A new show exploring the role and varied experiences of women working for London Transport. The later chapters of Pickwick Papers were written in the house as well as Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby . Dickens House was bought by the Dickens Fellowship in 1924 and it houses letters, portraits, first editions and some of Dickens' own furniture. Access by Russell Square tube station on the Piccadilly Line and various buses. This museum is located in the canal-side warehouses which once housed Dr Barnardo's Ragged Day School and looks at the experiences of the children who attended the school in the late Victorian period.
Admission is free though donations are appreciated.
Access via Mile End tube station on Central and District Lines.