As part of our new Christmas in Cheapside programme, we’re excited to share these free lunchtime and after-work walking tours, exploring the real places that inspired one of the most iconic Christmas stories ever told.
Follow in the footsteps of Charles Dickens on a festive stroll through the City’s historic streets and alleyways.
Led by expert guide Sarah Williams-Robbins, better known as ‘Mrs Londoner’, you’ll discover the locations and themes behind Dickens’s 1843 classic A Christmas Carol, from Cornhill and its echoes of Christmases past to a charming marketplace once filled with Victorian shoppers.
You’ll also hear about the real-life philanthropist who may have inspired Scrooge.
The tour finishes with a wander through the cobbled streets and Christmas lights of Bow Lane, and might even end in a historic City pub for a well-earned festive toast.