whether you're looking for a potions textbook, or just a bit of light-reading, flourish and blotts is likely to stock the book you're after. if not, then it probably doesn't exist, or else belongs in knockturn alley.

despite fierce competition a little further down the street, gambol and japes is still in business and selling pranks and jokes to anyone that wants them.

there are few places safer than gringotts in which to keep your money and possessions safe, even if the place is run by goblins. just make sure you remember your key.

by far the most popular robes shop in diagon alley, madam malkin offers a wide variety, all of which are measured to fit, and will also iron and repair themselves, saving the customer lots of time.

madam primpernelle produces and sells many different potions and ointments, all designed to make you look all the more fantastic and beautiful.

a publisher of the wizarding world, obscurus books has been responsible for printing many books, including fantastic beasts and where to find them by newt scamander.

ollivander's is back in business and selling fine wands to wizards young and old, with a wide variety of woods, cores, lengths, and properties.

whether you're in need of a broomstick or the robes of your favourite quidditch team, almost anything quidditch-related can be found and purchased from this shop.

if you're running low on ink, whatever colour it happens to be, you can buy some more here. perhaps you'd rather a quill that inks itself? if so, they're sold here too!

whilst they accept no responsibility for death or injuries, terrortours is a great travel agency to provide action holidays for the wizard family with a sense of adventure.

there is an everchanging smell about the apothecary - sometimes pleasant, sometimes not so much. whatever ingredients you need for your potion, this shop will do its best to provide them for you.

the most important thing in potions, besides the actual ingredients, is a cauldron in which to brew it. take your pick of type and size, then take it home and get it bubbling! after paying for it of course.

probably the most popular newspaper of the wizarding world is the daily prophet, and here is where it all happens. the articles are written, checked, printed, and then sent out to deliver the news you're dying to hear.

with a wide assortment of animals for sale, as well as a variety of products to keep your pet healthy, the magical menagerie can often be rather noisy, and sometimes a little smelly too.

if you can't find the right things in this shop to complete the practical joke you've got planned, then you won't be able to find it anywhere. george continues to run the shop without fred, but he is by no means forgotten.