Harry Potter

Knockturn Alley Wizarding Shops

The dodgy end of Diagon Alley, finally done justice.

Brick Rated Score

4.1/5

Set 76471 · 2026

Pieces788

Minifigs8

Year2026

Set number76471

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The verdict

Knockturn Alley is the shady side street I always wanted LEGO to build, and this version leans hard into the grimy Borgin and Burkes atmosphere I love.

The eight minifigures are the real draw, especially Fenrir Greyback and Narcissa Malfoy, who almost never turn up in a box like this. It is genuinely fun to build and looks great in the modular row. The catch is the price: $119.99 for 788 pieces is steep, and you are paying for the figures more than the bricks.

Best for: Diagon Alley collectors who care more about rare minifigures than piece count

The full review

What it is

Knockturn Alley is the crooked, cobwebbed alley off Diagon where nothing good happens, and that is exactly why I have wanted a proper version of it for years. This 788-piece set gives you two connected shopfronts, Borgin and Burke's on one side and Madam Potage's Cauldron Shop on the other, joined by an arch that ties into the wider Diagon Alley modular row LEGO started back in 2023. The Borgin and Burke's side is the one that got me. It is packed with cursed clutter: the Vanishing Cabinet from Chamber of Secrets, the cursed Opal Necklace, the Floo Network fireplace, and a grabbing Hand of Glory you can actually activate. Potage's shop is the lighter counterweight, full of cauldrons in every size including a self-stirring one. Together they capture that murky, junk-shop mood better than I expected from a set this size.

The catch

I have to be straight with you about the price, though, because it is the thing that will decide this for a lot of people. At $119.99 (89.99 pounds, 99.99 euros) for 788 pieces, you are looking at roughly 15 cents per piece, which is high even by licensed Harry Potter standards. The physical footprint is not huge either, so if you go in expecting a sprawling build to match the cost, you will feel a little short-changed on brick alone. The shops are also somewhat sparse once the walls go up, and if you are the type who loves cramming every corner with detail, you may find yourself wishing for a bit more inside. This is a set priced around its minifigure lineup, and how you feel about that lineup is really the whole conversation.

Who it's for

So who should get it? If you are building the modular Diagon Alley row, this is close to a must, because it extends the street and adds the seedy corner the collection was missing. And if you collect minifigures, eight of them here, with Fenrir Greyback and Narcissa Malfoy being figures you rarely see boxed like this, plus Ron's 25th anniversary Dog Patronus, is a genuinely strong roster. Who should skip it? Anyone chasing raw part-count value, or a casual fan who just wants one nice Harry Potter display piece for the shelf. For that person the money stretches further elsewhere. But for the collector this was clearly made for, it lands.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this one is a pleasant few hours rather than a marathon, and I mean that kindly. It is two smaller shop modules rather than one big structure, so you get the satisfaction of finishing a section, seeing it come together, and moving on to the next, which keeps the momentum up. The play features are the part I enjoyed engineering most: the Hand of Glory mechanism and the Vanishing Cabinet reveal are the kind of small clever functions that make you smile when they click into place. Nothing here will overwhelm a builder aimed at the 8-plus age mark, but there is enough texture in the grimy facades to keep an adult happily occupied.

The standout value is in the figures, not the elements, and it is worth being clear-eyed about that. Fenrir Greyback and Narcissa Malfoy are the prizes, both scarce in sets, and Ron's Dog Patronus is a lovely translucent 25th anniversary collectible. On the brick side you get plenty of the dark, weathered pieces and printed magical props (the Opal Necklace, cauldrons, cursed odds and ends) that give the alley its character, though there is no headline new mold that parts collectors will chase. Given the 788-piece count against the price, the printed detail and the figures are where your money genuinely goes.

Fun facts

01This is the fourth entry in LEGO's annual modular Diagon Alley collection, which began in 2023 with Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
02Knockturn Alley last got its own LEGO set back in 2005 as set 4720, during the original Chamber of Secrets wave.
03The set arrived as part of LEGO's Harry Potter 25th anniversary celebration, marked here by Ron's translucent Dog Patronus.
04The activating Hand of Glory and Vanishing Cabinet both reference scenes from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, where Harry first stumbles into the alley by Floo powder.