Location from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
A village in the West Country where Godric Gryffindor was born, where the Potters lived and died, and where their ruined cottage and graves stand as a memorial to the first defeat of Voldemort.
Godric's Hollow is where the story begins and almost ends. It was named for Godric Gryffindor, who was born here. The Dumbledore family lived here — this is where Ariana died, where Albus and Aberforth's relationship shattered, where Grindelwald first came calling. The Potters moved here under the Fidelius Charm with Peter Pettigrew as Secret-Keeper, and on Halloween night 1981, Voldemort came to the door. The cottage still stands with its roof blown apart, frozen in the moment of Lily's sacrifice. Harry and Hermione visited on Christmas Eve during the Horcrux hunt, found his parents' graves, were ambushed by Nagini disguised as Bathilda Bagshot, and barely escaped. The village is layered with ghosts — not the transparent Hogwarts kind, but the weight of history pressing down on every cobblestone.
A small, pretty English village with a church, a pub, and cottage-lined lanes. A war memorial in the village square transforms into a statue of James, Lily, and baby Harry for wizarding visitors. The Potters' cottage stands at the edge of the village, its upper floor blasted open, preserved as a memorial — hedges overgrown, a sign covered in graffiti messages of support. The graveyard behind the church holds the Potters' headstone and the grave of Kendra and Ariana Dumbledore.
Also known as: Godric's Hollow, the Hollow