Fifty benches celebrating popular London - linked fiction have been scattered about London . The `` Books about Town '' trails , launched by two UK charities , the National Literacy Trust and Wild in Art , can be found in London 's Bloomsbury , Greenwich , Riverside and City areas until mid-September 2014 . Paddington Bear , Sherlock Holmes and Mary Poppins among literary creations celebrated by the benches . Seating trails will be in place until September after which the benches will be sold for charity .
Fifty benches celebrating popular London - linked fiction have been scattered about London . Paddington Bear , Sherlock Holmes and Mary Poppins among literary creations celebrated by the benches . Seating trails will be in place until September after which the benches will be sold for charity .