Hogsmeade is the only all-Wizarding village in Britain. It was founded by Hengist of Woodcroft. It is near Hogwarts Castle. Students may sometimes come on Hogsmeade weekend trips, but only third years and older, and guardian permission is required. Hogsmeade is also the location of the train station used by the Hogwarts Express.
Harry Potter first visits to the village (outside the train station) is during the winter of 1993. Because his guardians, the Dursleys, refused to give him permission to go, he visits with the aid of his invisibility cloak and the Marauders Map. Later, Sirius Black, as Harry's godfather, gave written permission for Harry to visit the village. In the 1996-1997 school year, Madame Rosmerta was put under the Imperius Curse. In 1998 during the Battle of Hogwarts, Aberforth Dumbledore rallies the residents of Hogsmeade to come to the aid of those fighting at Hogwarts.
Hogsmeade has been important in Harry's many adventures and wanderings. In 1996 he went to Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop with Cho Chang, which he had overlooked in his other times at Hogsmeade.
Shops and buildings
- The Three Broomsticks Inn- a pub owned by Madam Rosmerta.
- Zonko's Joke Shop - which closed down during the 1996-1997 Hogwarts school year
- Honeydukes - a sweet shop that has the entrance to a secret passage to Hogwarts in its cellar.
- The Shrieking Shack - known as the most haunted building in Britain
- Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop - "the haunt of happy couples", according to Harry Potter.
- The Hog's Head - a dingy pub owned by Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth.
- Dervish & Banges - a shop that sells and repairs magical instruments.
- Gladrags Wizardwear - a clothing shop that also sells very lurid socks, including ones that scream when they get too smelly .
- Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop - a quill shop.
- Owl Post Office- post office.
- Hogsmeade Station - the railway station.
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