Sketch of Hogwarts

THIS ANNOTATED SKETCH by J.K. Rowling shows the layout of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, complete with the giant squid that lives in the lake. In an accompanying note addressed to her editor, J.K. Rowling writes, ‘This is the layout as I’ve always imagined it’. The positioning of various buildings and trees are all integral to the storylines of the Harry Potter books. Plot and place are tied up together throughout the series. J.K. Rowling notes that the ‘Whomping Willow must stand out’, recognising its significance in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.