Charles Dickens Private Walking Tour

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

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

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.

Stand on Nancys Steps where poor Nancy met her end

Visit sites of poverty that inspired Dickens to write. See the places where the pick-pockets operated in Oliver Twist and much more

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

This area is full of Dickensian history especially relating to Bleak House and is also the home to the biographer of Charles Dickens

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

We visit other literary places along the way, including the outside of the home of the man who wrote the Dictionary.

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

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.

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.