And the really good news is that, following the success of the films, and the making of The Hobbit, the set has been restored and extended to become a permanent attraction, where you can not only peer at the Hobbit dwellings but also wine and dine in The Green Dragon Inn and The Shires Rest at Hobbiton Movie Set Tours, 501 Buckland Road, Hinuera. Matamata, which now proudly advertises itself as Hobbiton, has a Tourist Information Centre at 45 Broadway. In order for ‘Hobbiton ’to blend naturally into the landscape, the extensive set was planted with crops and flowers a year before the cameras rolled. The private Alexander Farm, near Matamata, toward Karapiro in the Waikato area, represented the rolling, bucolic greenery of the Shire, home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring location: Welcome to Hobbiton: Matamata, North Island, New Zealand | Photograph: Leanne Taylor, Matamata
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