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 Hogwarts School and Witchcraft and Wizardry and Surrounding Grounds
As ever, I would like to remind you all that the Forest in the grounds is out-of-bounds to students."
— Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts
The Forbidden Forest, which borders the edges of the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As the forest's name suggests, it is strictly off limits to students - except in the case of detention, or Care of Magical Creatures lessons that occasionally take place there. Of course, with the various dangerous creatures living in the Forest, such as the giant spider colony, the centaurs, unicorns, thestrals, hippogiffs, werewolves and wolf pack, trolls, bowtruckles, fairies, nifflers, and blast-ended skrewts, few students would even want to venture into it.