A pre-fire building that Dickens visited as a boy, and to which he sent his most autobiographical character David Copperfield.An inner sanctum that has changed little, if at all, since Dickens wrote of it, 'you can read on its gates 'who enters here leaves noise behind'.'.The location where Pip first lodged when he arrived in London in Great Expectations.The wonderful Old Curiosity shop, a true time-capsule of bygone London.The former home of John Forster, Dickens' greatest friend and primary biographer.Here are some of the highlights that you will encounter as you make your way through the historic streets of London:. Your explorations will end at the Charles Dickens Museum, on Doughty Street, where you can explore the interior of the only one of his London houses to have survived,Īnd, as you make your way through the streets of London, you will be able to see the locations you visit through Dickens' eyes and read his evocative descriptions of the very places you will be looking at. The final section of the tour will bring you along the north side Holborn to find more Dickensian surprises, including the site of the place at which he was residing when fame, quite literally, came knocking on his door. Having explored this lovely London enclave, you will then venture along Fleet Street to dip in and out of the numerous alleyways that snake off it, and which offer a myriad of surprises to the intrepid wanderer. It offers a delightful stroll through Dickens London, and it takes you from the peaceful quietude of Staple Inn, through the timeless solitude of Lincoln's Inn, and on to the tranquil oasis that is the Temple.

It is crammed with places that Dickens knew intimately and about which he wrote frequently.

This is, without doubt, one of my favourite Dickensian routes in London.

Start: Chancery Lane Underground Station.

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