Charles Dickens Private Walking Tour Discount Tickets

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Overview

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.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Borough High Street, England, SE1 1JX, United Kingdom

Just outside the entrance next to the newspaper vendor

End Point

End point

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!

Pickup Information

We can meet you at your Central London Hotel (not just those listed above), otherwise just outside Borough High Street Tube Station where the tour commences.

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. St George the Martyr
See locations relating to Little Dorrit and visit where Dickens family were imprisoned.
Duration: 20 mins
2. Marshalsea Prison South Wall
The site of the old debtors prison that so influenced the young Charles Dickens.
Duration: 10 mins
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.
Duration: 10 mins
4. London Bridge
Stand on Nancys Steps where poor Nancy met her end
Duration: 5 mins
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
Duration: 25 mins
6. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
We will pass by this famous theatre and learn about the history and locations nearby.
Duration: 15 mins
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.
Duration: 5 mins
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.
Duration: 15 mins
9. St. Paul's Cathedral
Find out about an inadvertent impact St Pauls had on the life of Charles Dickens
Duration: 5 mins
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.
Duration: 15 mins
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.
Duration: 15 mins
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.
Duration: 10 mins
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
Duration: 20 mins
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.
Duration: 5 mins
16. High Holborn
Visit the alleyway where poor Krook spontaneously combusted infront of his shop.
Duration: 10 mins
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.
Duration: 20 mins
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.
Duration: 60 mins

Inclusion

Local guide

Private tour

Professional guide

Hotel pickup

Exclusion

London Underground Tube ticket

Entrance to Charles Dickens House Museum

Cancellation Policy

Check mark icon Refundable tickets

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

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

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

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately

We have earmarked this tour as especially safe during the Coronavirus outbreak due to generally quiet places that we visit where social distancing is generally not a problem. All of our tours are private so it is just you/your family and your guide.  To make it easier and safer for all concerned we would suggest starting this tour a little later than the usual time, perhaps around 10.30-11am which allows us all to miss rush-hour. We are happy to still come to your hotel to meet you but for the moment we would suggest meeting us at the tour starting point.  This allows you to arrive by a taxi or uber rather than public transport. Please feel free to wear masks throughout or at times during the tour.  Your guide will also have a mask with them.

Supplied by Ye Olde England Tours

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