Rochester - Gads Hill (Charles Dickens' House)

Gads Hill, the house in which Charles Dickens spent the last 12 years of his life, is in the village of Higham, halfway between Rochester and Gravesend. Even as a child the writer had fallen in love with this house while out on walks with his father and in 1856 he was finally able to buy it. The house is now occupied by a private school, which will however arrange conducted tours.