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London: Bloomsbury, Camden, Hampstead
Greater London, England, GB · 5 stops · 7.9 mi (13 km) · about 40 min driving · 11 spoken stories · driven 1×
A 40-minute drive linking literary London's best-known haunts, from Georgian Bloomsbury and Dickens's writing desk through Camden's sprawling markets to Keats House and the village pubs of Hampstead. Perfect for readers and history hunters after a proper sense of how London's writers actually lived.
Photo: Panhard, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
From British Museum, London to Kenwood House, Hampstead Heath
The stops
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Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London, part of the London Borough of Camden in England. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural, intellectual, and educational institutions.
“Welcome to Bloomsbury, which is about as close as London gets to a literary postcode.”
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Charles Dickens Museum
The Charles Dickens Museum is an author's house museum at 48 Doughty Street in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. It occupies a typical Georgian terraced house which was Charles Dickens's home from 25 March 1837 to December 1839.
“Here we are at forty eight Doughty Street, the Charles Dickens Museum.”
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Camden Market
lunchThe Camden markets are a number of adjoining large retail markets, often collectively referred to as Camden Market or Camden Lock, located in the historic former Pickfords stables, in Camden Town, London. It is situated north of the Hampstead Road Lock of the Regent's Canal.
“This is Camden Market, or really the Camden markets, a whole run of adjoining retail markets in the historic former Pickfords stables, just north of the Hampstead Road Lock on the Regent's Canal.”
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Keats House
Keats House is a writer's house museum in what was once the home of the Romantic poet John Keats. It is in Keats Grove, Hampstead, in inner north London. Maps before about 1915 show the road with one of its earlier names, John Street; the road has also been known as Albion Grove.
“Keats House sits in Keats Grove in Hampstead, and it's the home of the Romantic poet John Keats, now a writer's house museum.”
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Hampstead village and Flask Walk
Hampstead is an area in London, England, which lies 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet.
“Hampstead sits about four miles northwest of Charing Cross, mostly in the Borough of Camden, with Hampstead Heath wrapping around its northeastern edge.”
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