Little Wood

Little Wood is a forest in , , . Little Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thomas Hardy’s Cottage and Kingston Maurward House.

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 .

Museum
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The is a teddy bear museum in , , south west . It opened in 1990 in Bournemouth, before moving to Dorchester in 1995. It is the oldest teddy bear museum in the UK.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorchester and Charlton Down.

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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.

Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a new village in , England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town . It lies within the civil parish of .

Suburb
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is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of in the county of , England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall.

Little Wood

Latitude
50.7434° or 50° 44′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.3964° or 2° 23′ 47″ west
Open location code
9C2VPJV3+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 145596045
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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