Hobbiton Photos

These photos were all taken during my visit to Hobbiton on New Zealands, North Island.

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The entrance to the farm where the Hobbiton Movie Set is situated is on a family-run farm about 8 kilometres west of Hinuera and 10 kilometres southwest of Matamata, in Waikato, New Zealand.
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The Alexander family moved to the 500-hectare property of rolling grassland where the Hobbiton set is located in 1978. Since then, it has been a livestock farm with 13,000 sheep and 300 Angus beef cattle. The main sources of income from farming are mutton, wool and beef.
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The sign at the entrance to the Hobbiton set.
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My first view of the Shire and Hobbiton as we entered. What a landscape and what a thrill for a Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fan.
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One of more than 40 Hobbit holes that were on view at the set when I visited Hobbiton. This one was near The Garden near Gandalf's Cutting.
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One of more than 40 Hobbit holes that were on view at the set when I visited Hobbiton. This one is by The Garden near Gandalf's Cutting.
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Alan Morris stood outside one of the Hobbit holes by The Garden at the set on a visit to Hobbiton.
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A Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), on a flower in the garden outside a hobbit hole at Hobbiton.
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One of more than 40 Hobbit holes that were on view at the set when I visited Hobbiton. I believe it is the Sackville-Baggins Hobbit hole.
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One of more than 40 Hobbit holes that were on view at the set when I visited Hobbiton. The fishing rod and equipment around the door and garden denote that the hobbit that lives here is an angler.
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One of more than 40 Hobbit holes that were on view at the set when I visited Hobbiton. This one was near the garden area.
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Lobelia Sackville-Baggins hobbit hole.
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Alan Morris stood by one of the vegetable gardens in Hobbiton. All the vegetables are real, and gardeners tend the gardens every day.
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A gate that leads to a path out of Hobbiton.
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Path leading through Hobbiton and its Hobbit holes.
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Alan Morris stood outside Samwise Gamgees Hobbit hole.
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Samwise and Rosie Gamgee's Hobbit Hole. This is the hobbit hole that Sam and Rosie returned to at the end of LOTR.
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A Hobbit Hole near the Garden near Gandalf's Cutting.
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One of more than 40 Hobbit holes that were on view at the set when I visited Hobbiton. This one was where Sam and Rosie Gamgee lived with their children.
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One of more than 40 Hobbit holes that were on view at the set when I visited Hobbiton. This one was where Sam and Rosie Gamgee lived with their children.
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Alan Morris stood outside one of over 40 hobbit holes in Hobbiton. Because of the bread outside, I believe it belonged to a baker.
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Hobbit hole in Hobbiton.
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Bag End, Bilbo and Frodo's hobbit hole in Hobbiton.
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Hobbit hole with flowers on a bench and table outside.
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Alan Morris stood outside Bilbo Baggins' home, Bag End in Hobbiton.
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Water pump outside some Hobbit holes in Bagshot Row, Hobbiton. It was very hot on the day of my visit, so I stuck my head under it, pumped water over myself and cooled down.
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My friend, travelling companion, and fellow Lord Of The Rings fan, Rispa, outside Bag End, home of Bilbo and Frodo, Hobbiton.
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A Hobbit hole with a wonderful garden in Hobbiton. Because the Hobbit holes had clues as to who lived in them, I wondered if this one belonged to a gardener.
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Alan Morris stood in the doorway of a Hobbit hole in Hobbiton.
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Smoke rising out of the chimney of a Hobbit hole in the hillside.
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View over Hobbiton from Bagshot Row. In the background, on the other side of the lake, is the Green Dragon Inn.
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Signpost showing the direction of Bag Shot Row, Green Dragon Inn and the Hill in Hobbiton.
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A Hobbit hole in Hobbiton, one of over 40.
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One of over 40 Hobbit holes in Hobbiton. This one is in Bagshot Row opposite the Party Field.
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People entering the hobbit hole of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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Alan Morris sat on a bed in a bedroom of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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Alan Morris sat on a toilet of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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The pantry of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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My travel companion, Hilary, in the kitchen of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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Newspaper on a table in the home of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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The kitchen of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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Alan Morris sat in the reception room of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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Dining table of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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The kitchen of the Twofoot family of hobbits at Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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The Green Dragon Inn at Bywater. On the right is the Mill and the bridge over the lake. Taken from outside Bilbo's Hobbit Hole at Bag End.
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Alan Morris in Hobbiton. Behind are the Mill, the bridge over the lake and the Green Dragon Inn.
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Alan Morris stood in front of the Mill owned by the Sandyman family in Hobbiton.
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The Sandyman family mill in Hobbiton.
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The Sandyman family mill in Hobbiton.
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Bev and Rispa in the Green Dragon Inn in Hobbiton.
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Alan Morris in the Green Dragon Inn.
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Alan Morris stood in the Green Dragon Inn, Bywater. The Green Dragon is carved above the bar.
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Green Dragon Inn, Bywater.
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Alan Morris and Rispa, drinking mugs of cider in the Green Dragon Inn, Bywater, Hobbiton.
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The tour bus that takes you from the visitor centre to the movie set.
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Bev, Rispa and Alan Morris, having a cider in the Green Dragon Inn, Bywater.
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Rispa and Alan Morris sat outside Hobbit Holes in Hobbiton.
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People, including me, walking across the bridge from the Old Mill to the Green Dragon Inn, Bywater.
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Alan Morris, enjoying a cider in the Green Dragon Inn, Bywater.
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Alan Morris stood by a signpost near Bagshot Row in Hobbiton.
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