Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill is a peak in , , . Beacon Hill is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thomas Hardy’s Cottage and Athelhampton Hall.

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Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in , , 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.

Castle
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is a castle.

Manor estate
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is a large Grade I listed Georgian English country house set in a 750-acre estate in situated in the Frome valley two miles east of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorchester and Woodsford.

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is the county town of . A market town with an undoubtedly long history, has connections to Thomas Hardy, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Roman Britain, and today features a wide range of visitor attractions, independent retailers and eateries.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town . Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and , in , England, on the from which it takes its name, 8 miles east of , the county town, and 12 miles west of .

Beacon Hill

Latitude
50.7413° or 50° 44′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.3686° or 2° 22′ 7″ west
Open location code
9C2VPJRJ+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4074731125
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
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