National Trust
The Beatles’ Childhood Homes
Liverpool · Adults £37 · NT members £13
The only way inside Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road: a pre-booked minibus tour from Liverpool South Parkway or Speke Hall.
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The Beatles
From a church hall to a rooftop, in rooms you can still find.
John Lennon at Schiphol, 1964. Harry Pot / Anefo (Nationaal Archief) · CC0 John Schiphol, June 1964
Paul McCartney on stage at the King’s Hall, Belfast, 2 November 1964. Photograph by Nick Newbery. Nick Newbery / Public Record Office of Northern Ireland · No known copyright restrictions Paul Belfast, Nov 1964
George Harrison at Schiphol, 1964. Harry Pot / Anefo (Nationaal Archief) · CC0 George Schiphol, June 1964
Ringo Starr at the drums, King’s Hall, Belfast, 2 November 1964. Photograph by Nick Newbery. Nick Newbery / Public Record Office of Northern Ireland · No known copyright restrictions Ringo Belfast, Nov 1964
01Four front doors
Four houses.
Never more than 5 km apart.
John · Woolton, Liverpool
Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue
John Lennon lived here from 1946 to 1963 with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith.
The early Beatles practised in the house; it was listed in 2012, and Yoko Ono Lennon gave it to the National Trust in 2002.
Access is by pre-booked National Trust minibus tour only.
- 1 km to Paul’s
- 3 km to George’s
- 5 km to Ringo’s
Inside only on the National Trust minibus tour, booked ahead; it also visits 20 Forthlin Road.
Liner notes
Cavern City Tours
The Magical Mystery Tour
Liverpool · 2 hours
Two hours on the colourful bus around the Liverpool places.
Book the bus02Woolton
6 July 1957
Afternoon · the fete
Paul first saw John perform at the church fete that afternoon; Ivan Vaughan introduced them in the hall.
Evening · the hall
John met Paul in St Peter’s Church Hall on the evening of Saturday 6 July 1957; Paul joined the group about two weeks later.
Liner notes
The Salvation Army
Strawberry Field
Woolton · Adults £12.45
The exhibition and gardens behind the red gates, open every day.
Plan a visit03Große Freiheit
Three clubs
on one street.
From Beatles-Platz to the Indra is about 240 metres of the same pavement. Light the numbers.
Indra
The Indra is where the Beatles first played in Hamburg, and it is still a live venue.
Their first night there was 17 August 1960.
Still a live venue at the far end of Große Freiheit.
Liner notes
Hamburg Tourism
Hempel’s Beatles-Tour
St. Pauli, Hamburg
A walking tour of the Beatles’ St. Pauli that ends with a concert.
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Hotel am Beatles-Platz
Hotel am Beatles-Platz
St. Pauli, Hamburg
A 53-room hotel on the square itself, a few steps from the Reeperbahn and the top of Große Freiheit. Named for the square; it claims no Beatles history of its own.
View the hotel04The Cavern
Down the steps
on Mathew Street.
Before the Cavern
The Casbah Coffee Club
Mona Best’s cellar club opened on 29 August 1959 with the Quarrymen: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Ken Brown.
It was listed in 2006, with decoration attributed to members of the band.
Pre-booked guided tours only, by phone through petebest.com; it is also the Best family’s property.
Liner notes
The cellar, rebuilt
The Cavern Club
The Cavern opened at 10 Mathew Street on 16 January 1957 and was forced to close in 1973.
It was torn down in the 1970s and rebuilt in the 1980s to the same design, with most of the original bricks, at the same address.
Open daily from 11am with live music; entry bought at the door, card only. This is the reconstruction, not the original cellar.
Liner notes
Paul and George’s school
The former Liverpool Institute (LIPA)
George Harrison went to school here from 1954 to 1959, Paul McCartney from 1953 to 1960; it is now LIPA.
A working college: see the Mount Street front from outside.
Liner notes
John’s school
Quarry Bank, now Calderstones School
John Lennon was admitted to Quarry Bank on 4 September 1952.
Since January 2026 the school runs tours that include the stage where the Quarry Men first performed.
A working school: inside only on its own John Lennon tours, booked through the school.
Liner notes
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Hard Days Night Hotel
Cavern Quarter, Liverpool
A Beatles-inspired hotel of 110 rooms hung with Beatles artwork, next door to the Cavern on North John Street.
