Can you Apparate Within Hogwarts?(Was Disapparation inside Hogwarts?)

[Lady Pensieve]

No: HPFGUIDX 111248

I don't have the exact quote, but Hermione gets very frustrated 
about this point and usually says:  Doesn't anyone read "Hogwarts, a 
History!"  So I don't think it's just her opinion - although she 
says it so much you know it's got to be a foreshadowing of some kind.

In OOP, we see that the Knight bus can come up to the gates, so how 
hard would it be to come up to the gates and walk in?

Also, the time that Dobby did his disappearing act, Lucius was at 
Hogwarts...the house elf might have apparated 'within' Hogwarts, but 
not from the outside in, or vice versa. That might be possible, 
since Portkeys and floo powder seem to be available.

Kathy


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <steve51445 at a...> 
wrote:
> JR wrote:
> 
> *****This is something that I have struggled with.  Do we really 
know 
> that you can't apparate withing Hogwarts?  Have we been told 
that?  
> I'm not sure.  I know that Hermione has said that you can't 
apparate 
> into or out of Hogwarts.  But can someone do it withing the 
castle?  
> We have seen that Fawkes and Dobby have been able to although that 
> might be a different sort of magic.  I was struggling with this 
> because in my fanfiction story that I am writing, I had the kids 
> practicing apparation in the Room of Requirements and I had a lot 
of 
> people reminding me that you can't apparate in Hogwarts.  I'm not 
> sure.  Does anyone know if we have been told specifically about 
> apparation within Hogwarts?******
> 
> JR
> 
> Steve here:
> 
> I don't think we've been told anyting about apparation except by 
Hermoine. Now if DD said it can't be done then that's different. We 
know that you need a licence to apparate, but where do you practice? 
If you can't apparate at Hogwarts, then it can't be taught there. 
Underage wizards can't preform magic outside of school, so students 
can't practice at home. Maybe those from wizarding families could, 
but from what we know of how hard it is to do, they probably would 
be caught by the MoM. The twins passed their tests sometime between 
April 1 and August 6 when Harry got to 12 Grimmauld Place.  If they 
didn't learn anything about it at Hogwarts then that gives them from 
July 3 when they leave Hogwarts, to August 5 to learn all about 
apparation and take their tests. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley would have 
been a bit too busy with the OotP to help them learn. Maybe there is 
a classroom that allows apparation, or perhaps apparation is allowed 
within the castle but not in or out of it. I think we will find out 
for sure soon, as Ron will turn 17 during HBP. 
>     Steve
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