London: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Walking Tour

Explore the world of Charles Dickens on a walking tour of London. Discover the real-life inspirations behind A Christmas Carol and visit the likely site of Scrooge's home.
Meet your guide at Embankment Station and begin your journey into the world of Charles Dickens. Learn about the Dickens family’s financial struggles in the 1820s, which forced a young Charles to work at Warren’s Blacking factory. Discover how this traumatic chapter in Dickens’ childhood instilled a great fear of poverty in the future literary genius and inspired much of his work.

Continue to Craven Street, a place Dickens knew well. Learn about its connections to two American Founding Fathers and a contemporary American literary rival to Dickens. Hear about a macabre event both writers attended and the importance of John Leech, the illustrator of A Christmas Carol.

Next, visit the Adelphi Theatre, where your guide will explain how Dickens’ stories were often turned into plays without his consent. Discover how theatre had a huge impact on the popularity of A Christmas Carol and Dickens’ other Christmas books.

At the former site of Chapman and Hall Publishers, hear about the genesis of A Christmas Carol. Learn how Dickens’ financial struggles in the early 1840s influenced the creation of one of the world’s most famous stories.

Visit St Mary Le Strand, where Dickens’ parents were married, and discover how they met. Then, take the Tube from Temple to Embankment and visit Brabant Court, the likely site of Scrooge’s home. Learn about the living conditions for the characters in A Christmas Carol and what London looked like in 1843.

Continue to Mansion House and Royal Exchange via Lombard Street, where your guide will talk about Stave Two - The First Of The Three Spirits. Learn about Dickens’ first and unrequited love and the reunion he had with her many years later.

Visit Newman Court, the likely site of Scrooge’s office, and explore Stave Three - The Second Of The Three Spirits. Hear about Bob Cratchit, one of Dickens’ most well-known and best-loved characters, and learn about the importance of clerks in the City of London.

Stop at the George and Vulture, one of the oldest places to eat and drink in the City of London, and hear about how Christmas was observed in 1843. Learn about the food and drink featured in A Christmas Carol and how working people prepared their Christmas dinners.

Visit the churchyard of St Peter-Upon-Cornhill, the likely site of Scrooge’s grave, and explore Stave Four - The Last Of The Spirits. Learn about the true horror of City churchyards and how the early Victorians buried their dead.

End the tour at the stunning Leadenhall Market, where your guide will explore Stave Five - The End Of It. Hear how A Christmas Carol changed people’s attitudes to Christmas and how it led to four further Christmas books.

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