Where in the World is HOGWARTS?

[Anne <urbana@charter.net>]

Sorry to bring this up 4 weeks later but something popped into my 
mind...

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve <bboy_mn at y...>" 
<bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > Actually, there is direct canon evidence that Hogwarts is only 
just
> > north of the Lothian (Edinburgh) region. In CoS, the Daily 
Prophet 
> > reports that the Anglia was spotted over Peebles. Peebles is a 
small
> > town halfway between Carlisle and Edinburgh in the Scottish 
Borders.
><snip> --John
> 
> bboy_mn:
> Yes, they flew over Peebles which is 34 Kilometers south of 
Edinburgh.
> For reference, 30K is about 18.6 miles.
> 
> According to my software world atlas, the train track (single track,
> multi-track and light rail) runs 27 kilometers west of Peebles. And 
in
> rough that same area 27K west of Peebles and few Kilometers north, 
the
> train track splits and allows you to go EITHER to Glasgow or
> Edinburgh. The same track that goes by Peeble can take you to either
> place. Since there is no mention of the train going through another
> major city, I have to assume that they are on one of the other 
tracks
> that passes just slightly to the east of Glasgow which would roughly
> follow the path: Larkhall, Bellshill, Airdrie, Cumbernauld as it
> by-passes Glasgow.
> 
> There are other tracks that follow the coast line on either side of
> the country, but there are no references to seeing the ocean as they
> travel, so I have to assume they used the inland route.
>

So ... has anyone estimated how far it is (miles/km) from King's 
Cross Station to Hogsmeade station, where students leave the Hogwarts 
Express? Also, how far is it from Number 4, Privet Drive, Little 
Whinging, Surrey (Dursleys' house) to King's Cross Station? Yahoomaps 
says it's 402 miles from KCS to downtown Edinburgh (though we don't 
know the location of Hogwarts relative to Edinburgh) and 
approximately 34 miles from KCS to "Surrey Research Centre" which is 
somewhere in Surrey.

Anne U
(not totally sure why I'm obsessing about this but hope to get it 
cleared up)