Edinburgh Harry Potter Pilgrimage

🧛♂ Greyfriars Kirkyard 📌 A 10-minute walk from Edinburgh Castle ⏰ Open 24 hours This site, located in the heart of Edinburgh, is a cemetery that has now become a popular pilgrimage spot for Harry Potter fans. The reason? J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, used the names of people buried here as inspiration for the names of characters in her books. As a result, it's not uncommon to see tourists wandering the cemetery in search of these names. Greyfriars Kirkyard is a city-owned cemetery where notable figures from Edinburgh's history were buried from the late 16th century to the 19th century. To be buried here during that time must have been a mark of great distinction. Names like Elizabeth Moodie, Scrimgeour, McGonagall, and Tom Riddle (Thomas Riddell) can be found here, so take a stroll and see if you can spot them!