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}}{{Quote|Skulking around Knockturn Alley? Dodgy place.|[[Rubeus Hagrid]]|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)}}'''Knockturn Alley''' is a shopping area off [[Diagon Alley]] in [[London]]. It is filled with lots of shops devoted to the [[Dark Arts]], including [[Borgin and Burkes]], which specialises in objects that have curious and strong magical properties. Usually, unusual, dangerous and scary people walk around there. When Tom Riddle left [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] he worked at [[Borgin and Burkes]].
 
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{{Quote|Skulkin’ around Knockturn Alley, I dunno — dodgy place, Harry — don’ want no one ter see yeh down there —|[[Rubeus Hagrid]] informing [[Harry Potter]] of Knockturn Alley's sinister reputation in [[1992]]|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
   
 
'''Knockturn Alley''' is a shopping area off [[Diagon Alley]] in [[London]]. It is filled with numerous shops devoted to the [[Dark Arts]], including [[Borgin and Burkes]], which specialises in objects that have curious and strong [[magic]]al properties. Unusual, sinister and sometimes dangerous individuals walk around and shop in the area. When Tom Riddle left [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], he worked at [[Borgin and Burkes]].<ref name="HBP20">{{HBP|B|20}}</ref>
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==Overview==
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[[File:KnockturnAlley.JPG|thumb|Knockturn Allley sign]]
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Just around the corner from [[Diagon Alley]] lies a dark, twisting alleyway devoted to the [[Dark Arts]]: Knockturn Alley. It is a place that the [[Weasley family|Weasley]] children are not allowed in, and with good reason. Not only are the wares sold there somewhat dangerous, but the [[Wizardkind|wizards and witches]] hanging around behave fairly suspiciously as well. From the shops and the street vendors one can purchase, among other things, [[shrunken head]]s, [[poisonous candle]]s, human-looking fingernails, and [[Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent]].<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
 
==Access==
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[[File:Knockturn_Alley_South_2.jpg|235x235px|thumb|left|Entrance]]
 
As with Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley is not directly accessible from the Muggle world. The [[Leaky Cauldron]] pub provides one access (via Diagon Alley), while [[Apparition]] and [[Floo Powder|Floo powder]] are other access options. There may be other entrances. In addition, as noted above, a vanishing cabinet located within one of the shops provided direct access to Hogwarts. The entrance to Knockturn Alley is noted to be gloomy in comparison to that of Diagon Alley.
 
==History==
 
==History==
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In the 1920s [[Slytherin's locket]] was sold at Borgin and Burkes to [[Caractacus Burke]] by [[Merope Riddle|Merope Gaunt]] for ten Galleons, as Burke was not known to be a generous individual. Burke later sold the locket to [[Hepzibah Smith]], who paid an "arm and a leg for it". After graduating from Hogwarts, Tom Riddle worked as a shop assistant at Borgin and Burkes. His employers were surprised when he resigned his post and disappeared after the murder of Hepzibah Smith. After Riddle murdered Hepzibah he also stole Slytherin's locket from her, as well as [[Hufflepuff's cup]].<ref name="HBP20">{{HBP|B|20}}</ref>
[[file:Harry-potter2-movie-screencaps.com-2273.jpg|250px|thumb|Harry Potter visits the alley for the first time in 1992|left]]
 
   
 
[[File:Harry-potter2-movie-screencaps.com-2273.jpg|246x246px|thumb|[[Harry Potter]] visits the alley for the first time in 1992]]
Harry Potter first entered Knockturn Alley in [[1992]] when using floo powder at the Weasleys. He ended up inside [[Borgin and Burkes]] when he didn't say "Diagon Alley" clearly enough when trying to travel there by [[Floo powder]] from the Burrow. He ran into [[Rubeus Hagrid]] outside the shop. Hagrid, who was getting [[Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent]] in Knockturn Alley, told Harry that he shouldn't be hanging around in such a "dodgy place".<ref name="CoS">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''</ref>
 
   
 
