Gad's Hill Place, Higham ME3 7PA

Enjoy a guided tour of Gad's Hill Place, the former home of Charles Dickens with a Dickens Trust Guide.

When he was a boy Charles Dickens and his father took a walk through Kent. On the Gravesend Road they passed a house called Gad's Hill Place. Young Charles was very impressed. He bought the house in 1856 and lived there until his death in 1870. Gad's Hill is a Grade 1 listed 18th century house with alterations made by Dickens to accommodate his family's needs. Whilst at Gad's Hill Dickens wrote his las four novels, including Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities. He died at Gad's whilst working on his final book, The Mystery of Edward Drood.

During the tour you will have the opportunity to visit the ground floor of the house, stroll in the garden and enjoy tea and biscuits in the conservatory.