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The Cavern Club
The Cavern Club Beatles
Mathew Street, Liverpool · Fri & Sat, 7.30pm · £25
The club’s resident Beatles band, every Friday and Saturday night.
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Pete Best family
The Casbah tour
West Derby · £20 each for 2–9 people
A guided tour of Mona Best’s cellar club, booked ahead by phone.
Book a tour05Across the road
London is a walk
that ends on a zebra crossing.
Marylebone, Wimpole Street and Montagu Square are minutes apart; Soho is 1.8 km on; Abbey Road is 1.5 km north of Marylebone station. Step across, one stripe at a time.
Stripe 1 of 6 · The chase
Marylebone station and Boston Place
The opening chase of A Hard Day’s Night was filmed on Boston Place and through the old station entrance.
Walk Boston Place down the station’s east side, then in through the old entrance.
Liner notes
London Walks
The Beatles “In My Life” Walk
London · Tue and Sat, 11am · £20
From the Marylebone station archway to Abbey Road Studios on foot.
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Imperial London Hotels
President Hotel
Russell Square, London
The hotel group records that the Beatles stayed at the President while visiting London in the summer of 1963.
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Compare tours06Seventy-three million
Seventy-three million watched.
Two and a half years later, they stopped.
1964 · The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Theater
Their first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, in 1964, drew 73 million viewers.
See the marquee on Broadway between 53rd and 54th; its future use is undecided since May 2026.
Liner notes
The Plaza
The Plaza
Fifth Avenue, New York
The Beatles spent five days here on their first American visit in February 1964, and gave a press conference in the Baroque Room.
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07Rishikesh
Spring 1968,
far from Mathew Street.
The Beatles stayed at the ashram from February to April 1968 and wrote over thirty songs there.
Ticketed at the Forest Department gate, 10am–4pm; confirm current fees on arrival.
Liner notes
08The roof
30 January 1969
The Beatles’ final live performance was on the roof of their Apple headquarters here on 30 January 1969.
Let It Be was recorded in the building.
An official Beatles experience over seven floors, with a recreated basement studio and the rooftop, is due in 2027.
Liner notes
Encore
Where it is now
29 places you can visit, city by city. The houses where George and Ringo were born and grew up, Paul’s London home and the Dakota are private: see them from the street.
Pins mark public places and booked visitor sites; private homes are listed but not pinned.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Inside only on the National Trust minibus tour, booked ahead; it also visits 20 Forthlin Road.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Inside only on the same National Trust tour; otherwise from the street.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The churchyard is on Church Road; the hall is across the road. Check the parish website for church opening.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open daily 10am–5pm; the gardens, café and gates are free and the exhibition is ticketed.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: area · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public street; the shelter is at the Smithdown Place end and the barber’s is a working shop.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Pre-booked guided tours only, by phone through petebest.com; it is also the Best family’s property.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open daily from 11am with live music; entry bought at the door, card only. This is the reconstruction, not the original cellar.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working college: see the Mount Street front from outside.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working school: inside only on its own John Lennon tours, booked through the school.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open daily from 9am; book online ahead.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Free to see at any time on the waterfront.
Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue, 2020. Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 Woolton, Liverpool
Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue
John Lennon lived here from 1946 to 1963 with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith.
Inside only on the National Trust minibus tour, booked ahead; it also visits 20 Forthlin Road.
Liner notes
20 Forthlin Road, Allerton, 2016. Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 3.0 Allerton, Liverpool
20 Forthlin Road
The McCartney family lived here from 1955 to about 1964; Paul’s mother Mary died about a year after they moved in.
Inside only on the same National Trust tour; otherwise from the street.
Liner notes
St Peter’s Church Hall, Woolton, 2009. Sue Adair · CC BY-SA 2.0 Woolton, Liverpool
St Peter’s Church, Woolton
John met Paul in St Peter’s Church Hall on the evening of Saturday 6 July 1957; Paul joined the group about two weeks later.
The churchyard is on Church Road; the hall is across the road. Check the parish website for church opening.
Liner notes
The red gates of Strawberry Field, Beaconsfield Road, 2015. Loco Steve · CC BY-SA 2.0 Woolton, Liverpool
Strawberry Field
A Salvation Army children’s home from 1936 to 2005; young John Lennon, who lived nearby, played in its grounds.
