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Travel story · London

Chaplin's London

From Kennington's backstreets to the West End's bright marquees, trace Charlie Chaplin's London — where a hungry childhood forged the comic genius the whole world came to love.

Chaplin's London
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Day 1: Kennington roots

Chaplin grew up in bitter poverty in Kennington. Walk the streets that shaped his work, and visit the Charlie Chaplin section at the Museum of the Moving Image.

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Vintage 2003 Mattel Mary-Kate and Ashley winning london dolls- Never Opened

Day 2: The music halls

The music halls of Lambeth and the West End were his first schools. Seek out the remnants of that world in the theatres around Leicester Square.

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Day 3: The tramp's finale

Finish with a silent-film screening or a walk along the South Bank, where the river is still the same as in his films.

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Vintage 90s Coogi Style Sweater Men’s XL Gray White Pullover Made in USA

Along the way

  1. 01

    Kennington

  2. 02

    Museum of the Moving Image

  3. 03

    Leicester Square

  4. 04

    The Savoy

  5. 05

    South Bank

  6. 06

    Lambeth