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Dracula, Frankenstein & London's Literary Ghosts (1h 45m)

The tour lasts 1 hour and 45 minutes
Available in English

Description

London is home to and inspiration for some of the most terrifying horror stories ever written. The London's Literary Ghosts tour brings them to life. 


This is NOT a Jack the Ripper Tour or a ghost tour - but rather a tour of London's haunted theatrical and literary past and the real life places that inspired some of the world's most famous horror stories. 

Bookmarked London is a walking tour company that focusses exclusively on London's rich bookish history. As this is our only nighttime tour, we throw in a couple of ghost stories for good measure.

The Route

In this 90-minute tour, you'll walk in the footsteps of the creators of Frankenstein, Dracula and several terrifying others.

See where Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Shakespeare, Dickens and others took inspiration to craft some of the most macabre and terrifying ghost stories ever put to paper.

We begin by a depiction of the decomposing corpse of one of the city's greatest writers, work our way through London's terrifying legal district, and conclude on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. 

The route is gentle and accessible. We begin the tour just across the road from Charing Cross and conclude outside St Paul's Cathedral. 

Run by Bookmarked founders, Adam RW & Leo Flanagan, the London's Greatest Horror Stories tour is devilishly delightful and is one of our most popular routes. 

Bookmarked Tours

Our tours are unique - history tour meets book club meets poetry reading. 

For more information about Bookmarked, visit our website bookmarkedlondon.com. 


Bookmarked
Guide: Bookmarked
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Guiding since 2026
Hello! We're Bookmarked London - an independent group of London writers, poets and actors who are in love with London's rich literary and bookish history. All our tours focus on the bookish side of London and the inspiration some of the greatest writers of all time have taken from this wonderful city. All Bookmarked tours are run by either Adam, a local writer and poet, or Leo, a local actor and writer. Adam is a full-time tour guide, poet, writer, event host, (recovering) lawyer, football fan and keen hiker. His first poetry collection Poetry Will Have To Do was published in December 2023 and he runs a weekly storytelling night called Storytime London. He also manages and runs Bookmarked, which runs these literary walking tours, as his full-time job. Leo is an actor and writer. He has appeared on Waterloo Road and Doctor Who on the BBC and he played the lead in Creation Stories, a film about the life of Alan McGee. He is also a stage actor and founded and ran the theatre company, Gutter Street.

11 stops
1 hour and 45 minutes
Meeting point:Punto de encuentroI'll be standing by the Oscar Wilde Statue just across the road from Charing Cross station holding a leatherbound book. Open in Google Maps
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Outside visit
Adelphi
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Outside visit
Lyceum Theatre
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Outside visit
Charles Dickens Plaque

Dracula, Frankenstein & London's Literary Ghosts (1h 45m)


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