Want to go back in time when there were horse-drawn carriages, cobblestone streets, and gas street lamps. Visit the holiday season of Victorian England and have a look at the 19th-century of Charles Dickens. Take a walk down the countryside in Victorian era. The series was introduced in 1984, inspired by best-loved Dickens' novels, such as Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol.

Consisting of old-world churches, quaint shops, cozy cottages, rustic schools, and train stations surrounding the beautiful countryside as it was during Charles Dickens' life. These are hand-crafted porcelain created by highly skilled artisans. Many pieces even feature animation or sound for additional authenticity, and fun. The most popular series are 'The Original Shops of Dickens' Village', 'Dickens' Village Church', 'The Cottage of Bob Cratchit & Tiny Tim', 'Kenilworth Castle', 'The Wool Shop', 'The Flat of Ebenezer Scrooge', 'Bishop's Oast House', 'Oliver Twist', 'Gad's Hill Place', 'Kensington Palace' and 'Dickens' Birthplace'. They also have Dickens' Village Accessories range from which one can pick up Chelsea Market Hat Monger & Cart, Gingerbread Vendor, The Fire Brigade of London Town and Christmas Pudding Costermonger among other pieces.

Department 56, is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the 'The Dickens' Village Series'. It has launched a collector's special edition of 'Tower Bridge Of London', 'The Red Lion Pub', 'Dickens Learns To Read' and 'Dickens' Birthplace' among others.