Open daily 10am–5pm; the gardens, café and gates are free and the exhibition is ticketed.
Liner notes
The shelter in the middle of the roundabout, Penny Lane, 2018. Roblespepe · CC BY-SA 4.0 Mossley Hill, Liverpool
Penny Lane
The shelter in the middle of the roundabout stands on its own island; it later became a bistro and has stood closed since.
A public street; the shelter is at the Smithdown Place end and the barber’s is a working shop.
Liner notes
The Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, 2024. The Midnite Wolf · CC0 West Derby, Liverpool
The Casbah Coffee Club
Mona Best’s cellar club opened on 29 August 1959 with the Quarrymen: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Ken Brown.
Pre-booked guided tours only, by phone through petebest.com; it is also the Best family’s property.
Liner notes
The Cavern Club on Mathew Street, 2019. Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 Mathew Street, Liverpool
The Cavern Club
The Cavern opened at 10 Mathew Street on 16 January 1957 and was forced to close in 1973.
Open daily from 11am with live music; entry bought at the door, card only. This is the reconstruction, not the original cellar.
Liner notes
The former Liverpool Institute, Mount Street, 2018. Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 Mount Street, Liverpool
The former Liverpool Institute (LIPA)
George Harrison went to school here from 1954 to 1959, Paul McCartney from 1953 to 1960; it is now LIPA.
A working college: see the Mount Street front from outside.
Liner notes
Quarry Bank, now Calderstones School, 2018. Roblespepe · CC BY-SA 4.0 Allerton, Liverpool
Quarry Bank, now Calderstones School
John Lennon was admitted to Quarry Bank on 4 September 1952.
A working school: inside only on its own John Lennon tours, booked through the school.
Liner notes
The Cavern recreation inside the Beatles Story, 2012. Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0 Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool
The Beatles Story
A museum at the Royal Albert Dock with recreations of Hamburg, the Cavern and Abbey Road.
Open daily from 9am; book online ahead.
Liner notes
The Beatles statue at Pier Head, 2018. Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 Pier Head, Liverpool
The Beatles statue
Andy Edwards’s larger-than-life bronze, a gift from the Cavern Club, was unveiled at Pier Head on 4 December 2015.
Free to see at any time on the waterfront.
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Stay
Sleep near the stage.
A Beatles hotel by the Cavern, and the hotels they stayed in.
Millennium Hotels
Hard Days Night Hotel
Cavern Quarter, Liverpool
A Beatles-inspired hotel of 110 rooms hung with Beatles artwork, next door to the Cavern on North John Street.
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The Plaza
Fifth Avenue, New York
The Beatles spent five days here on their first American visit in February 1964, and gave a press conference in the Baroque Room.
Check roomsImperial London Hotels
President Hotel
Russell Square, London
The hotel group records that the Beatles stayed at the President while visiting London in the summer of 1963.
View the hotelHotel am Beatles-Platz
Hotel am Beatles-Platz
St. Pauli, Hamburg
A 53-room hotel on the square itself, a few steps from the Reeperbahn and the top of Große Freiheit. Named for the square; it claims no Beatles history of its own.
View the hotelGet inside
Through the front doors.
The National Trust homes, the bus, the Casbah, Strawberry Field, a London walk and St. Pauli on foot.
National Trust
The Beatles’ Childhood Homes
Liverpool · Adults £37 · NT members £13
The only way inside Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road: a pre-booked minibus tour from Liverpool South Parkway or Speke Hall.
Book the tourCavern City Tours
The Magical Mystery Tour
Liverpool · 2 hours
Two hours on the colourful bus around the Liverpool places.
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The Beatles Story
The Beatles Story
Royal Albert Dock · Adults £20
The museum at the Royal Albert Dock, with recreations of Hamburg, the Cavern and Abbey Road.
Book ticketsPete Best family
The Casbah tour
West Derby · £20 each for 2–9 people
A guided tour of Mona Best’s cellar club, booked ahead by phone.
Book a tourThe Salvation Army
Strawberry Field
Woolton · Adults £12.45
The exhibition and gardens behind the red gates, open every day.
Plan a visit
Calderstones School
John Lennon school tours
Allerton
Inside Lennon’s old school, Quarry Bank, including the stage where the Quarry Men first performed.
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The Beatles “In My Life” Walk
London · Tue and Sat, 11am · £20
From the Marylebone station archway to Abbey Road Studios on foot.
