Location of the Leaky Cauldron !

[Steve Bates]

No: HPFGUIDX 438

This borders on being off topic, but I was pleasantly surprised to 
find out that I had been to this part of London when I took a trip 
there last spring break (my first visit to England).  In fact, it was 
just a block or so from Leicester Square that I was the victim of an 
attempted mugging (muggling?).  Two young men asked me to lend them a 
pound and as I had my wallet out they saw the ten pound note inside 
and tried to grab it.  I resisted and held on even as they hit and 
kicked me; I'd like to say I fought them off, but the fact is, the 
reason I was able to make my excape was thay they just seemed to give 
up and let go after only about a minute.  Would it be farfetched to 
suppose that some friendly wizard was passing by in the crowd on the 
way to Diagon's Alley, saw me, and cast an anti-muggle charm on my 
attackers, making them remember an urgent appointment they had 
elsewhere?

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Prof.  Dumbledore" <recla at m...> 
wrote:
> 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