A Christmas Carol Walking Tour: Experience Charles Dickens' Classic in His Own City
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16 Ratings
Greater London
Immerse yourself in the world of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' with a small group walking tour in London. Visit the real locations from the story and explore hidden alleys, courts, and taverns. Get into the festive spirit and follow in Scrooge's footsteps!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Inner Temple - On our journey towards the locations featured in A Christmas Carol we will take in some other Dickens sights. Let’s explore the area where Dicken’s worked as a junior Clerk. From the mysterious Inns of Court he took inspiration that would later find it’s way in to David Copperfield, Great Expectations, and Martin Chuzzlewit.
What's Included
  • Expert-led tour
  • Licensed, local guide
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Pamper yourself with an intimate group tour (Maximum 6 Participants) that travels through the locations made famous by renowned writer Charles Dickens. The excursion is essentially a trip through Dickens’ London, with particular emphasis on the tale ‘A Christmas Carol’, making it an ideal activity for the holiday season.

Experience the enduring landmarks that Ebeneezer Scrooge would recognize. Your guide will animate the secluded courts, alleys, and taverns that feature in Dickens’ literature.

The itinerary includes a pit-stop at one of the oldest pubs in London, complete with a fireplace to keep you warm. Select a snug corner, perhaps savoring a hot spiced wine. Dickens himself was known to frequent this place, as did the infamous Hellfire Club.

• Immerse in the holiday aura following Scrooge’s path
• Visit actual locations depicted in the narratives
• Navigate concealed Alleys, Courts and Taverns
• Easy-going pace
• Very small assembly. Simple to listen to and engage with your Guide
• Incorporates mysterious locations

Your Guide boasts a flawless Five-Star rating!

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Temple Station
Temple Place
Outside Temple Underground Station Entrance. Meet your Guide at the bottom of the steps next to the Newspaper/Magazine Vendor
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Beatrice_e
Dec 30, 2023
An inspiring tour around unique sites in London. - My daughter and I enjoyed the tour with Richard who showed us around London which is less commercialized. London, where Charles Dickens took his inspiration from was much more intriguing for us. Richard is knowledgeable and easy to communicate with. We appreciated his passion for his job and Dickens. Highly recommended:)
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Cassi_w
Dec 24, 2023
Merry Christmas Carol tour - Richard was an excellent tour of all things Dicken’s! It was a real treasure to walk in the footsteps to see how a Christmas Carol came to be. It was nice learning about the history of London so long ago.
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Robert_b
Dec 23, 2023
Perfect dickens tour! - Richard was an amazing guide…..very knowledgeable! A little London and spots from the book! Good for teens and up!
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Thomw390
Dec 15, 2023
Fantastic taste of Dickensian London - I cannot recommend this tour highly enough. For fans of Dickens, or lovers of London history, or even those who wish to know a bit more about old London, Richard's tour is a total joy. While history based tours can often be chock-full of information, they can be dry and dusty - NOT SO with Richard's Tours....always engaging, often humorous and yet loaded with fun facts, this walking tour was an absolutely fantastic experience and I would gladly recommend it to anyone who finds themselves in London - particularly those who visit around the holidays like myself - and I would advise you to take advantage of his recommendations for food and sightseeing beyond the scope of the tour. I did just that and am so glad I did...his food suggestions ended up being utterly fabulous, and he suggested to revisit some of the ground we covered on the tour, but at night when lit with the lights of London and that too was advice well-taken! Thanks, Richard for a fabulous Dickensian experience!
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Patricia_j
Dec 6, 2023
Great tour. - Richard was a great tour guide. Loved that he explained his rationale for why he believed certain places were the places described in A Christmas Carol. Highly recommend this tour.
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Julie_s
Dec 2, 2023
Dickens Walking Tour - The guide was very knowledgeable and informative. We loved it and the "snack break" we took in the middle of the tour. Note: online stated it was 2 hours, but ours was closer to 3 hours, which we did not mind at all.
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Tom_o
Nov 29, 2023
Great Tour - Great tour! It was also a great way to see hidden parts of London the average tourist would never find in their own.
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680quintons
Nov 21, 2023
Terrific Tour - Excellent tour. Richard is thoroughly knowledgeable of the subject matter. We are fans of a Christmas Carol. Richard really did a good job tying in Dicken’s life and how it related to his book(s). The tour also had a lot of London history included. All of it was very interesting.
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Megan_o
Nov 21, 2023
Don’t miss this - Highly recommend to all fans of Dickens, or just history in general. We got to see some spots not on the usual tours. It was fascinating
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Brenda_d
Mar 22, 2023
Fantastic tour - Very knowledgable guide. Not only did he have knowledge about the subject matter of the tour, we discussed various off, topic matters, and he showed expert knowledge in other parts of London history. The only problem is that he walk awfully fast and we had a hard time keeping up.
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