Smial

A local club affiliated with the Tolkien Society, the American Tolkien Society, or the Tolkien Society Forodrim. (In LotR, a smial is a rustic hobbit hole.)

Smials (all locations are in the UK unless otherwise noted). Many (if not most) are no longer active. The website shows the active ones.

• Amon Sûl -- Halifax, UK
• Arnor -- UK
• Armar In Ruthondudun Ost In Vanyar Llachatherdad -- Brighton
• Arts Group (may not have been a smial)
• Avallónë -- Iowa City, IA
• Bolgeri -- Milan, Italy
• Brighton Burrow
• Brophy -- Phoenix, AZ
• Bywater Smial -- Isle of Wight
• Minas Celeb -- Liverpool
• Cerin Erain -- Uppsala, Sweden
• The Council of Westmarch -- Billings, MT
• Crickhollow -- Derbyshire
• Dor-en-ernil -- Teignmouth, Devon
• Durin's Guard -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Dwarf Postal Smial -- postal
• Eä Tolkien Society -- Spokane, WA
• Elostirion -- Whitehaven and Cumbria
• Eregion -- Wolverhampton
• Esgaroth -- Syracuse, NY
• Fornost Erain -- Stockholm, Sweden
• Forlond -- North Devon
• Glasgow University Tolkien Society -- Glasgow
• The Grey Havens -- Liverpool
• Hern Ennorath / Brisbane Tolkien Fellowship -- Brisbane, Australia
• Hobbiton -- Inverclyde
• House of Durin -- Probably postal
• Hyarrostar -- Whitstable, Kent, and High Wycombe, Bucks.
• Inland Northwest Tolkien Society
• Isengard -- Birmingham Area
• Italian Tolkien Collectors -- Italy
• Ithilien -- Stoke-on-Trent
• Khand -- United Arab Emirates
• The Last Alliance -- Edmonton, AB
• Laurelin -- Scotland and Online
• Lays of Leithian -- Tegelen, Germany
• Lebennin Smial -- The Lebanese Tolkien Society -- Lebanon
• Lómelindi -- Nashville, TN
• Lothlorien -- Dartford, Kent
• Michel Delving -- Jersey
• Minas Tirith -- Cambridge, UK
• Misty Mountains -- Denver, CO
• Mithlondrim -- Merseyside (Liverpool) and North West
• Morgul-hai -- Maidstone, Kent
• North East Tolkien Society -- New York City
• Northfarthing -- London and Home Counties
• Periannath -- York
• Proudneck -- Rome, Italy
• Rangers of the North -- Preston
• Riddermark of the Shire -- Stevenage
• RHUL Tolkien Society -- University of London
• Rivendell -- North Kelsey, Lincoln, and Gimsby, South Humberside
• The Shire -- Coventry
• The South Downs -- Sussex
• Southfarthing -- Southampton
• Taruithorn -- Oxford
• Three Farthing Stone -- Gloucestershire
• Tol-en-Estel -- Cheltenham
• Tol Eressëa -- Taipei, Taiwan
• Tol Andúnë -- Hawaii
• Tolkien Fans Monterrey -- Monterrey, Spain
• Tolkien Forever Fellowship of Southern California -- Los Angeles, CA
• Treegarth Smial -- Derbyshire/Staffordshire
• University of Birmingham Middle Earth Society -- Birmingham
• University of Bristol Tolkien Society -- Bristol
• University of York Tolkien Society -- York
• Wellinghall Smial -- Toronto, ON
• Welly-moot -- Wellington, NZ
• Westmarch -- Leicester
• Woodspring Smial -- Weston-super-Mare

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