Scotland

Scotland is a country on the island of Great Britain in Western Europe that is part of the United Kingdom. Its only land border is with England, to the south. Its capital city is Edinburgh.

Scotland is the location of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the magical village of Hogsmeade. The more remote, mountainous terrain of Scotland makes it a more likely choice of place for an institution that must be disguised to keep it invisible to Muggles.

Scotland is one of the most frequent breakers of Clause 73 (this is the clause that ensures the secrecy of magical creatures) of the International Statute of Secrecy of any nation. This is mostly due to the world's largest kelpie residing in Loch Ness.

Quidditch

 * The Scottish National Quidditch team is the national Quidditch team for Scotland competed in the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.
 * The Banchory Bangers were a Scottish Quidditch team noted for their poor skills and post-match parties. After a match against the Appleby Arrows in 1814, the Bangers allowed their Bludgers to zoom off into the night, and set out to capture a Hebridean Black to be their mascot.
 * Creaothceann originated in Scotland, and is regarded as the most dangerous of all broom games. Creaothceann players were equipped with a broomstick and wore a cauldron strapped to their head.  At the start of the game, a hundred rocks that had been charmed to float a hundred feet above the ground began to fall to the ground.  The players then zoomed around the field, trying to catch as many rocks in their cauldrons as possible.

Known Scottish Wizards and Witches

 * Guthrie Lochrin — a wizard who lived in 1107 and made a broomstick flight from Montrose to Arbroath.
 * Ernie Macmillan — a Hufflepuff student in Harry Potter's year at Hogwarts and member of Dumbledore's Army
 * Minerva McGonagall — Professor of Transfiguration and later Headmistress of Hogwarts
 * Oliver Wood — former Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
 * Andrew Cleveley — He is a unnoticed wizard that appears on the Marauder's Map around the Grand Staircase on the last day of term.

Behind the Scences

 * Katie Leung, who portrays Cho Chang in the Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix films, is a Scottish actress.
 * Patrick Doyle, composer of the score for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, is Scottish.
 * Sean Biggerstaff, who portrayed Oliver Wood in the film adaptions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is Scottish.