Tolkien slept here

[wellinghall]

"The first Torridon Walking Festival – the area thought to be the inspiration for Middle Earth in Tolkein’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ - promises exceptional choices for scaling iconic summits and exploring local forest footpaths."
http://www.easier.com/92747-inaugural-torridon-walking-festival.html

"Puzzlewood - Tolkien's Inspiration for Middle-earth"
http://fundush.blogspot.com/2011/07/puzzlewood-tolkiens-inspiration-for.html

"It’s said that J. R. Tolkien may have been visualising our very own Forest of Dean when penning the fantasy saga. He worked at Lydney Park in 1929 during an archaelogical excavation on a site known as 'Dwarf’s Hill', where crumbling ruins were once mistaken for the homes of little people."
http://www.bestwestern.co.uk/blog/do-not-disturb/made-in-england

"It is easy to imagine that this cave may have been the inspiration for JRR Tolkien as he began creating the fantasy world that would lead to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and other mystical adventures set in 'Middle Earth'."
http://www.travelspork.com/trip-advisor/an-excellent-eastern-european-adventure-%E2%80%93-part-1-slovenia

"Tolkien’s Gollum, they say, was conceived in a Burren cavern, and the longest free-hanging stalactite ever discovered in Europe hangs in one of them."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/19bc8de6-a24f-11e0-bb06-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1SrQzVG21

ETA:
"Andrew: The most famous person ever to come out of Pershore is Toyah Willcox and she’s with us this afternoon. You did come out of Pershore, didn’t you?
Toyah: I’m not the most famous, the most famous is J.R.R Tolkien."
http://toyahinterview.blogspot.com/2011/07/toyah-on-bbc-radio-hereford-worcester.html

Comments

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Isn't Toyah something of a Tolkien fan?

[sally_maria]

She did a slot on the Tolkien Weekend for the BBC a few years ago. the_marquis was the one who talked to her - I just looked from a distance, thinking "isn't she short?". :-)