The Original Diagon Alley

The Original Diagon Alley "Below the cafe where J K Rowling wrote Harry Potter, winds Candlemaker Row, reputed to be the origin This is where the elephant house stands.

Candlemakers' Row was once the main thoroughfare from the Grassmarket out of Edinburgh linking with Jamaica Street (now Chamber Street) which ended at Blackfriars Abbey (foot of Infirmary Street). Candlemakers' Row winds up from the Grassmarket at Cowgatehead to Greyfriars Place at George IV Bridge and Chamber Street where the Scottish National Museum Stands. At the top of Candlemakers' Row is whe

re the statue of Greyfriars Bobby can be found an icon of the City of Edinburgh. A small street of to the east halfway up Candlemakers' Row (Merchant Street ) has restaurants, pubs and accommodation, and the George IV Bridge can be seen stretching over the street. This street is a dead end. On the west side of Candlemakers' Row stands Greyfriars Graveyard, where many famous Edinburgh people are buried and where JK Rowling allegedly used some names from gravestones.

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