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    The small cob and thatch cottage where novelist and poet Thomas Hardy was born in 1840. It was built by his great-grandfather and is little altered since. His early novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were written here.
     
    No WC. Drop off point by prior arrangement
     
    Group Visits Group Visits
    Average length of visit: 1hr
     
    Coaches Coach parking
    No coach parking. Drop-off point by prior arrangement with Custodian
     
    Catering On site catering
    No catering facilities
     

    Please pre-book all group visits, tours and catering direct with our properties.

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    Close up view of Enkianthus Campanulatus
    © NTPL / Jerry Harpur
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