hogsmeade village is proof that getting older is so much fun! students from hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry can attend school trips to hogsmeade on designated weekends, so long as they are third years and up, and their permission slips have been signed by their parents! hogsmeade is a beautiful village with an impressive history, and the only settlement in britain that is solely inhabited by magical beings, located to the north west of hogwarts. fancy a treat from the sweetshop, or a chilled butterbeer from the three broomsticks? then treat yourself to a hogsmeade weekend visit for some excitement!

hogsmeade station is a rather small, dark platform located in hogsmeade village, where the hogwarts express ends its journey far north from platform nine-and-three-quarters in london. the station is located near the black lake, and from there the long, winding road extends around the lake to hogwarts castle. the station is actually quite a distance from the village itself, running from the opposite end of hogwarts' grounds. at the station is a small cluster of buildings, one being a rest stop for the conductor of the hogwarts express.