The main offices for the Magical Newspaper have been located in Diagon Alley for years. This is where all of the magic happens, so to speak, and journalists, writers, photographers and other ruthless folk make their money working inside, thrashing out stories to ruin people's lives.

A dimly lit shop which, according to the sign, sells tawny, screech, barn, brown, and snowy owls. The walls are lined with napping owls, hooting softly. You can also by owl treats, cages and everything needed for owl care.

A favourite for young and old. Serving ice-cream for generations. You can find the usual flavours like chocolate and strawberry but also unusual like Blood Sorbet and Roach-berry fudge.

A large wizarding bookshop filled with shelves stacked to the ceiling, Flourish & Blotts is the primary - and perhaps only - supplier of textbooks for Hogwarts, though of course that's far from all they sell. The shop holds occasional book-signings from well-known wizard authors.

This shop, a favorite of Fred and George, sells a wide variety of tricks and practical joke items. The twins bought Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks.

Though far from the only wizarding clothier around, Madam Malkin's seems to be the best, as it is the place where most Hogwarts students purchase their robes. Madam Malkin herself is a friendly, squat witch. The shop is located next door to Flourish & Blotts, and in addition to selling Hogwarts school robes, they also sell robes which are "spangled, self-ironing, beautifying, slimming, fattening, lengthening," and "temperature-adjusting" and they carry robes made by Whopperwear "for the outsize witch or wizard." A later advertisement states that every robe sold at the store is "self-ironing and repairing" as well.

A company that helps witches remove "warts and worse," and that recently advertised for Junior Potion mixer in the Daily Prophet.

A very crowded pet store, noisy with the sounds of all the animals, where Hermione bought Crookshanks. The proprietor is a witch who wears heavy black spectacles. She offers advice and sells things like rat tonic. Other creatures for sale include enormous purple toads, gigantic tortoises with jewel-encrusted shell, poisonous orange snails, a fat white rabbit that changed into a top hat, and cats of every color.

"Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C," Ollivander's is a narrow and shabby little shop with a window display consisting of a single wand resting on a faded purple cushion. Inside the walls are lined floor to ceiling with thousands of narrow boxes, which Mr. Ollivander chooses from when trying to find a wand to match each customer.

Does what it says on the tin. Quidditch supplies of the finest quality can be found here, from brooms and gloves, to goggles and cleaning kits, we have it all! So don't stand outside gaping at the magnificent brooms in the window, come inside and spend a few Galleons!