Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: locations

London

• LondonScene

  The overarching setting of the novella; Utterson’s investigation and nearly all the principal events unfold across the city.

• SohoScene

  Utterson and Inspector Newcomen visit Hyde’s lodgings here after Sir Danvers Carew’s murder; the fogbound neighborhood is portrayed as shabby and sinister.

• Hyde’s lodgings in SohoScene

  Hyde’s fictional rooms, where the police discover the remains of his burned papers and the broken half of the cane used to murder Carew.

• Cavendish SquareScene

  The fashionable square where Dr. Lanyon lives; Hyde visits Lanyon’s house and transforms into Jekyll before him.

• Dr. Jekyll’s house and laboratoryScene

  Jekyll’s unlocated London residence, with its respectable main entrance and rear laboratory door; the final confrontation and discovery of Hyde’s body occur in the cabinet.

• The by-street and laboratory doorScene

  The unnamed commercial street where Enfield first sees Hyde trample a child; its neglected door is the rear entrance to Jekyll’s laboratory.

• Utterson’s house and officeScene

  The unlocated London premises of the lawyer Gabriel John Utterson, where he studies Jekyll’s will, receives Poole, and reads the documents explaining the mystery.

• Site of Sir Danvers Carew’s murderScene

  An unnamed London street near the river, overlooked by a maid’s window, where Hyde beats Carew to death with Jekyll’s cane.

• Regent’s ParkScene

  Jekyll sits on a bench here and involuntarily changes into Hyde in daylight, forcing him to seek Lanyon’s aid.

• Portland StreetScene

  After transforming in Regent’s Park, Hyde takes a cab to a hotel in Portland Street, where he writes messages to Lanyon and Poole.

• Scotland YardMentioned

  Referenced as Inspector Newcomen’s police affiliation; it is not itself used as a scene.