Hogwarts is the school of witchcraft and wizardry located in Scotland in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the main educational setting of the Harry Potter novels. It is a boarding school for young witches and wizards, and students are traditionally sorted into four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. The school is hidden from Muggles through magical protections and concealment.
The novels describe Hogwarts as being in the Scottish Highlands, although they do not give a precise real-world address. Its grounds include the castle, the Forbidden Forest, the Black Lake, greenhouses, and a Quidditch pitch. The school is reached by the Hogwarts Express, which departs from Platform 9¾ at London’s King’s Cross station.
Hogwarts is distinct from the other international schools named in the series. Beauxbatons is associated with France, Durmstrang with northern Europe, and Ilvermorny with North America. Hogwarts’ four-house system is one of its defining fictional institutions.