Charles Dickens Museum

The Charles Dickens Museum is an author's house museum at 48 Doughty Street in , in the . It occupies a typical Georgian terraced house which was Charles Dickens's home from 25 March 1837 to December 1839.
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  • Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Email: info@dickensmuseum.com
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: author’s house museum in London, United Kingdom
  • Address: 48-49 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LX
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London St Pancras International and Leicester Square.

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is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in . It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland .

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Library
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The is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Charles Dickens Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gray’s Inn and Bourne Estate.

Neighborhood
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The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these inns.

Neighborhood
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The is an Edwardian housing estate in , located in the . It is bounded by Clerkenwell Road to the north, Gray's Inn Road to the west, Leather Lane to the east and Baldwins Gardens to the south.

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is a district in central that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.

Charles Dickens Museum

Latitude
51.52359° or 51° 31′ 25″ north
Longitude
-0.11632° or 0° 6′ 59″ west
Open location code
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node 334631276
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Charles Dickens Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Չարլզ Դիքենս թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Charles Dickensen Museoa”
  • Bulgarian: “Чарлз Дикенс музей”
  • Chinese: “狄更斯博物館”
  • Dutch: “Charles Dickens Museum”
  • Dutch: “Dickens House”
  • French: “musée Charles-Dickens”
  • French: “Musée Charles-Dickens”
  • German: “Charles-Dickens-Museum”
  • Greek: “Οικία - Μουσείο Ντίκενς”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון צ’ארלס דיקנס”
  • Irish: “Iarsmalann Charles Dickens”
  • Irish: “Músaem Charles Dickens”
  • Italian: “Charles Dickens Museum”
  • Japanese: “チャールズ・ディケンズ博物館”
  • Japanese: “ディケンズ・ミュージアム”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Charles Dickens”
  • Swedish: “Charles Dickens Museum”
  • Turkish: “Charles Dickens Müzesi”

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