In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins’s home is called Bag End.
Bag End is a comfortable hobbit-hole in Hobbiton, located in the Shire. Bilbo lives there before the wizard Gandalf and the dwarf company draw him into the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain’s treasure. The house is described as unusually respectable and well-furnished for a hobbit dwelling, reflecting Bilbo’s respectable Baggins ancestry.
The name is a play on “cul-de-sac,” because Bag End lies at the end of a lane. Tolkien based many Shire details on English rural life, and the peaceful setting contrasts with the dangers Bilbo later encounters. Bag End also becomes associated with Bilbo’s nephew and heir, Frodo, who lives there before beginning his own journey in The Lord of the Rings.
Bag End is sometimes confused with Hobbiton, but Hobbiton is the village; Bag End is the specific house.