Explore the world
Choose an area, then open a place to find its buildings, people and stories.
A map of the stories, not to scale.
Amberwick Passage
Visit the toyshop, the cobbler, the dressmaker and Miss Wren’s bookshop.
Amberwick PassageThe street and its people 
Bellweather & SonsThe Bellweather family’s toyshop 
Ambrose’s cobbler’s shopAmbrose at number forty-two Ambrose and Clara in the workshop, from Ambrose the Cobbler and His Dancing Shoes.
Clara’s dressmaking shopClara’s shop across the Passage Clara at her shop door, after the dance.
Miss Wren’s bookshopBooks and an upstairs window Miss Wren at her upstairs window, with Jonah beside the bookshop lamp.
Follow a story between them
- Bellweather & Sons on the PassageAmberwick Passage → Bellweather & Sons
- Ambrose at number forty-twoAmberwick Passage → Ambrose’s cobbler’s shop
- Clara’s shop opposite Ambrose’sAmberwick Passage → Clara’s dressmaking shop
- Miss Wren’s bookshop further down the PassageAmberwick Passage → Miss Wren’s bookshop
Brindlecombe & Little Tallowmere
Arrive at the station, then explore Little Tallowmere and the Copper Dormouse.
BrindlecombeArrive by the night sleeper 
Little TallowmereA village to spend a little time in 
The Copper DormouseDorothea keeps a light in the window
Follow a story between them
- Along the canal aboard PatienceBrindlecombe → Little Tallowmere
- A little beyond the village greenLittle Tallowmere → The Copper Dormouse
The slow way to Little Tallowmere
Follow Patience from the basin to the wharf. These are the stops in the story, in travelling order.
Spend a night aboard Patience- Brindlecombe Basin
- Road bridge
- Coldharbour Lock
- The Long Pound
- Pennywhistle Mill & the Tallow Cut
- Fallow Hill Tunnel
- Hillside shelf
- Wend Aqueduct
- Hob’s Bridge
- Orchard Reach
- Little Tallowmere Wharf
Fenwold, Ockham & the coast
A museum, a village fête and a seaside holiday. Open a place and let its story take you there.
Fenwold MuseumSmall things worth keeping 
Ockham HollowSunday best beside the church 
By the seaA holiday with the Thistleby sisters
These places have their own stories. Their positions here do not describe a journey between them.
The canal
Follow the canal from Brindlecombe Basin to the village wharf.
- BrindlecombeThe basin beside the railway
Coldharbour LockJob Bowering’s lock 
Little Tallowmere wharfThe bell’s arrival in the village Patience arrives at Little Tallowmere Wharf.
Follow a story between them
- From the basin to Coldharbour LockBrindlecombe → Coldharbour Lock
- Continue through Pennywhistle and Fallow Hill to the wharfColdharbour Lock → Little Tallowmere wharf
Little Tallowmere village
Visit the inn, schoolroom, church and canal wharf.
- The Copper DormouseDorothea’s inn
Little Tallowmere schoolroomMiss Ansty and the lantern show Little Tallowmere schoolhouse, from The Lantern Show.
St Hilda’s churchThe church and its new bell St Hilda’s above the orchard.
- Little Tallowmere wharfAda and Pip arrive by boat
Patience arrives at Little Tallowmere Wharf.
Follow a story between them
- The path through the orchard to the innLittle Tallowmere wharf → The Copper Dormouse