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Step onto London's most famous zebra crossing, made iconic by the Beatles' 1969 album cover. Recreate the band's single-file pose amid passing traffic, then check out the graffiti-covered wall of Abbey Road Studios next door.
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Abbey Road's crossing owes its fame entirely to a single photograph: the Beatles walking across it in single file for the cover of their 1969 album of the same name, shot just outside the adjacent Abbey Road Studios. Fans still recreate the pose today, weaving between traffic in a quiet St John's Wood street that would otherwise attract little attention, and reviewers with a 4.5 rating describe it as an essential stop for any music lover despite there being little to actually see beyond the crossing itself.
It's a brief, free, slightly chaotic experience best suited to Beatles fans rather than general sightseers, and works well combined with a look at the studio's graffiti-covered outer wall.
Abbey Road's crossing owes its fame entirely to a single photograph: the Beatles walking across it in single file for the cover of their 1969 album of the same name, shot just outside the adjacent Abbey Road Studios. Fans still recreate the pose today, weaving between traffic in a quiet St John's Wood street that would otherwise attract little attention, and reviewers with a 4.5 rating describe it as an essential stop for any music lover despite there being little to actually see beyond the crossing itself.
It's a brief, free, slightly chaotic experience best suited to Beatles fans rather than general sightseers, and works well combined with a look at the studio's graffiti-covered outer wall.
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15 min
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early morning or evening
Intensity
Easy pace
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And if you're ever in London, you must go to Abby Road.
Joanne Schoonmaker
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