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Service animals allowed
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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This walking tour will take us to places that both inspired Charles Dickens the writer but also those real locations that shaped Dickens the man. All writers take inspiration from the people they meet and places they visit, and Charles Dickens was no different. His novels are so successful because he so enjoyed wandering the streets of London and picking up the rich details of everyday life.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local guide
Private tour
Professional guide
Hotel pickup
London Underground Tube ticket
Entrance to Charles Dickens House Museum
Meeting Points
Departure
Borough
Just outside the entrance next to the newspaper vendor
Return
Charles Dickens Museum
Please note the museum is currently not open on Monday and Tuesday though the tour ends at the front door. Your guide will happily find you a pub, cafe or nearby tube station if needed!
Itinerary
1
St George the Martyr
See locations relating to Little Dorrit and visit where Dickens family were imprisoned.
20 minutes
2
Marshalsea Prison South Wall
The site of the old debtors prison that so influenced the young Charles Dickens.
10 minutes
3
Red Cross Cottages & Garden
These beautiful and largely unvisited gardens were created by a contemporary pf Charles Dickens and in her own way equally famous social reformer in what was one of the worst streets in London and close to where Dickens lived as a boy.
10 minutes
4
London Bridge
Stand on Nancys Steps where poor Nancy met her end
5 minutes
5
Borough Market
Visit sites of poverty that inspired Dickens to write. See the places where the pick-pockets operated in Oliver Twist and much more
25 minutes
6
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
We will pass by this famous theatre and learn about the history and locations nearby.
15 minutes
7
Old Bailey
The oldest court in the western world in effect is next to the notorious old Newgate Prison and site of public executions to Victorians in fact and fiction.
5 minutes
8
Winchester Palace
Learn about Winchester Geese and the lives of the poor and forgotten as we follow in the footsteps of how Dickens would walk to work.
15 minutes
9
St. Paul's Cathedral
Find out about an inadvertent impact St Pauls had on the life of Charles Dickens
5 minutes
10
Temple Church
As well as seeing the outside of this very famous church we will visit the legal districts where characters such as Pip would feature. Please note sometimes at weekends, access to this area is closed to the public.
15 minutes
11
The Old Curiosity Shop
Visit the outside of the actual Old Curiousity Shop, perhaps the oldest shop in London and right next to what was then a place of terrible poverty.
15 minutes
12
Fleet Street
The most famous newspaper street in the world which amongst other things not only played an important role in the life of Charles Dickens but the alleys and taverns also feature in his literature.
10 minutes
13
Lincoln's Inn Fields
This area is full of Dickensian history especially relating to Bleak House and is also the home to the biographer of Charles Dickens
20 minutes
14
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
See some of the pubs that Dickens himself drank in and where characters visited in the novels.
15
Dr. Johnson's House
We visit other literary places along the way, including the outside of the home of the man who wrote the Dictionary.
5 minutes
16
High Holborn
Visit the alleyway where poor Krook spontaneously combusted infront of his shop.
10 minutes
17
Bloomsbury
Pass through parts of Bloomsbury and see where Charles Dickens lived after he had become successful and enjoy the sumptuous streets of this literary hotspot.
20 minutes
18
Charles Dickens Museum
We finish the tour at the front door of the Charles Dickens Museum, his perfectly preserved house which you'll no doubt want to explore and perhaps have a well deserved cup of tea in the delightful restaurant at the back.
This walking tour will take us to places that both inspired Charles Dickens the writer but also those real locations that shaped Dickens the man. All writers take inspiration from the people they meet and places they visit, and Charles Dickens was no different. His novels are so successful because he so enjoyed wandering the streets of London and picking up the rich details of everyday life.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local guide
Private tour
Professional guide
Hotel pickup
London Underground Tube ticket
Entrance to Charles Dickens House Museum
Meeting Points
Departure
Borough
Just outside the entrance next to the newspaper vendor
Return
Charles Dickens Museum
Please note the museum is currently not open on Monday and Tuesday though the tour ends at the front door. Your guide will happily find you a pub, cafe or nearby tube station if needed!