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Hardy Literary Landscape Walks [News]
Free walks around Hardy's birthplace and Thorncombe Woods this Summer

Health Walks at Thorncombe Wood [News]
Free guided weekly walks

Walks [Page]
A selection of Dorset walks following Thomas Hardy

Dorchester Walking Festival 2023 [Event]
Including Two Walks led by THS Chairman Mark Chutter

Thomas Hardy Landscape Walk [Event]
National Trust August Walks

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Membership

Hardy’s Isle of Slingers: The Well-Beloved [Event]
An exploration of all the mystical island of Portland

Wessex Walks: Weatherbury [Event]
NOW FULLY BOOKED A Walk around Puddletown - Hardy's Weatherbury

A Mellstock Poems Walk [Page]
A Mellstock poems walk at the very heart of Hardy country Dorset.

Dorchester Walking Festival 2025 [News]
Thomas Hardy themed walks at this year's walking festival

Beaminster and Bridport [Event]
Touring along the Jurassic Coast

The Dynasts: A Thomas Hardy Society Study Day [Event]
The Dynasts is a drama in verse and prose by Thomas Hardy. Hardy himself described this work as â€˜an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenesâ€™.

Hardy’s Puddletown [Event]
An exploration of Weatherbury

Under the Greenwood Tree: music and dance [Event]
A musical recreation of Under the Greenwood Tree

Stourhead Revisited [Event]
The magnificent home and garden of Hardy’s friend Lady Alda Hoare

The Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival 2022 [Event]
Registration is Open!

About [Page]
The Thomas Hardy Society is an educational Charity founded in 1968 with the intention of promoting public knowledge and understanding of the life and works of the Dorset poet and novelist to anyone with an interest in Thomas Hardy anywhere in the world.

A Tess of the d’Urbervilles Tour [Event]
A Tess themed coach tour of Hardy country

Thomas Hardy for Beginners [News]
A Talk by Dr Tony Fincham

Hardy’s Purbeck: Eliza Nicholls & Ethelberta [Event]
The Hand of Ethelberta & A Pair of Blue Eyes

Hardy’s Fordington [Event]
A walk through Hardy’s Durnover

2018 THS Conference [Page]
The Society's 50th anniversary will be mainly focused on the Festival and Conference which will take place from 14th to 21st July.

Solar Park Threatens Hardy Country [News]
A Park the size of 140 football pitches is planned

Stinsford and North Dorchester Walk [Event]
In conjunction with STAND (Save the Area North of Dorchester)

A STAND (Save The Area North of Dorchester) Walk [Event]
A Walk Across the Beautiful Countryside Under Threat From Housing Development Proposals

Outer Casterbridge: Hardy and History Walk [Event]
A Hardy Birthday Weekend Walk to Coincide with the Platinum Jubilee

2016 THS Conference [Page]
Celebrating 130 years since the publication of The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy Confidential [Event]
A fascinating fresh appreciation of a great writer and the people and places he immortalised.

Thomas Hardy Paths Reopened [News]
Dorset Council Forced to Make Paths on The Hardy Way Accessible

Membership Subscriptions 2026 [News]
Proposed Increase - A Letter from the Chair

Resources [Page]
Resources

Hardy's Wessex [Page]
Hardy's Wessex

Dorset Life on Film [Event]
A new celebratory show of old Dorset films from the archive of Windrose Rural Media Trust

Thomas Hardy Country Fair [Event]
Thomas Hardy Country Fair at Kingston Maurward from 12 noon onwards on Sunday 15th July 2018

Thomas Hardy Week 2026 [News]
The 27th International Thomas Hardy Festival and Conference

Revised THS Programme 2020 [News]
A revised programme in light of Covid-19.

A Hardy Larkin Weekend [Event]
A joint study weekend with the Philip Larkin Society with talks by experts from both societies and walks, including a reconstruction of Larkin’s 1976 visit to Dorchester with Monica Jones.

DORCHESTER HERITAGE OPEN DAY [Event]
DORCHESTER HERITAGE OPEN DAY - Mary Channing and Martha Brown Walk - Dorchester Old and New Talk and Walk with Steve Wallis - Free Guided Tours - Free Exhibitions and much more!

The Mayor of Casterbridge Walk [Event]
A walking tour of Hardy's novel set in Victorian Dorchester

Twenty-Fourth International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival - 2021 [Event]
The rescheduled conference IS STILL GOING AHEAD!

Make Your Voice Heard! Support STAND! Save Hardy's Wessex! [News]
Oppose Cultural Vandalism!

The 26th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival [Event]
The 26th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival

THS Conference Thursday 30th July 2026 [Event]
Bookable events on the 6th day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

Thomas Hardy and Tess at Sturminster Newton Literary Festival 2023 [Event]
Featuring 'The Second Mrs Clare' by Michael Langridge - sequel to 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'

Hardy's Wessex Under Threat! [News]
Proposed North of Dorchester Development

Portland Tour: The Isle of Slingers [Event]
Explore landmarks featured in The Well Beloved

27th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival [Event]
"Thomas Hardy Week" at the 2026 THS Conference

THS Birthday Weekend [News]
It was an extremely successful weekend - the weather was glorious. Richard delivered a brilliant sermon regarding Hardy at the service at Stinsford.

Empire, the West Country and Thomas Hardy [Event]
Hardy & Colonialism

The Trumpet Major Tour [Event]
Visit scenes from Hardy's historical novel

Celebrating 150 Years Since Hardy Met Emma Gifford [Page]
A trip to Cornwall in the footsteps of Hardy and Emma

Hardy and Lockdown by Tracy Hayes [Page]
Hardy and Lockdown

2026 THS Conference [Page]
Thomas Hardy Week - THS Biennial Conference -

Thomas Hardy Lecture Series [Event]
Free Lectures Hosted by Mirthy Online Community

A Casterbridge Chronicle [News]
Hardy and the Romans in Casterbridge

THS partners with Dorset Museum [News]
Celebrate 185 Years of Thomas Hardy with a Series of Insightful Talks

A Modern Hardy Pilgrimage by Nancy Powell [News]
As published in The Belting Zodiac

Save Our Dorchester, Save Your County Town! [News]
Stop the development of 4000 on the Water Meadows!

Thomas Hardy Society visit to Stourhead [News]
The Thomas Hardy Society visited Stourhead on Saturday, 28th September, with a private viewing of the original letters

Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2010 Report by Brenda Parry [Page]
Brenda's highlights of the 2010 Conference

2019 [Page]
Minutes from the 2019 AGM and details of Accounts

The Trumpet-Major: A Happy Wessex Pastoral Romance or a Clumsy Historical Narrative? - Faysal Mikdadi [Page]
The Trumpet-Major: A Happy Wessex Pastoral Romance or a Clumsy Historical Narrative?

The Short Stories of Thomas Hardy Chapter 4: Death, Dying and the Macabre [Page]
By Patrick Tolfree

THS AGM 2026 [Event]
The Thomas Hardy Society - Annual General Meeting 2026

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