HARDY'S COTTAGE

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Houses, Literary

The writer Thomas Hardy's birthplace in 1840, where he grew up with his parents and sisters and where he wrote Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd.

Note - entry is sometimes by timed ticket.

Image: Chris Downer via Wikimedia Commons

Region/Nation

South West

Location/Address

Higher Brockhampton
Nr Dorchester

County

Dorset

Post Code

DT2 8QJ

Main Historic Period

Victorian

Useful Website Address

National Trust information on Hardy's Cottage

Tip/Nearby

Clouds Hill, Bovington, Max Gate, Tolpuddle

Primary Management

National Trust

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