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Play The Kinks back through the city

The Kinks belongs to a real city: begin at The Clissold Arms, turn through Alexandra Palace, and finish where its cultural afterlife still feels present.

Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.

Place and area markers · not exact camera positions

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Selected: The Clissold Arms
  1. 01
    Side A · Origin

    Begin at The Clissold Arms, where The Kinks declares its relationship with the city.

    ORIGIN / CULTURAL SITE

    The Clissold Arms

    The Clissold Arms location context
    Image credits
    Ewan Munro from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The pub opposite the Davies family home is woven into the band’s origin story and fan pilgrimage.

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  2. 02
    ORIGIN / CULTURAL SITE

    Konk Studios

    Konk Studios location context
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    Mx. Granger · CC0 · Cropped location photograph

    The band’s own studio became a long-running workshop and archive of the Kinks sound.

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  3. 03
    Side B · Making the sound

    Move through Alexandra Palace, where the World’s geography and emotional rhythm shift.

    STUDIO / SCENE

    Alexandra Palace

    Alexandra Palace location context
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    Philafrenzy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The hilltop landmark belongs to the north-London landscape celebrated in the band’s songs.

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  4. 04
    STUDIO / SCENE

    Denmark Street

    Denmark Street location context
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    Freebird · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Publishers, instrument shops and studios place the Kinks inside the machinery of sixties pop.

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  5. 05
    Encore · The living archive

    End at Muswell Hill Broadway, where production history, memory or fan pilgrimage continues.

    LIVE / LEGACY

    Muswell Hill Broadway

    Muswell Hill Broadway location context
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    Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The high street embodies the local observation and affectionate satire of Muswell Hillbillies.

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PACK FOR THE JOURNEY

Take The Kinks with you.

Original posters, records, books, physical editions and licensed merchandise for this route.

The Kinks & Elton John - Fillmore West original poster
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The Kinks & Elton John - Fillmore West

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The Kinks - Live in Offenbach original poster
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The Kinks - Live in Offenbach

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The Kinks - Misfits original poster
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The Kinks - Misfits

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