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Charles Dickens Birthplace
393 Old Commercial Road, Portsmouth PO1 4QL Driving directions
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In 1812 Charles Dickens was born in this small house and spent his childhood here. The house has been restored and furnished in the style of the period. A small exhibition includes the green velvet sofa on which Charles Dickens died in Gad's Hill (Kent) on 9 June 1870.

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