Beacon Corner

Places of Interest

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.

Athelhampton Hall

Castle

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Athelhampton Hall is a castle, which is situated 1½ miles east of Beacon Corner.

Woodsford Castle

Castle

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woodsford Castle is situated 2 miles south of Beacon Corner.

Places in the Area

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. Woodsford is situated 2 miles southeast of Beacon Corner.

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. Tolpuddle is situated 3 miles east of Beacon Corner.

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. Affpuddle is situated 3½ miles east of Beacon Corner.

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