Gads Hill Place at Higham, Kent was the house where Charles Dickens lived after making his fortune as the most successful British author of his generation. Charles Dickens first saw the mansion when he was 9 years old in 1821, and told his father that he would like to live there some day. His father told him that if he worked hard enough, his dream may come true. Thirty six years later, after Dickens had risen to fame and wealth, his dream did indeed come true. He lived there until his death in 1870. Higham is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Dickens redirects here. ...

He wrote many of his later works in the summer house in the grounds of the house. The summer house has been preserved and moved to Rochester as a memorial to the writer. Rochester is a small city in Kent, at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. ...