Location of the Leaky Cauldron !

[Prof. Dumbledore]

No: HPFGUIDX 198

For those who were keeping up with my travels, I left Oregon Last 
week for a Trip to London on a personal quest to try and locate the 
Leaky Cauldron.  Best guess, based on the various descriptions from 
the books, placed it somewhere on Charing Cross Road, North of 
Trafalgar Square, and probably South of Trottenham Court Road.

I have created a new File Folder for Location of the Leaky Cauldron, 
with photos taken in the area.  

With the Help of "BabyNick" and "Flying Ford Anglia-Neal" we were 
able to pinpoint it's location on Charing Cross Road, just South of 
Oxford Street by about two blocks.  This places it between a Book 
Store and a Record Shop, both located on Charing Cross Road. From the 
front it appears as a simple doorway, to our Muggle eyes.  We can 
only guess what it's appearance is to a magical person.  

In addition to being an area of many book stores and record shops, 
just South of this particular block, is the theatre district with 
several of the more popular London plays are being performed. This 
would also help to hide anyone who might look or dress unusually. The 
locals or tourists would probably consider them to be a performer.
It was very common to see people dressed as Sherlock Holmes, 
Electronic Robots, and others strange sites as these street 
performers worked to collect donated coins for their performances.

Seeing someone the size of Hagrid, would only be passed off as one of 
the local performers in costume.

For those who are interested in locating this area, Walk North on 
Charing Cross Road from Trafalgar Square, or take the Underground to 
Tottenham Court Road Station and go South or the Leicester Square 
Station and go North.  Cross road will be Denmark Street and Charing 
Cross Road.  

BTW, there is a good Quick Chinese Take Away, about two doors down 
from the Leaky Cauldron.  

Dennis