Turns out 'the boy who lived' was born in a flat above 94 St John's Road in south west London. Bad luck Edinburgh.
She said she invented the fictional sport of Quidditch in the former Bourneville Hotel in Manchester.
A cafe in Edinburgh called Nicholsons was a spot in which she wrote many chapters, but it has since become a Chinese restaurant. She also shared a sparkling picture of what she said"was probably the most beautiful cafe I ever wrote in, actually. The Majestic Cafe on Rua Santa Catarina." And Rowling added:"I wrote the bit where Harry buys his wand sitting under a tree, appropriately enough."
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