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Charles Dickens Museum

The only one of Dickens's London homes still standing, laid out as he kept it.

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Photo by Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Also in Literary London.

He wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby in the two and a half years he lived at 48 Doughty Street. The rooms are furnished with his own belongings, including the desk he wrote at. The Dickens Fellowship bought the house in 1923 to stop it being demolished and opened it two years later.

Where
48-49 Doughty Street, WC1N 2LX
Nearest station
Russell Square · 7 min walk

Step-free access

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Hours

MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday10:00 – 16:00
Thursday10:00 – 16:00
Friday10:00 – 16:00
Saturday10:00 – 16:00
Sunday10:00 – 16:00

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