Charles Dickens' London spots – in pictures

Staple Inn Square, which Charles Dickens often mentioned for its tranquillity. In Dickens's last novel, the unfinished Mystery of Edwin Drood, he refers to 'a little nook called Staple Inn' Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

Patrons drink at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub, one of London's oldest pubs and one of Charles Dickens' favourites, alluded to in A Tale of Two Cities Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

Rules restaurant is the oldest in London and, at the height of his fame, Dickens had a table reserved with a view over the blacking factory where he used to work as a boy Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

Tour guide Jean Hayne of London Walks gives a Charles Dickens tour Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

Prince Henry's Room on Fleet Street was formerly an inn frequented by Dickens as a young man Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

Southwark Cathedral, which featured in Dickens' work Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

The George, a pub in Southwark frequented by Dickens and other literary luminaries Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

A handwritten note by the author on display at the Dickens Museum Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

A plaque marks the principal residence of Dickens in London Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters