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Kitchens
The kitchens are in the basement, located directly below the Great Hall. The house-elves are always accommodating to students, staff and Aurors looking for a snack, however, there may be a wait; Hogwarts no longer has a full-time kitchen staff.

Entrance Hall
Located on the ground floor of Hogwarts, the Entrance Hall is the well-guarded main entrance to the castle. Many areas can be accessed via the hall, and with plenty of benches, it's a popular area for students and staff to congregate or meet.

Great Hall
Located on the ground floor off of the Entrance Hall, the Great Hall is the main gathering area in the castle and where students and staff dine three times a day and receive morning owl post. Aurors patrol during meal times and during large events such as balls, or exams.

Staffroom
Located on the ground floor, the staffroom is guarded by two talking (and occasionally rude) gargoyles, who change the password almost weekly. It is where staff and Aurors can relax in their free time, and with a long table in the middle of the room, where staff meetings are held.

Corridors & Stairs
There are a hundred and forty-two staircases at Hogwarts, including the Grand Staircase, which provides access to all seven floors. Each floor has several corridors that are patrolled by Aurors, and is home to paintings, statues, suits of armour, and secret passages.

Library
Located on the first floor, the library is where staff, students, and Aurors can peruse or check out books. With a quiet atmosphere and plenty of tables and chairs, the library is a popular study area. It is well-guarded by Aurors, who silently patrol up and down the stacks.

Classrooms
The rooms in which the various classes are taught. Each class is taught in a different room, and the location depends on the subject. Lessons can be held in many places, for example, greenhouses, towers, dungeons, the grounds and the forest.

Offices
The various offices of Hogwarts staff and Aurors. Each office will be in a different location and decorated to the individual’s taste. Every office has chambers attached or nearby that serve as private living quarters.

Common Rooms & Dormitories
The common rooms are lounge areas where students of the same House can socialize, relax, or do homework. Dormitories and bathrooms branch off of the common rooms, and students are not allowed to leave during curfew hours, which vary depending on the student’s year.

Hospital Wing
The Hospital Wing can be found on the third floor of the castle. It is where students, staff and Aurors go to have their medical needs met. The school Healer’s office and living quarters are attached, so they are always nearby in case of emergencies.

Room of Requirement
The Room of Requirement is a secret room on the seventh floor and only appears when a person is in great need of it. After walking past its location three times, a door will appear and the room will transform itself into whatever the person needs at that moment.

Music Room
Located high up in the Bell Tower, the auditorium-style room's walls are lined with various instruments, music stands, and instrument storage at the top. Three tiered rows of chairs and stands descend to the center of the room to the conductor's podium. It is a popular hangout location for music students.

Owlery
The Owlery, located on the top of a tower, is a large circular stone room. In order for the owls to come and go freely, none of the windows have glass in them; it is one of the coldest rooms in the castle. The floor is strewn with straw, droppings, and mice skeletons.

Lawns
There is a wide flat lawn across the northern part of the castle grounds. Sloping lawns lead south toward the forest and border the lake. Lawns are also where you can find the Gamekeeper's Hut, greenhouses, vegetable patches, and training grounds.

Courtyards & Gardens
The courtyards and gardens are outdoor areas of the castle, and popular hangout areas in between classes or during breaks, or during nice weather. The courtyards are enclosed by the walls of the castle, but the gardens are open areas that are meticulously maintained with flowers, hedge sculptures and fountains.

Quidditch Pitch
The pitch is an elongated oval playing area with three golden hoops at each end and surrounded by spectator stands. There is a secondary pitch that is used for training; it does not have any spectator stands to protect other teams from spying.

Forbidden Forest
The forest borders the edge of the grounds; in November 2005, the northern part of the forest that leads into Hogsmeade was damaged in a fire. Other than for classes and detentions, the forest is off-limits to students, but as the forest is massive, this is almost impossible to enforce.

Great Lake
A large body of water, the Great Lake is located to the south of Hogwarts Castle. Students have been known to swim in the lake, despite not only its cold temperature but also its many dangerous magical creatures (the Giant Squid, however, is semi-domesticated).

Hogsmeade Village
Hogsmeade is only all-wizarding village in Britain, located just north of Hogwarts. Within walking distance from the castle, third-years and above are permitted weekend trips, and staff and Aurors have been known to live in the village when off-duty. In November 2005, the picturesque village was terrorized by a loose Boggart and its resulting fire.

Diagon Alley District
While a Hogwarts student can find all they need in Diagon Alley, magical adults may need to venture just around the corner into Knockturn Alley, a dark, twisting alleyway devoted to the Dark Arts. Located at the junction of Knockturn and Horizont Alleys is The Curious Chimaera, a quaint hybrid café/bar that is popular among Aurors.

St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies
Located in London inside what appears to be a red-bricked abandoned department store, St Mungo's is a hospital that serves the entire wizarding population of Great Britain. Muggles are sometimes admitted to St Mungo's if their injuries or illnesses have a magical cause, and patients of the Hogwarts Hospital Wing are transferred for more advanced treatment.

Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Headquarters are located entirely underground, in a ten-story building that houses several offices, departments, and courtrooms. Ministry workers can Apparate, or arrive via Floo Network, into the Atrium. The visitor's entrance is located in an abandoned telephone box that descends through the ground.

Platform 9¾ & The Hogwarts Express
Located in King's Cross Station between platforms nine and ten, Platform 9¾ is home to the Hogwarts Express, a red steam engine that runs entirely on magic that takes students, and sometimes staff, to and from Hogwarts. The Platform is heavily patrolled by Aurors on the days on which the train runs, and there is always an Auror on board.

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