockturn Alley - a more sinister shopping street that has associations with the Dark Arts.