Harry Potter first entered Knockturn Alley in [[1992]] when using [[floo powder]] for the first time at the [[The Burrow]]. He ended up inside [[Borgin and Burkes]] when he didn't say "Diagon Alley" clearly enough when trying to travel there by [[Floo Powder|Floo powder]] from the Burrow. When inside the shop he briefly saw Lucius and Draco Malfoy, where Malfoy senior was selling Dark artefacts. He ran into [[Rubeus Hagrid]] outside the shop. Hagrid, who was getting [[Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent]] in Knockturn Alley, told Harry that he shouldn't be hanging around in such a "dodgy place". Hagrid then escorted Harry back to the Weasleys.<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
[[File:Halfblood-00627.jpg|thumb|251x251px|The trio visit the alley during the height of the Second Wizarding War]]
 
   
 
[[File:Halfblood-00627.jpg|251x251px|thumb|left|The trio visit the alley during the height of the Second Wizarding War]]
Harry's next visit to the alley was in [[1996]], when he, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and [[Hermione Granger]] followed [[Draco Malfoy]], Harry suspected him of being a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]]. Draco let several Death Eaters into [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] through a [[Vanishing Cabinet]] in Borgin and Burkes at the end of the [[1996–1997 school year|1996-1997 school year]].<ref name="HBP">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''</ref>
 
   
 
Harry's next visit to the alley was in [[1996]], when he, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and [[Hermione Granger]] followed [[Draco Malfoy]], Harry suspected him of being a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]].<ref name="HBP6">{{HBP|B|6}}</ref> Draco let several Death Eaters into [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] through a [[Vanishing Cabinet]] in Borgin and Burkes at the end of the [[1996–1997 school year|1996-1997 school year]].<ref name="HBP6">{{HBP|B|6}}</ref>
From the shops, one can purchase many types of dark objects, which include poisonous candles, [[Shrunken Head|shrunken heads]], giant spiders, human-looking fingernails and toenails, and [[Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent]]. Because of its contents, Arthur and Molly Weasley prohibited their children from entering Knockturn Alley.
 
   
 
From the shops, one can purchase many types of dark objects, which include [[poisonous candle]]s, [[shrunken head]]s, giant [[spider]]s, human-looking fingernails and toenails, and [[Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent]]. Because of its contents, Arthur and Molly Weasley prohibited their children from entering Knockturn Alley.<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
===Items that can be purchased===
 
* A "bloodstained pack of cards"
 
* [[Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent]]
 
* Giant black [[spider]]s
 
* The [[Hand of Glory]]
 
* Hangman's rope
 
* Human bones
 
* Human toenails
 
* Human fingernails
 
* Poisonous candles
 
* A [[Opal necklace|cursed opal necklace]]
 
* Rusty, spiked instruments
 
* Shrunken heads
 
* Skulls
 
* A "staring glass eye"
 
* A [[Vanishing Cabinet]]
 
* Leering Masks
 
   
 
==Items that can be purchased==
==Access==
 
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* A “bloodstained pack of cards”.<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
[[File:Knockturn_Alley_South_2.jpg|thumb|244x244px|left]]As with Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley is not directly accessible from the Muggle world. The [[Leaky Cauldron]] pub provides one access (via Diagon Alley), while [[Apparition]] and [[Floo powder]] are other access options. There may be other entrances. In addition, as noted above, a vanishing cabinet located within one of the shops provided direct access to Hogwarts.
 
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* [[Poisonous candle]]s, sold in a shop several doors down from Borgin and Burkes.<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
 
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* [[Evil-looking masks]].<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
==Etymology==
 
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* [[Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent]], which Hagrid apparently bought somewhere in the alley.<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
The name "Knockturn Alley" is a play on "nocturnally", just as "Diagon Alley" is a play on "diagonally". "Nocturnally" has to do with the night and darkness, hinting at its dark nature.
 
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* The Hand of Glory, which “''gives light only to the holder''”<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref> – purchased by Draco Malfoy at some point before 1996 and used to help Death Eaters break into Hogwarts, spring 1997.<ref name="HBP27">{{HBP|B|27}}</ref>
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* Hangman’s rope.
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* [[Human]] [[bone]]s.
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* Human fingernails, sold by an [[Aged witch]].<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
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* Slytherin’s locket, which Borgin and Burkes purchased from Merope Gaunt for ten galleons and later sold to Hepzibah Smith for far more.<ref name="HBP20">{{HBP|B|20}}</ref>
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* The [[curse]]d [[Opal Necklace]], priced at 1500 Galleons, which killed nineteen [[Non-magic people|Muggle]]<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref> owners and was later purchased by Draco Malfoy for an attempt to kill Dumbledore. Katie Bell was injured instead.<ref name="HBP12">{{HBP|B|12}}</ref>
 