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St. Pauli, Hamburg
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Hear it in the room.
The Cavern’s Beatles nights, Lennon’s birthday in Woolton, and Beatleweek.
The Cavern Club
The Cavern Club Beatles
Mathew Street, Liverpool · Fri & Sat, 7.30pm · £25
The club’s resident Beatles band, every Friday and Saturday night.
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International Beatleweek
International Beatleweek 2027
Liverpool · August bank holiday 2027
The city’s Beatles festival returns over the August bank holiday; 2027 dates are not announced yet.
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The full set
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
35 of 35 places · 21 of 21 Moments
Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue
Woolton, Liverpool
20 Forthlin Road
Allerton, Liverpool
Songs in the front room
Over a hundred songs are believed to have been written at 20 Forthlin Road.
1955–1964
12 Arnold Grove
Wavertree, Liverpool
9 Madryn Street
Dingle, Liverpool
10 Admiral Grove
Dingle, Liverpool
St Peter’s Church, Woolton
Woolton, Liverpool
John meets Paul
John met Paul in St Peter’s Church Hall on the evening of 6 July 1957, after Paul saw him play at the fete.
6 July 1957
Strawberry Field
Woolton, Liverpool
Strawberry Field
The children’s home whose grounds John played in as a boy.
1967
Penny Lane
Mossley Hill, Liverpool
Penny Lane
The shelter and the barber of the song stand on the real street.
1967
The Casbah Coffee Club
West Derby, Liverpool
The Casbah opens
The Quarrymen played the Casbah’s opening night.
29 August 1959
The Cavern Club
Mathew Street, Liverpool
The last Cavern show
The Beatles’ last show at the Cavern.
3 August 1963
The former Liverpool Institute (LIPA)
Mount Street, Liverpool
Quarry Bank, now Calderstones School
Allerton, Liverpool
The Beatles Story
Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool
The Beatles statue
Pier Head, Liverpool
Abbey Road Studios
St John’s Wood, London
190 of 210
The Beatles recorded 190 of their 210 songs at Abbey Road.
1962–1970
The Abbey Road crossing
St John’s Wood, London
The crossing
Iain Macmillan photographed the four on the crossing for the Abbey Road cover.
8 August 1969
3 Savile Row
Mayfair, London
The rooftop
Their final live performance, on the roof of 3 Savile Row.
30 January 1969
The former Trident Studios
Soho, London
Hey Jude
Recorded at Trident Studios in Soho.
1968
Twickenham Film Studios
St Margarets, London
34 Montagu Square
Marylebone, London
John and Yoko
John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived at 34 Montagu Square.
July – December 1968
57 Wimpole Street
Marylebone, London
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Written in the basement music room at 57 Wimpole Street.
1963
Marylebone station and Boston Place
Marylebone, London
The opening chase
The opening chase of A Hard Day’s Night runs down Boston Place into Marylebone station.
1964
The Indra
Große Freiheit 64, Hamburg
First night in Hamburg
The Beatles’ first Hamburg night, at the Indra.
17 August 1960
The Kaiserkeller
Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg
They meet Ringo
At the Kaiserkeller the Beatles first met Ringo Starr.
1960
The Star-Club site
Große Freiheit 39, Hamburg
Reeperbahn 136, once the Top Ten
Reeperbahn, Hamburg
Beatles-Platz
Reeperbahn, Hamburg
The Ed Sullivan Theater
Broadway, New York
The Ed Sullivan Show
Their first Ed Sullivan Show appearance drew 73 million viewers.
1964
The Plaza
Fifth Avenue, New York
America
They arrived in New York and spent five days at The Plaza.
7 February 1964
The Shea Stadium site
Flushing, Queens, New York
Shea Stadium
About 55,000 people saw them at Shea Stadium.
15 August 1965
Strawberry Fields, Central Park
West 72nd Street, New York
The Dakota
Central Park West, New York
The former ashram, Rishikesh
Rishikesh, India
Rishikesh
Over thirty songs written at the ashram.
February – April 1968
The Nippon Budokan
Tokyo, Japan
The Budokan
Five concerts in Tokyo’s martial-arts hall.
30 June – 2 July 1966
The Candlestick Park site
San Francisco, USA
The last concert
Their last ticketed concert, at Candlestick Park.
29 August 1966