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Click here to learn more or control your settings. YORK'S Shambles, with its cobbled streets and overhanging buildings, has become widely known as the inspiration behind Diagon Alley in the much-loved Harry Potter films. The shambles in York (UK) inspiration for Diagon Alley from Harry Potter. JK Rowling speaks out, Thousands could visit York’s biggest historic dig since Coppergate – including every child in York, Police release CCTV after Acomb pub assault, Drink-driving investigation launched after car river plunge, City centre car park to stay open – and plans to develop the Spark:York site put on hold, York restaurant to relaunch as cocktail bar and grill. Magical York. “I would not recommend coming between a Yorkshire shopkeeper and their marketing.”, Well, looks like I’ve got a fight on my hands, because I’ve never seen or been to the Shambles…, Well, looks like I've got a fight on my hands, because I've never seen or been to the Shambles… pic.twitter.com/txA98CK1hx, Look don't blame me; the head of Visit York announced he was leaving *before* I prompted @jk_rowling to state publicly that the Shambles is nothing to do with Harry Potter. York musician Bonnie is the star of hit TV dating show Five Guys A Week – but will she find love. They included York artist Jane Duke who wrote: “There are businesses here in York who will fight anyone (probably including you….)

When ever I come to York I always have a walk down the shambles. The Shambles is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. The Shambles is actually the inspiration for the magical Diagon Alley in Harry Potter. who doubts that Diagon Alley is actually the Shambles. OK?? Home to Diagon Alley York & the Shambles Market Visiting the Shambles in York has been a dream of mine since I read about it in my high school history class many, many moons ago. By clicking on or navigating the site, you agree to our use of cookies. Every day – in normal times – tour guides would bring groups of visitors to Shambles and declare it to be the inspiration for Diagon Alley, the shopping street in the Harry Potter books. It was once known as The Great Flesh Shambles, probably from the Anglo-Saxon Fleshammels, the word for the shelves that butchers used to display their meat. This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC, Churches & Cathedrals, Architectural Buildings, Historic Sites, Observation Decks & Towers, Points of Interest & Landmarks.

It has been homogenized into an anywhere shopping experience.