A Christmas Carol: locations

London

• LondonScene

  The principal setting: Scrooge conducts his business, encounters the spirits, observes scenes from past, present, and future, and awakens transformed on Christmas morning.

• Scrooge and Marley's counting-houseScene

  Scrooge's cold, gloomy London office, where Bob Cratchit works and the charity collectors and Scrooge's nephew visit on Christmas Eve.

• Scrooge's chambersScene

  Scrooge's home in a dark building formerly occupied by Marley; Marley's ghost and the three Christmas spirits appear here.

• Scrooge's customary tavernScene

  The unnamed London tavern where Scrooge eats his solitary Christmas Eve dinner before returning home.

• Fezziwig's warehouseScene

  The place of Scrooge's apprenticeship, revisited with the Ghost of Christmas Past; Fezziwig transforms it into the setting of a joyous Christmas ball.

• Belle's homeScene

  Seen in a later vision of the past, where Scrooge's former fiancée Belle enjoys Christmas with her husband and children.

• Camden TownScene

  The district where Bob Cratchit and his family live and celebrate Christmas; the Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge their humble home and Tiny Tim's plight.

• Fred's houseScene

  The London home of Scrooge's nephew, where a cheerful Christmas dinner and party take place and the invisible Scrooge joins in the games.

• The City of LondonScene

  Visited with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come; merchants casually discuss the death of an unnamed man who is ultimately revealed to be Scrooge.

• Old Joe's shopScene

  A sordid shop in an obscure quarter of London where Scrooge's laundress, charwoman, and undertaker's man sell goods stolen from his deathbed.

• The dead man's roomScene

  The bleak future chamber in which Scrooge sees his own neglected, plundered corpse without initially recognizing it.

• The debtors' homeScene

  A poor family's dwelling shown by the final spirit; its occupants feel guilty relief when the death of their harsh creditor grants them more time.

• The churchyardScene

  The cemetery where the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come reveals Scrooge's neglected grave, prompting his desperate promise to change.

• The Royal Exchange ('Change)Mentioned

  Referenced as the center of London's commercial life, where Scrooge's name and credit are well known; it is not itself a distinct scene setting.