Leaky Cauldron, real location? I Know!

[Sydney]

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Nineve wrote:

> I am most definitely NOT confusing it with the film. If you had known 
> London Bridge seven years ago, and very well, as I did then, you 
> would find that The Leaky Cauldron did indeed have a South London 
> feel, and that the shops and businesses around fit in the 
> description. Anyway, it doesn't exist, and JKR is not describing a 
> place in London, but creating one.
> Nineve.

<frowns> I thought from PoA that the Leaky Cauldron was  either on or
directly off of Charing Cross.  It's identified by name:  "BANG!  They
were thundering along Charing Cross road.  Harry sat up and watched
buildings and benches squeezing themselves out of the Night Bus' way.
 The sky was getting a little lighter.  He would lie low for a couple
of hours, go toGringotts the moment it opened, then set off-- where,
he didn't know.

Ern slammed on the brakes and the Knight Bus skidded to a halt in
fornt of a small and shabby-looking pub, the Leaky Cauldron..."

This COULD be interepreted as going along Charing Cross, then past it
to some other location, but if they'd crossed the river I think it
would have been mentioned.  

In any case, there are definitely no cinemas around London Bridge,
while if you got off the tube at Leiscter Square you'd pass several. 
Ditto the music and book stores for which Charing Cross is famous. 

I agree with you that Southwark would be a way more evocative location
for the Leaky Cauldron than Charing Cross though!  I love that part of
the South Bank.

Sydney