16 August,2026 08:27 AM IST | Los Angeles | Agencies
The planned cable would have passed through Dobby’s unofficial memorial at Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire, Wales. PIC/x@PopCrave
Dobby the house elf may be fictional, but apparently, no one can mess with his grave.
Developers of the £430-million Greenlink electricity interconnector between Ireland and Britain reportedly changed the cable's route after Harry Potter fans flooded their mailbox with complaints. The reason? The planned underground cable would have passed through Dobby's unofficial memorial at Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire, Wales, the beach where his death scene was filmed for the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Simon Ludlam, former project director and founder of Etchea Energy, revealed the bizarre saga on The Energy Revolution podcast this week. After a television interview showed the proposed route, the team received "hundreds of calls" from enraged fans.
Ludlam initially wondered, "Dobby, who's Dobby?" before discovering the gravity of the situation.
The team rerouted the cable, avoiding Dobby's grave while coming close to genuine Bronze Age remains. The 190-km, 500-MW cable became operational in February 2025. Britain got its electricity, and Dobby got his "rest in peace".
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