Charles Dickens London Walking Tour

The Charles Dickens London Walking Tour will take you back to 19th-century London to the world in which the famous writer lived. Starting at Charing Cross Station your knowledgeable and fun guide will take you towards some of the sites mentioned in Oliver Twist including where Fagin and the Artful Dodger induct Oliver into pickpocketing amongst shoppers in the busy market once held there.

Your guide will reveal significant moments in Dickens’ life and explain how these have woven into his books. You will learn about real-life people and the fictional characters they inspired while touring London.

Throughout the tour, there will be several opportunities to stop and take photos while your expert guide shares some extracts from Dickens’ writings and points out how they have changed or survived from Victorian London to the modern day.

The Charles Dickens London Walking Tour highlights several of London’s iconic sites. You will learn trivia about Charles Dickens and hear facts about the locations visited, both modern and Dickensian. Many of Dickens’s books are mentioned during the tour, including Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Dinner at Poplar Walk, and A Tale of Two Cities.

The tour concludes at one of Dickens' favourite historic pubs where you can venture inside, enjoy a drink and reminisce on the things seen and heard.