<P> As a result , James is forced to live with his two cruel aunts , Spiker and Sponge , in a run - down house on a high , desolate hill near the White Cliffs of Dover . For four years , James is treated as a drudge , forced to do hard labor , beaten for hardly any reason , improperly fed , and forced to sleep on bare floorboards in the attic . One summer afternoon , after a particularly upsetting altercation with his aunts , James stumbles across a mysterious stranger , who gives him magic green `` crocodile tongues '' which , when drunk with water , will bring him happiness and great adventures . On the way to the house , James spills the crocodile tongues onto a barren peach tree , which then produces a single peach that quickly grows to nearly the size of a house . The next day , the aunts sell tickets to neighbors and tourists to see the giant peach while James watches from the window of his room in which he is locked up , to prevent him from getting in the way of his aunts ' business . </P>
<P> As a result , James is forced to live with his two cruel aunts , Spiker and Sponge , in a run - down house on a high , desolate hill near the White Cliffs of Dover . For four years , James is treated as a drudge , forced to do hard labor , beaten for hardly any reason , improperly fed , and forced to sleep on bare floorboards in the attic . One summer afternoon , after a particularly upsetting altercation with his aunts , James stumbles across a mysterious stranger , who gives him magic green `` crocodile tongues '' which , when drunk with water , will bring him happiness and great adventures . On the way to the house , James spills the crocodile tongues onto a barren peach tree , which then produces a single peach that quickly grows to nearly the size of a house . The next day , the aunts sell tickets to neighbors and tourists to see the giant peach while James watches from the window of his room in which he is locked up , to prevent him from getting in the way of his aunts ' business . </P>
where did james and the giant peach take place
where did james and the giant peach take place
near the White Cliffs of Dover
near the White Cliffs of Dover