* Rusty, spiked instruments.<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
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* [[Shrunken head]]s, on sale in a window across from Borgin and Burkes,<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref> one of which might have been purchased by Crabbe in 1996.<ref name="HBP11">{{HBP|B|11}}</ref>
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* Skulls, at least one of which costs sixteen galleons.<ref name="HBP6">{{HBP|B|6}}</ref>
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* Giant black [[spider]]s, in a shop window a couple of doors down from Borgin and Burkes.<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
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* A “staring glass eye”.<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref>
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* A Vanishing Cabinet, which unknown to anyone but Draco Malfoy (at the time, at least) linked directly to its partner in Hogwarts. Draco bought it in 1996 and used it to sneak Death Eaters into the school the following spring.<ref name="HBP6">{{HBP|B|6}}</ref><ref name="HBP27">{{HBP|B|27}}</ref>
   
 
==Known locations==
 
==Known locations==
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*[[Chimney Sweep Elf]]
 
*[[Chimney Sweep Elf]]
 
*[[Cobb & Webb's]] - A shop that sells items related to Dark Arts.
 
*[[Cobb & Webb's]] - A shop that sells items related to Dark Arts.
*[[The Coffin House]] - A shop that sells Dark Arts materials related to raising the dead.
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*[[The Coffin House]] - A shop that sells Dark Arts materials related to the dark art of [[Necromancy]].
 
*[[Dystyl Phaelanges]] - A shop that sells bones.
 
*[[Dystyl Phaelanges]] - A shop that sells bones.
 
*[[E.L.M and Wizards Undertakers & Embalmers]]
 
*[[E.L.M and Wizards Undertakers & Embalmers]]
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*[[McHavelock's Wizarding Headgear]]
 
*[[McHavelock's Wizarding Headgear]]
 
*[[Moribund's]]
 
*[[Moribund's]]
*[[Mr. Mulpepper's Apothecary]] - A shop that sold potion ingredients.
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*[[Mr Mulpepper's Apothecary]] - A shop that sells [[potion]] ingredients.
 
*[[Msaw Ætare]]
 
*[[Msaw Ætare]]
 
*[[Noggin and Bonce]] - A shop that sells shrunken heads.
 
*[[Noggin and Bonce]] - A shop that sells shrunken heads.
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*[[Wizarding Supplies]]
 
*[[Wizarding Supplies]]
 
*[[Ye Olde Curiosity Shop]] - A shop where people can purchase curios related to Dark Arts.
 
*[[Ye Olde Curiosity Shop]] - A shop where people can purchase curios related to Dark Arts.
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==Etymology==
 
The name "Knockturn Alley" is a play on "nocturnally", just as "Diagon Alley" is a play on "diagonally". "Nocturnally" has to do with the night and darkness, hinting at its dark nature.
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
* The [[Whispering Wizard]] may have been an inhabitant of Knockturn Alley.[[File:KnockturnAlley.JPG|thumb|Knockturn Allley sign]]
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* The [[Whispering wizard|Whispering Wizard]] may have been an inhabitant of Knockturn Alley.
* The 2-disc DVD edition of the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' includes an interactive tour of [[Diagon Alley]], which includes one of the entrances to Knockturn Alley (in the early films depicted as being directly to the right and behind the Leaky Cauldron access), although the tour does not progress into the alley itself.
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* The 2-disc DVD edition of {{COS|FA}} includes an interactive tour of [[Diagon Alley]], which includes one of the entrances to Knockturn Alley (in the early films depicted as being directly to the right and behind the Leaky Cauldron access), although the tour does not progress into the alley itself.
* In the movie adaptation of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', the [[Dre Head|Shrunken Head]] in the [[Knight Bus]] announces "Next stop, Knockturn Alley!" after the [[Knight Bus]] has dropped off [[Harry Potter|Harry]] at the [[Leaky Cauldron]]. This suggests that either there is an entrance to Knockturn Alley that does not lead through the [[Leaky Cauldron]] and [[Diagon Alley]], or that the [[Knight Bus]] can actually jump into Knockturn Alley, to a bus stop there. This is not seen (or possible) according to J.K. Rowling's book canon.
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* In the film adaptation of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', the [[Dre Head|Shrunken Head]] in the [[Knight Bus]] announces "Next stop, Knockturn Alley!" after the [[Knight Bus]] has dropped off [[Harry Potter|Harry]] at the [[Leaky Cauldron]]. This suggests that either there is an entrance to Knockturn Alley that does not lead through the [[Leaky Cauldron]] and [[Diagon Alley]], or that the [[Knight Bus]] can actually jump into Knockturn Alley, to a bus stop there. This is not seen (or possible according to J.K. Rowling's book canon.)
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
{{Imagecat|Images of Knockturn Alley}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{Comment|Entrance only}} {{Comment|PS1 version only}}
 
