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site: London Drum
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title: "Dickens' London City Exploration Game"
description: "Follow in the footsteps of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens down the same streets that he once walked"
author: London Drum
clipped: 2026-11-15
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# Charles Dickens' London - City Exploration Game

![Dickens' London City Exploration Game](https://londondrum.com/i/eve/dickens-london-city-exploration-game.webp)
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## Useful things to know before your visit

Meeting point: [Charles Dickens Museum](https://londondrum.com/attractions/charles-dickens-museum.php), 48-49 Doughty Street WC1N 2LX. Telephone: 0207 405 2127

### What are the dates?

Every day · You choose your preferred date and time after purchase

### How much do the tickets cost?

£4.99 per person · Note: Entry to the Charles Dickens Museum is NOT included

### Which buses go to Charles Dickens Museum?

Bus routes 7, 17, 19, 38, 45, 46, 55 and 243 all stop close by

### Which is the closest train station?

The nearest station is [Russell Square](https://londondrum.com/transport/trains.php?station=russell-square) on the Piccadilly line. You can walk the ⅖ mile to Charles Dickens Museum in about 7 minutes

### Which other attractions are nearby?

Here are three attractions within 15 minutes walk of Charles Dickens Museum: Postal Museum, Staple Inn and Sir John Soane's Museum

Fans of Charles Dickens can have fun exploring the streets where he lived in this _City Exploration Game_.

Starting outside the [Charles Dickens Museum](https://londondrum.com/attractions/charles-dickens-museum.php) (entry not included), this self-guided tour will take you on a tour of his rags to riches life story - from child labourer to the most celebrated novelist of the Victorian era.

![The Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street](https://londondrum.com/i/eve/charles-dickens-museum2.webp) _The Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street, where he once lived_

You'll be walking down the same streets and alleyways where he walked, past many of the same buildings that he saw - from the old crime-ridden parts of Clerkenwell that were once home to the scoundrels that inspired the colourful characters in his novels, to the stately mansions and legal buildings around Holborn where the devious lawyers once worked.

![The Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand](https://londondrum.com/i/eve/dickens-london-city-exploration-game3.webp) _The Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand_

You'll see the darkened bars and inns where he drank, the places where he studied and worked, the site of old prisons and gaols, and the place where he imagined a pickpockets' lairs to be.

![The Coach Pub in Clerkenwell](https://londondrum.com/i/eve/dickens-london-city-exploration-game2.webp) _The Coach Pub in Clerkenwell_

## Complete the tour at your own pace

This is a self-guided tour and you will be provided with all the information you need to follow it yourself (there's no human guide). You can begin the tour any time you like, and complete it at your own pace. If you'd like to stop off at any of the places you see along then way, and then continue the tour later, then it's up to you!

The entire walk covers a distance of 3 km and typically takes around 1 hour to complete.