During my stay in England, I hope to travel to the various homes of famous English writers and other literary sites that are open to the public. Here is a list of ones I've found so far:
Charing Cross Road (84 Charing Cross Road, to be precise)
Fleet Street (Sweeney Todd!)
Poets' Corner (Westminster Abbey)
The Sherlock Holmes Museum (221B Baker Street)
The Charles Dickens Museum (48 Doughty St.)
John Keat's House in Hampstead
Samuel Johnson's House
Effigy of John Donne at Old St. Paul's Cathedral
Shakespeare's Theatres (the Globe and the Rose) and Stratford-upon-Avon
The British Library (96 Euston Rd)
Bronte Parsonage/Haworth Museum (northern England)
Wordsworth Houses (Cockermouth and Dove Cottage in Grasmere)
Beatrix Potter's Hill Top Farm (Lake District)
Home of D.H. Lawrence (Eastwood)
Byron's Home (Newstead Abbey)
Thomas Hardy's Cottage (Dorset) and Grave (Stinsford church)
Jane Austen's Home at Chawton (Hampshire)
I've also stumbled upon a listing of literary festivals in the UK: http://www.thewordtravels.com/literary-festivals.html Hopefully I can find an updated listing with 2011-2012 dates.
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