Ministry of Magic

Located deep underground below Whitehall in London is a very large, ten story building housing several offices, departments, and courtrooms. The Magical Maintenance Department chooses weather, which is shown outside the windows of the Ministry. Lifts access the first nine levels, while the Wizengamot Courtrooms are accessible from a set of stairs from the Department of Mysteries located on Level Nine. To visit the Ministry, wizards must enter and abandoned red telephone booth and enter '62442' and following directions from an operator, enter the Atrium on Level Eight. Employees enter via service lifts, with more than twenty stopping at the first nine floors.