Where shall
we wander?

Amberwick Passage

A London street that slopes towards the river, one lit window after another.

Bellweather & Sons

A wooden horse over the door. A family at work inside.

The Copper Dormouse

Dorothea’s inn, a little beyond the green at Little Tallowmere.

Brindlecombe

The railway brings you here. There is more than one way to leave.

Little Tallowmere

A village green, pale stone, and an inn just beyond.

Along the canal

Locks, towpaths and the quieter journey to Little Tallowmere.

Fenwold Museum

A town’s keepsakes, looked after when the visitors have gone.

Ockham Hollow

Working horses, a country village, and a Sunday worth dressing for.

By the sea

The Thistleby sisters’ promenade, with time to look out over the water.

Coldharbour Lock

The lock on the journey to Little Tallowmere, seven feet up, with a keeper who comes out in his slippers.

Ambrose’s cobbler’s shop

Number 42, Amberwick Passage, with a carved boot above the door.

Ambrose and Clara in the workshop, from Ambrose the Cobbler and His Dancing Shoes.

Clara’s dressmaking shop

Across from the cobbler’s, a lit shop window and rooms upstairs.

Clara at her shop door, after the dance.

Miss Wren’s bookshop

A bow window full of books, and a voice reading from the room above.

Miss Wren at her upstairs window, with Jonah beside the bookshop lamp.

Little Tallowmere schoolroom

Miss Ansty’s schoolroom, with a lime tree outside and a lantern show after lessons.

Little Tallowmere schoolhouse, from The Lantern Show.

St Hilda’s church

The square tower on Little Tallowmere’s green, waiting for its new bell.

St Hilda’s above the orchard.

Little Tallowmere wharf

A stone landing below the orchard, with a crane like a heron.

Patience arrives at Little Tallowmere Wharf.