Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Dorchester

Name: Thomas Hardy's Cottage
Address: Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester, DT2 8QJ, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1305 262366

#4 among attractions in Dorchester

Museum, Historical place, History museum, Vernacular architecture

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Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd —when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford. ()

Built: 1800 (224 years ago)Coordinates: 50°43'53"N, 2°23'11"W

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Higher BockhamptonDorchester DT2 8QJ United Kingdom

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+44 1305 262366

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Thomas Hardy's Cottage – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dorset County Museum, Max Gate, Dorset Teddy Bear Museum, Thomas Hardy Statue.

2.5 miSW
Museum, History museum, Natural history museum
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
63 min walk • The Dorset County Museum is located in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Founded in 1846, the museum covers the county of Dorset's history and environment. The current building was built in 1881 on the former site of the George Inn. The building was designed specifically to house the museum's collection and is in the neo-Gothic style.
2.2 miSW
Museum, Architecture, Historical place
Max Gate, Dorchester
56 min walk • Max Gate is the former home of Thomas Hardy and is located on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England. It was designed and built by Thomas Hardy for his own use in 1885 and he lived there until his death in 1928. In 1940 it was bequeathed to the National Trust by Hardy's sister and is now open to the public.
2.3 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum
Dorset Teddy Bear Museum, Dorchester
59 min walk • The Dorset Teddy Bear Museum is a teddy bear museum in Dorchester, Dorset, southern England. The museum includes Teddy Bear House and displays antique and other teddy bears. Bears on display include Paddington Bear, Rupert Bear, and Winnie the Pooh. The earliest bear dates from 1906 and there are also life-sized bears.
2.7 miSW
Monuments and statues
Thomas Hardy Statue, Dorchester
68 min walk • Thomas Hardy Statue is a statue of Thomas Hardy, located at Dorchester, Dorset, England. It was funded by public subscription to commemorate Hardy's life and works, three years after his death.
1.2 miSW
Park, Georgian architecture
Kingston Maurward House, Dorchester
31 min walk • Kingston Maurward House is a large Grade I listed Georgian English country house set in a 750-acre estate in Dorset situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester.
2.7 miS
Church
Whitcombe Church
69 min walk • Whitcombe Church in Whitcombe, Dorset, England was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.3 miSW
Monuments and statues
Dorset Martyrs Memorial, Dorchester
60 min walk • The Dorset Martyrs Memorial is a grade II listed sculpture by Elisabeth Frink in Dorchester, Dorset, England. It was unveiled in 1986 on the site of the gallows where Catholic martyrs were hanged in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2.4 miSW
City hall
Municipal Buildings, Dorchester
63 min walk • The Municipal Buildings are based on the north side of High East Street in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The structure, which was the headquarters of Dorchester Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
2.4 miSW
Museum, Science museum, Specialty museum
Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester
61 min walk • The Dinosaur Museum is a museum presenting dinosaurs in Dorchester, the county town of Dorset, in southern England. The Dinosaur Museum is the only museum in mainland Britain dedicated purely to dinosaurs. The museum is not far from the Jurassic Coast to the south, a World Heritage Site.
2.7 miSW
50°42'46"N • 2°26'29"W
The Borough Gardens, Dorchester
70 min walk • Garden, Park
2.5 miSW
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Shire Hall, Dorchester
65 min walk • Shire Hall is an 18th-century courthouse in Dorchester, Dorset. The building was the centre of law, order and government, and served as the county hall for Dorset until 1955. It has been Grade I listed since 1950. In 2018, the hall opened as the Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum.