What is the name of Frodo Baggins’s home in Hobbiton in Tolkien’s fiction?

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Frodo Baggins’s home in Hobbiton in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction is called Bag End.

Bag End is a comfortable hobbit-hole at the end of a lane in Hobbiton, within the Shire. Bilbo Baggins owns it at the beginning of The Hobbit, and Frodo inherits it after Bilbo leaves the Shire. The home becomes the starting point for the quest to destroy the One Ring.

The name is a literal description of the property’s position: it lies at the end of the lane. Tolkien also used the name as a playful reference to the real Worcestershire village of Bag End, near where he spent part of his childhood. The fictional house is not a grand castle or tower; its domestic comfort emphasizes the contrast between ordinary hobbit life and the dangers beyond the Shire.

Crickhollow is another hobbit dwelling associated with Frodo, but it is located in Buckland and is not his principal home in Hobbiton.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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