Higham ... village of literary characters is a brief history of the village of Higham, the location of an episode involving Shakespeare’s Sir John Falstaff and the last home of Charles Dickens. Gads Hill - Dickens home, the tiny church of Saint Mary and the surrounding marshes were used by Charles Dickens as a setting in Great Expectations. The interiors of Gads Hill and the Knowle are included.

Higham is at one end of a long tunnel originally built as part of a canal linking the rivers Medway and Thames that was later taken over by the railway.

Photographs depicting the village, everyday life and celebrations together with the village as it is today is shown in Higham...village of literary characters