Point of interest
National Trust Hardy's Cottage
17 locals recommend,
Location
Cuckoo Lane
Dorchester, England
Tips from locals
Former Member
November 28, 2018
You can visit Hardy's cottage at Upper Bockhampton (his birthplace) and Max Gate where he spent his adult life.
Anya
March 4, 2014
Lovely day out with beautiful wooded walks
Katy
May 29, 2015
Our farm is said to be the inspiration behind Tess of the Derberville's.
Angela
January 29, 2013
Both are National Trust owned. Hardy was born and wrote his early novels in Hardy's thatched cottage, Brockhampton. Hardy later designed Max Gate, Dorchester and lived here until his death in 1928. In May the bluebell woods are spectacular.
Emma
August 12, 2021
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 (1872) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)[1]—when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford.
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 (1872) and Far f…
