Leavesden Studios film set for Potter's cottage in Godric's Hollow Outside the front door were a jumble of Wellington boots and a rusty old cauldron. When a new child was born, Molly and Arthur Weasley just added an extra room onto the house. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Burrow was described as a pig-sty that had extra rooms added to it. In 1997, The Burrow became the headquarters of the Order of Phoenix after the death of the Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. There is also a small hangar located there that Arthur Weasley uses as a workshop to tinker with muggle items that he brings home (much to Mrs. A multitude of garden gnomes infests the garden of the Burrow.

The well-hidden orchard nearby doubles as a Quidditch pitch for the Weasley children. Despite the house's rundown appearance, Harry remarks on his first visit that it was the best house he had ever been in and it becomes his second favourite place in the world (after Hogwarts). It is also quite dilapidated, managing to remain standing only by magic. The Burrow was used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, due to the compromised Fidelius Charm placed on 12 Grimmauld Place, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows until it lost its given protection. The Weasleys' home, known as the Burrow, is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole which is situated alongside the River Otter in Devon, England, also near the home of the Lovegoods, the Diggorys and the Fawcetts. These locations are categorised as a dwelling, school, shopping district, or government-affiliated locale. Rowling's Harry Potter universe contains numerous settings for the events in her fantasy novels.

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