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[[File:KnockturnAlleySignWU.png|thumb|The Knockturn Alley sign, as seen in {{WU}}]]
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{1st}}
 
 
* {{PS|G}} {{Comment|Entrance only}} {{Comment|PS1 version only}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
 
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* {{COS}} {{1st}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 
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* {{COS|F}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{Mention}}
 
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* {{COS|G}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]'' {{Comment|Mentioned in deleted scene}}
 
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* {{POA|F}} {{Mention}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
 
 
* {{GOF|F}} {{Comment|Mentioned in deleted scene}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
 
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* {{HBP}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]'' {{C|Nintendo DS version only}}
 
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* {{HBP|F}}
* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World]]''
 
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* {{DH|G2}} {{C|Nintendo DS version only}}
* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World]]'' {{Mention}}
 
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* {{LEGO}}
* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
 
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* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
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* {{LEGO|C}} {{Mention}}
* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter|Harry Potter LEGO Sets]]''
 
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* {{LEGO|Y1}}
* ''[[Pottermore]]'' {{C|Mentioned on a sign, ''Pottermore'' on PlayStation Home}}
 
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* {{LEGO|Y2}}
* ''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]- [[Diagon Alley]]''
 
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* {{LEGO|D}} {{Mention}}
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* {{PM}}
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* {{WWHP}}- [[Diagon Alley]]
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* {{HM}}
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* {{WU}}
 
*[[Harry Potter: The Wand Collection]] {{Mention}}
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
{{Imagecat|Images of Knockturn Alley}}
 
 
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{{Reflist}}
 
 
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"Skulkin’ around Knockturn Alley, I dunno — dodgy place, Harry — don’ want no one ter see yeh down there —"
Rubeus Hagrid informing Harry Potter of Knockturn Alley's sinister reputation in 1992[src]

Knockturn Alley is a shopping area off Diagon Alley in London. It is filled with numerous shops devoted to the Dark Arts, including Borgin and Burkes, which specialises in objects that have curious and strong magical properties. Unusual, sinister and sometimes dangerous individuals walk around and shop in the area. When Tom Riddle left Hogwarts, he worked at Borgin and Burkes.[1]

Overview

KnockturnAlley

Knockturn Allley sign

Just around the corner from Diagon Alley lies a dark, twisting alleyway devoted to the Dark Arts: Knockturn Alley. It is a place that the Weasley children are not allowed in, and with good reason. Not only are the wares sold there somewhat dangerous, but the wizards and witches hanging around behave fairly suspiciously as well. From the shops and the street vendors one can purchase, among other things, shrunken heads, poisonous candles, human-looking fingernails, and Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent.[2]

Access

Knockturn Alley South 2

Entrance

As with Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley is not directly accessible from the Muggle world. The Leaky Cauldron pub provides one access (via Diagon Alley), while Apparition and Floo powder are other access options. There may be other entrances. In addition, as noted above, a vanishing cabinet located within one of the shops provided direct access to Hogwarts. The entrance to Knockturn Alley is noted to be gloomy in comparison to that of Diagon Alley.

History

In the 1920s Slytherin's locket was sold at Borgin and Burkes to Caractacus Burke by Merope Gaunt for ten Galleons, as Burke was not known to be a generous individual. Burke later sold the locket to Hepzibah Smith, who paid an "arm and a leg for it". After graduating from Hogwarts, Tom Riddle worked as a shop assistant at Borgin and Burkes. His employers were surprised when he resigned his post and disappeared after the murder of Hepzibah Smith. After Riddle murdered Hepzibah he also stole Slytherin's locket from her, as well as Hufflepuff's cup.[1]

