London Dark Pages - Literary London After Dark

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2 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

This is a unique walk, that reveals London’s dark history. We always run this walk at night time so that we capture the perfect atmosphere for the stories we will tell.

What's Included

A professional guide who created this walk
Tips

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Temple Station

We meet just outside the station at the Victoria embankment entrance

End point

Itinerary

Duration: 2 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Inns of Court

    • Gothic architecture influencing dark Victorian literature • Lawyers, secrecy, power & punishment in literature • Dickens’s obsession with law and injustice.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Fleet Street

    • Victorian newspapers & penny dreadfuls • Birthplace of sensational crime stories • Sweeney Todd legend (fiction + fear culture)

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Holborn

    • Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary • Writers living in poverty, obsession, madness • The isolation of genius Charles Dickens • Workhouses, child labour, prisons and how it was used in Oliver Twist, Bleak House

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Bloomsbury

    • Victorian fascination with death & séances • Influence on Bram Stoker & gothic fiction • Fear of the unknown in industrial London

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    The British Museum

    Walk by the museum Obsession with the past, curses, stolen artefacts • Gothic fiction’s fear of ancient knowledge • Writers inspired by history are turning it “dark”

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6

    • Oscar Wilde • Genius, queerness, censorship • Public downfall & literary punishment • The dark cost of truth and beauty

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Supplied by Compleat Walks

Tags

Private and Luxury
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Art Tours
Walking Tours
Literary Tours
Small Group
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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