Upcoming Events

Dates for your diary

Friday 29th May 2026
Hardy and Comedy - Lecture (Hardy Birthday Weekend)

Saturday 30th May 2026
Hardy and the Law - Lecture (Hardy Birthday Weekend)

Sunday 31st May 2026
Stinsford Church Evensong (Hardy Birthday Weekend)

Sunday 31st May 2026
Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair (Hardy Birthday Weekend)

Friday 26th June 2026
Study Day on Words, Music and Place

Saturday 25th July until Saturday 1st August 2026
The 27th International Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival

Saturday 19th September 2026
Exploring Owermoigne with The Distracted Preacher

Saturday 24th October 2026
Hardy, Powys: Time and Place - Joint Study Day

Sunday 25th October 2026
Chaldon Herring Walk

Saturday 7th November 2026
Hardy and the Military

Saturday 12th December 2026
Hardy's Play of St George - Christmas Mummery

Sunday 20th December
Christmas at Poxwell Manor 

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Study Day on Words, Music and Place

On 26/06/2026
Starts 10:45 until 18:30

27th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival

From 25/07/2026 until 01/08/2026
All day event

Roman Casterbridge

On 25/07/2026
Starts 13:30 until 15:30

Writers' Workshop with the Bards of Dorchester and Dorset

On 25/07/2026
Starts 16:00 until 18:00

Thomas Hardy Week in July

May2026

The King's Dip Event

May2026

The Thomas Hardy Archive

May2026

Hardy's Dorchester Tour

May2026