🏨 Dickens' London: The Writer's Journey Exploration Game Activity

Dickens' London: The Writer's Journey Exploration Game

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 60 minutes

Departs: London, London

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Play a city game where you walk in the footsteps of one of Britain’s greatest writers, Charles Dickens.

You will learn about Dickens’s rags to riches life story and discover the locations that inspired his stories, from pickpockets’ lairs, prisons and courts, to historic pubs and hidden alleyways.

Are you ready for an adventure in Dickens’ London?

Highlights:
Learn about Dickens’s extraordinary life, from child labourer to celebrated writer.
Explore the once brutal and crime-ridden streets of Clerkenwell and the stately legal district of Holborn where Dickens studied and worked.
Discover the darkened bars and inns where lawyers once jostled with scoundrels and Dickens met the colourful characters that would crowd his novels.
Try a new type of experience, the perfect mix between a tour, an outdoor escape game, and a treasure hunt.

What's Included

Full flexibility: start at any hour, take a break at any time and resume later

Play offline: you DON'T NEED an internet connection to play this city game

This is the safest tour you can book: private, no human contact, you will avoid crowds.

This tour is always available to book. We are open 24/7, every day of the week.

What's Not Included

A physical tour guide

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 1 - 99

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Charles Dickens Museum

The Charles Dickens Museum is an author's house museum at 48 Doughty Street in Holborn, London Borough of Camden. It occupies a typical Georgian terraced house which was Charles Dickens's home from 25 March 1837 (a year after his marriage) to December 1839.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

• Admission Ticket Free

It was laid out around 1686 and originally ran further, along what is now the Man in the Moon Passage. John Rocque's Map of London, 1746 shows Vine Street extending from Piccadilly northeast to Warwick Street. In 1720, the main properties on the street were a brewery and a carpenter's yard.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

• Admission Ticket Free

Staple Inn

Staple Inn dates from 1585. The building was once the wool staple, where wool was weighed and taxed. It survived the Great Fire of London, was extensively damaged by a Nazi German Luftwaffe aerial bomb in 1944 but was subsequently restored.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

• Admission Ticket Free

Lincoln's Inn Fields

The Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre was located in the Fields from 1661 to 1848, when it was demolished. This, originally called the Duke's Theatre, was created by converting Lisle's Tennis Court in 1695.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

• Admission Ticket Free

Maughan Library

Following a £35m renovation designed by Gaunt Francis Architects, the Maughan is the largest new university library in the United Kingdom since World War II. Designed by Sir James Pennethorne and constructed in 1851, with further extensions made between 1868 and 1900, it is a Grade II* listed building.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

• Admission Ticket Free

Dr. Johnson's House

The house now known as Dr Johnson's House was probably originally built for a City merchant. Its most famous resident, and one of the most distinguished figures in English literary history, Samuel Johnson (1709-84), rented it from 1748 to 1759.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

• Admission Ticket Free

Saint Peter's Italian Church

It was consecrated on 16 April 1863 as "The Church of St Peter of all Nations". At the time of consecration, it was the only basilica-style church in the UK. Its organ was built in 1886 by Belgian Anneesen. During World War II, when Italian immigrants were interned, Irish Pallottines made use of the church.

• Admission Ticket Free

Reviews

Go find the man in black!

Tamara_Y, 15-05-2022

Great concept and a very enjoyable day, went at our own pace and stopped at several pubs! Lovely sunny day and in the heart of the City all was beautiful & quiet. Very atmospheric and clues were not too easy but also not too difficult! Loved

Londoners being tourists, a fantastic day out in london,

Joanna M, 14-05-2022

All of it, , make sure your phone is fully charged, be prepared to walk stairs, will definitely use this app again and we found the man in black.

Challenging Fun for Dickens Fans

DickensinLondonfan, 16-09-2021

As a Charles Dickens fan, I found this game huge fun and a great way to explore the hidden rivers and forgotten alleyways of Clerkenwell, Mount Pleasant and Hatton Garden in Dickensian London. Amazing to think so much still exists from the chase in Oliver Twist, to the Bleak House law courts and Pickwickian taverns near Fleet Street. The app was easy to use although some of the puzzles were a bit challenging, but the clues worked and this actually made the experience even more enjoyable. A great way to combine a walk with teasing brain puzzles - for Londoners and visitors alike.

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