Kite Hill
Kite Hill is a peak in Puddletown, West Dorset District, England. Kite Hill is situated nearby to the locality Stafford Park Copse, as well as near the village Puddletown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Athelhampton Hall and Thomas Hardy’s Cottage.
Thomas Hardy’s Cottage
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tolpuddle and Woodsford.
Tolpuddle
Village
Photo: Gillian Moy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tolpuddle is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles west of Poole.
Woodsford
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80.
Affpuddle
Hamlet
Photo: Ydigresse, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Affpuddle is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district of the ceremonial county of Dorset, England, 9 miles east of Dorchester.
Kite Hill
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: Puddletown, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.7451° or 50° 44′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.3522° or 2° 21′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C2VPJWX+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 4074736914OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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