Diagon Alley

If you thought I was done with cutting out fictional streets, you were wrong... Behold papercut Diagon Alley! Tap the brick with your umbrella (or, you know, scroll down) to see your favourite wizarding shops immortalised in card.

Diagon Alley is a "cobbled shopping area for the wizarding world, where Hogwarts students can purchase necessary supplies".* It can be found just off Charing Cross Road in London.  

The shopping street is completely unseen by Muggles, and can be accessed by tapping a particular brick in the wall of the pub the Leaky Cauldron.

In 'The Philosopher's Stone' Harry visits Diagon Alley for the first time to buy supplies for his first year at Hogwarts.  Through Harry's eyes we encountered goblins at Gringotts Wizarding Bank, bought a wand at Ollivanders, and were introduced to Hedwig at Eeylops Owl Emporium.

Diagon Alley connects to the less reputable shopping street Knockturn Alley. The shops in this area, including Borgin and Burkes, are dedicated to the Dark Arts.

As with the Hogsmeade papercut map, I used a little Photoshop magic to turn Diagon Alley into a postcard...

Diagon Alley postcards are made from high-quality, lightly textured card. To purchase one visit my etsy shop: OhCutItOut.etsy.com

Until next week...

-Karen 


*Pottermore.com