Charles Dickens Museum, Camden. Admission charge. Limited opening.
Details
Accessibility:
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Carers are admitted free of charge.
VI Audio Guides are available from the Shop.
An accessible toilet is located on the first floor, next to the lift.
Due to the limited amount of space in some of the rooms, pushchairs or prams are not permitted in the historic house. They may be left in our cloakroom.
Wheelchair users and people with limited mobility are very welcome at the Charles Dickens Museum and our team will assist you in using the lift between floors. You are able to enter all of the rooms on each floor, which provides enough space to reverse or turn in a wheelchair.
An accessible toilet is available on the first floor, and there are handles on each side of the toilet to assist with transferring.
The only section of the museum which is not accessible by lift is the nursery and servant's bedroom on the attic level. You can see these rooms by exploring our interactive digital tour.
Because the historic house is an old home with some narrow corridors and doorways, we regret that some types of larger, electronic wheelchairs may not be able to access the museum. Please get in touch with us if you want to check the dimensions of your electric wheelchair and our team will gladly help. 020 7405 2127 / info@dickensmuseum.com. We are unable to accommodate mobility scooters.
Seating is available on every floor of the historic house. If you have any requirements while visiting the Charles Dickens Museum, please speak to any member of our team (our room stewards all wear blue, branded lanyards) and we'll be pleased to assist you as best we can.
For more information about the accessibility see:
https://dickensmuseum.com/pages/accessibility-details
Brief description:
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"The Charles Dickens Museum is an author's house museum at 48 Doughty Street in King's Cross, in the 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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens_Museum
Address:
Charles Dickens Museum
48-49 Doughty Street,
London, WC1N 2LX
Email:
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or
Via contact form: https://dickensmuseum.com/pages/contact
Phone:
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+44(0)20 7405 2127
Website:
https://dickensmuseum.com/
Directions:
The museum is situated near to Kings Cross station and north of the River Thames. From the A501 to the north follow the road south onto the A5200. Turn west onto the B502 and immediately south onto Doughty Street. The museum will be visible on the east side of the road.
OS TQ307822
Opening Times and Admission Prices:
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We open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm, last entry is at 4pm.
We are usually closed on Monday and Tuesdays.
Admission Prices:
Adult (16+)- £12.95
Concession- £10.95
(Over 60, people with disabilities, people who receive universal credit, blue lights card)
Child (over 6) - £7.95
Child (under 6) - FREE
Transport:
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Underground: The nearest tube station is Russell Square, which is only a 5 minute walk from our front door. Russell Square is served by the Piccadilly Line.
Other stations within walking distance are Chancery Lane (Central Line - 10 minute walk) and Kings Cross/St Pancras Station (Victoria Line, Piccadilly Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Northern Line and Metropolitan Line - 15 minute walk)
We can also be reached by bus on services: 7, 17, 19, 38, 45, 46, 55 or 243.
There is also a cycle rack in Doughty Street and a Santander Cycles docking station nearby.
https://dickensmuseum.com/pages/also-nearby
Amenities:
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The museum café opens between Wednesday to Sunday, 10am - 4.30pm.
https://dickensmuseum.com/pages/charles-dickens-museum-artful-tearoom
There is no car park at the Charles Dickens Museum. On street parking is available to holders of a valid Blue Badge, subject to local restrictions. Alternative parking can be found near by in Russell Square, or further details can be found on the Camden Council website.
Travel Information
For further travel information please see: www.traveline.info
Or call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33
(Calls cost 12p per minute plus your phone company's access charge)
NB London ULTRA-LOW EMISSION ZONE
This started on 8 April 2019 in the Central London Congestion Charge Zone, and will extend to the whole of the London area within the
M25 Motorway from 25 October 2021.
For more details please see:
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Vehicles registered with a 'disabled' or 'disabled passenger vehicles' tax class will benefit from a grace period after the ULEZ starts until 26 October 2025 as long as their vehicle doesn't change tax class, and this also applies to a 'disabled' vehicle registered outside the UK.
Location
Nearest Venues
120 metres*
*Distances are calculated in a straight line from the current venue, please allow extra time/distance based on available paths or roads.