Thomas Hardy's Cottage
Thomas Hardy's Cottage is a small, thatched dwelling in the Dorset hamlet of Higher Bockhampton, where Hardy was born in 1840 and where he wrote Far from the Madding Crowd and Under the Greenwood Tree. The cottage sits on the edge of ancient heathland — the 'Egdon Heath' of his novels — and the landscape around it is as much a part of his story as the rooms within. Humble in its proportions and moving in its associations, this is a literary pilgrimage of the deepest kind.
- Birthplace and early home of Hardy
- Thatched cottage on Egdon Heath
- Where major novels were written
Best for literary pilgrims and lovers of Hardy's Wessex novels and the Dorset countryside that inspired them.