Charles Dickens Private Walking Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  St George the Martyr

  See locations relating to Little Dorrit and visit where Dickens family were imprisoned.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 2
  Marshalsea Prison South Wall

  The site of the old debtors prison that so influenced the young Charles Dickens.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 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 • Admission ticket free
• 4
  London Bridge

  Stand on Nancys Steps where poor Nancy met her end

  5 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 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 • Admission ticket included
• 6
  Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

  We will pass by this famous theatre and learn about the history and locations nearby.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 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 • Admission ticket not included
• 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 • Admission ticket included
• 9
  St. Paul's Cathedral

  Find out about an inadvertent impact St Pauls had on the life of Charles Dickens

  5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 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 • Admission ticket free
• 11

  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 • Admission ticket free
• 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 • Admission ticket free
• 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 • Admission ticket included
• Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (Pass by)

  See some of the pubs that Dickens himself drank in and where characters visited in the novels.

  Admission ticket free
• 14
  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 • Admission ticket not included
• 15
  High Holborn

  Visit the alleyway where poor Krook spontaneously combusted infront of his shop.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 16
  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 • Admission ticket included
• 17
  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.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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