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Hardy's Cottage

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Novelist and poet Thomas Hardy was born in this small cottage in 1840, and it was here that he wrote 'Under the Greenwood Tree' and 'Far from the Madding Crowd'. Traditional cottage garden.
Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, England, DT2 8QJ

About Hardy's Cottage
Attraction Type: Historic Property
Location: 3 miles northeast of Dorchester
Website: Hardy's Cottage
Email: hardyscottage@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01305 262 366
Fax: 01297 561 901
National Trust
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OS SY726 923
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Nearest Attractions Kingston Maurward Gardens - 1 miles (Garden) Dorset Teddy Bear Museum - 2.1 miles (Museum) The Dinosaur Museum - 2.2 miles (Museum) Dorset County Museum - 2.3 miles (Museum) Tutankhamun Exhibition - 2.4 miles (Museum) Max Gate - 2.6 miles (Historic Property) Keep Military Museum of Devon and Dorset - 2.6 miles (Museum) Wolfeton House - 3 miles (Historic House)

Nearest Towns and Villages Stinsford - 0.9 miles away Puddletown - 2.2 miles away Dorchester - 2.4 miles away Charminster - 2.7 miles away Tolpuddle - 4.2 miles away Affpuddle - 5 miles away Cerne Abbas - 5.9 miles away Bere Regis - 7.7 miles away

Nearest Accommodation to Hardy's Cottage

Nearest Self Catering Cottages

Rose Cottage - 3.2 miles from Hardy's Cottage Tincleton, Dorset Sleeps: 7 Stay from: £595

Tincleton Lodge - 3.2 miles from Hardy's Cottage Tincleton, Dorset Sleeps: 10 Stay from: £595

Clyffe Dairy Cottage - 3.2 miles from Hardy's Cottage Tincleton, Dorset Sleeps: 3 Stay from: £261

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Nearest Hotels

Yellowham Farmhouse - 0.8 miles from Hardy's Cottage Dorchester, Dorset Stay from: £85.00

Yalbury Cottage Hotel & Restaurant - 0.9 miles from Hardy's Cottage Lower Bockhampton, Dorset Stay from: £66.00

Best Western Kings Arms Hotel - 2.3 miles from Hardy's Cottage Dorchester, Dorset Stay from: £70.00

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Nearest Bed and Breakfasts

The Brace of Pheasants - 6.3 miles from Hardy's Cottage Buckland Newton, Dorset From: £65.00

the countryman inn - 6.7 miles from Hardy's Cottage Winfrith, Dorset From: £50.00

Churchview Guest House - 6.7 miles from Hardy's Cottage Winterborne Abbas, Somerset From: £46.00

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Dorchester
Tourist Information Centre
11 Antelope Walk
Dorchester
Dorset
England
DT1 1BE
Tel: 01305 267 992
Alternate Tel: 01305 252 470
Fax: 01305 266 079
Email: dorchester.tic@westdorset-dc.gov.uk
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