Parking is on the road. It does not take very long to go around this building but will take you quite a while to read the free booklet giving an overview of Hardy's life. Tea is in the kitchen on an honesty basis. Tea, coffee,...More

Visited this National Trust property which is a bit tucked away. The property does not have a car park but there is parking in the road nearby. The gardens are beautiful and very well tended. The house is typically Victorian, a bit dark inside, but...More

Max Gate is a beautiful old house. The National Trust guides were very knowledgeable and helpful. We were allowed to sit on some of the furniture to read the house guides, which was nice. Lovely gardens, and you could have helped yourself to a drink....More

I have visited numerous National Trust properties but this is by far the quirkiest and best. It is not a grand house but, as soon as you are greeted by the marvellous and friendly staff and volunteers, you start to feel as if Thomas Hardy...More

We visited several National Trust properties during our recent holiday to Dorset and all of them were interesting, but Max Gate topped the lot. Make sure you go and see Hardy's Cottage about three miles away first, where he was born and spent his early...More

Great place to visit. It has been kept as it was when Hardy lived here. Good pamphlets and information and place not too precious so you can handle books etc. Lovely garden.

A really homely house, where you are not afraid to touch things, sit in the chairs and make your own cup of tea in the kitchen. Be sure to check the pet cemetery in the grounds/