Harry-potter2-movie-screencaps

Harry Potter visits the alley for the first time in 1992

Harry Potter first entered Knockturn Alley in 1992 when using floo powder for the first time at the The Burrow. He ended up inside Borgin and Burkes when he didn't say "Diagon Alley" clearly enough when trying to travel there by Floo powder from the Burrow. When inside the shop he briefly saw Lucius and Draco Malfoy, where Malfoy senior was selling Dark artefacts. He ran into Rubeus Hagrid outside the shop. Hagrid, who was getting Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent in Knockturn Alley, told Harry that he shouldn't be hanging around in such a "dodgy place". Hagrid then escorted Harry back to the Weasleys.[2]

Halfblood-00627

The trio visit the alley during the height of the Second Wizarding War

Harry's next visit to the alley was in 1996, when he, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger followed Draco Malfoy, Harry suspected him of being a Death Eater.[3] Draco let several Death Eaters into Hogwarts through a Vanishing Cabinet in Borgin and Burkes at the end of the 1996-1997 school year.[3]

From the shops, one can purchase many types of dark objects, which include poisonous candles, shrunken heads, giant spiders, human-looking fingernails and toenails, and Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent. Because of its contents, Arthur and Molly Weasley prohibited their children from entering Knockturn Alley.[2]

Items that can be purchased

  • A “bloodstained pack of cards”.[2]
  • Poisonous candles, sold in a shop several doors down from Borgin and Burkes.[2]
  • Evil-looking masks.[2]
  • Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent, which Hagrid apparently bought somewhere in the alley.[2]
  • The Hand of Glory, which “gives light only to the holder[2] – purchased by Draco Malfoy at some point before 1996 and used to help Death Eaters break into Hogwarts, spring 1997.[4]
  • Hangman’s rope.
  • Human bones.
  • Human fingernails, sold by an Aged witch.[2]
  • Slytherin’s locket, which Borgin and Burkes purchased from Merope Gaunt for ten galleons and later sold to Hepzibah Smith for far more.[1]
  • The cursed Opal Necklace, priced at 1500 Galleons, which killed nineteen Muggle[2] owners and was later purchased by Draco Malfoy for an attempt to kill Dumbledore. Katie Bell was injured instead.[5]
  • Rusty, spiked instruments.[2]
  • Shrunken heads, on sale in a window across from Borgin and Burkes,[2] one of which might have been purchased by Crabbe in 1996.[6]
  • Skulls, at least one of which costs sixteen galleons.[3]
  • Giant black spiders, in a shop window a couple of doors down from Borgin and Burkes.[2]
  • A “staring glass eye”.[2]
  • A Vanishing Cabinet, which unknown to anyone but Draco Malfoy (at the time, at least) linked directly to its partner in Hogwarts. Draco bought it in 1996 and used it to sneak Death Eaters into the school the following spring.[3][4]

Known locations

Etymology

The name "Knockturn Alley" is a play on "nocturnally", just as "Diagon Alley" is a play on "diagonally". "Nocturnally" has to do with the night and darkness, hinting at its dark nature.

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Wiki
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The Knockturn Alley sign, as seen in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20 (Lord Voldemort's Request)
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4 (At Flourish and Blotts)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 27 (The Lightning-Struck Tower)
  5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 12 (Silver and Opals)
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 11 (Hermione's Helping Hand)
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13B Knockturn Alley · Beard Trimming · Betting shop · Borgin and Burkes · Chimney Sweep Elf · Cobb & Webb's · E.L.M and Wizards Undertakers & Embalmers · The Coffin House · Dystyl Phaelanges · Jack-in-the-box stall · Markus Scarrs Indelible Tattoos · Moribund's · McHavelock's Wizarding Headgear · Mr. Mulpepper's Apothecary · Noggin and Bonce · Potage's Cauldron Shop · Priya Treadwell's shop · Shyverwretch's Venoms and Poisons · The Spiny Serpent · The Starry Prophesier · Wizarding Supplies · Ye Olde Curiosity Shop · Msaw Ætare · Tallow and Hemp Toxic Tapers · The White Wyvern · Trackleshanks Locksmith

Known residents and shop employees

Mr Borgin · Caractacus Burke · Cobb & Webb's shopkeeper · Madam Potage · Priya Treadwell · McHavelock · Moribund · Mr Mulpepper · Podric Batworthy · Tom Marvolo Riddle (formerly) · Ye Olde Curiosity Shop shopkeeper