Then look no further. London's Postal Museum is in the Clerkenwell area and is just a short walk from King's Cross Station and St Pancras International and is often described as a 'hidden gem'.
A lover of bright colours and eye-catching accessories in his dress and domestic spaces, Dickens “was very flamboyant”, says Emma Harper, a curator at the Charles Dickens Museum in London ...
Slim pickings here, as all the big museums and galleries understandably ... It's home to the only ice rink in London which opens on Christmas Day Swimming is an option in some parts of town ...