This unique walking tour covers 2 different themes which are intertwined, as the novelist, Charles Dickens, worked in the area of Legal London, and used the area as the setting for scenes in his novels. Your guide will take you through a hidden and wonderful area that is “off the beaten track”. Much of the area is pedestrianised and very peaceful. The walk is around the Temple area, covering the Inns of Court (professional legal institutions), passing their historic buildings with grand dining halls, chapels, attractive gardens, and quaint alleyways . Your guide will include several stops for external views of the buildings, which are still occupied by barristers and other legal professionals today. You will also see where Charles Dickens worked as a legal clerk. Your guide will show you where Dickens set the opening scenes of "Bleak House", the shop which was probably the inspiration for "The Old Curiosity Shop" and the site of Dicken's first home after his marriage.