Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand)
Guided by Richard III or Richard IV or Simon or Simon W.
Adult: £20 · Students & Seniors: £15 · Children: £5
Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
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21 December 2024 | Tour du Jour | 10.45 am | 12.45 pm | Winter | |
22 December 2024 | Tour du Jour | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Winter | |
23 December 2024 | Special | 6.30 pm | 8.30 pm | Winter | |
24 December 2024 | Special | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Winter | |
26 December 2024 | Special | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Winter | |
30 December 2024 | Special | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Winter |
All the delights and delicacies of a London Victorian Christmas with Charles Dickens‘s famous story A Christmas Carol as your route map and inspiration.
We’ll deck the streets of London with balls of jolly. Scrooge and Marley and the Cratchits… they’re all here. This was where Dickens’s imagination took wing and where the characters did their thing. And as we make their acquaintance we’ll spice things with warming seasonal stories of turkeys and boars’ heads, Christmas puds, mince pies and pantomimes; cards, crackers, Christmas trees and mistletoe.
Let alone the bells that rang out on Christmas morning to wake Scrooge up, a much-changed character.
Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions takes place
The meeting point for the Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions walk is just outside the exit of Tower Hill Tube. Meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stall.
N.B. the walk takes about two hours and ends across the street from St. Paul’s Cathedral and St. Paul’s Tube Stop.
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If you can’t make one of the regularly scheduled, just-turn-up, public Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions walks it can always be booked as a private tour. If you go private you can have the Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions walk – or any other London Walk – on a day and at a time that suits your convenience. We’ll tailor it to your requirements. Ring Fiona or Peter or Niamh or Mary on 020 7624 3978 or email us at [email protected] and we’ll set it up and make it happen for you. A private London Walk – they’re good value for an individual or couple and sensational value for a group – makes an ideal group or educational or birthday party or office (team-building) or club outing.
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Michael –
Richard III was our engaging guide on Boxing Day. He provided great insight into Dickins and A Christmas Carol while entertaining throughout. Highly recommend.
Eve Lee –
Richard’s lively recitation of numerous passages from Dickens’ work made this walk engaging, informative and unforgettable. Richard shared many unique tidbits from London’s history – and great insight into what The City was like during Dickens’ time. Doing this walk prior to seeing A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic made me appreciate the story even more.
Jim Weaver –
Excellent walk. Simon’s knowledge and delivery were excellent. There were quite a lot of people on the walk, 40+, but Simon handled it superbly. I learnt a lot about Christmas traditions and how they evolved. Very entertaining and great fun.
Andy Marriott –
Simon brought the classic Dickens tale to life with a fantastic mix of facts about the Christmas traditions centred around some of the most beautiful locations still in existence in London . A real genius and an entertainer. We loved i. Thank you for adding to our Christmas
Nathalie –
We did the Charles Dickens Christmas Carol & Seasons Traditions walk with Simon and it was WONderful!!!! So interesting, and such lively storytelling from Simon that we felt like we’d gone back to the era of Dickens! Thank you very much Simon, and we definitely hope to do more walks with you in the future!!
Caroline –
Simon’s 24th Dec 2023 Dickens walk.
Which was Dickens but OH SO MUCH MORE.
It was a bitterly cold windy afternoon but no one in the extremely large group could think about anything else than what Simon was sharing with us.
SO good. I always do a walk when I visit London and this and Robert’s Brunel/Thames are my favourites so far.
Margaret –
Richard (III) was a delightful and informative guide, walking us back through time sharing unknown tidbits of the past
Leslie T. –
Wonderful Dickens’ Christmas Carol walk today led by Richard III. Even with the large group, RIII kept us moving, entertained and informed. His little portable mic works well and he is very engaging. I enjoyed enhancing my knowledge of Dickens and his work as well as discovering nooks and crannies of London.
Judi Anderson Seal –
My walk with Richard III was this morning, December 30. There were so many reasons why I loved this tour. While I am familiar with Charles Dickens’s stories, particularly A Christmas Carol, Richard introduced me to many aspects of Dickens’s life of which I was not aware, and how CD incorporated his experiences into his writing, including A Christmas Carol. The stories of the origins of today’s Christmas traditions were fascinating. And Richard managed to introduce a little whimsy into the tour as well (and I love whimsy). Articulate, knowledgeable, and dramatic when appropriate, Richard III gave a tour I would gladly repeat at anytime.
Lesley Robinson –
Richard was our guide on Boxing Day. We had a wonderfully enjoyable walk. Richard’s talk was so interesting & was very seasonal. Would thoroughly recommend & will definitely book another.