Seattle · London · New York · 1942–1970
He played a right-handed guitar upside down. His places are on a neck you can flip.
Purple and orange
The neck · 15 frets, 15 places
A right-handed Strat. He was left-handed. Flip it.
String: A · London
Fret 9 · 23 & 25 Brook Street, Mayfair · July 1968 – March 1969
He lives at the top of No. 23, next door to Handel’s old house.
Hendrix lived on the top floor of 23 Brook Street from July 1968 to March 1969.
The main room of the flat, where he lived, entertained friends, rehearsed and wrote new music, has been restored.
Wednesday to Sunday 10am–5pm, last entry 4pm; closed Monday and Tuesday. Adults £14.50; one ticket covers both houses.
London · 24 September 1966
Look in from Mason’s Yard, off Duke Street, St James’s. The Saville: closed and waiting for redevelopment: see the frieze from shaftesbury avenue.
Two fires, eleven weeks apart
Hold the button to pour the lighter fluid.
The story is under the flames. Pour, then strike.
Brook Street, Mayfair
Two front doors, one wall between them. Ring a bell.
Wednesday to Sunday 10am–5pm, last entry 4pm; closed Monday and Tuesday. Adults £14.50; one ticket covers both houses.
Brook Street, Mayfair
The Mayfair hotel on Brook Street itself, a short walk along from the flat. Pictured: Brook Street.
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$25First prize
In Harlem Hendrix won a $25 first prize at a talent competition at the Apollo.
Historic tours by reservation: Monday and Wednesday at 11am and 1pm, Saturday at 11am. $17 a person.
$6Five sets a day
The owner, Manny Roth, offered him a regular stint at six dollars for five sets a day.
A working club: the house band plays Wednesday to Sunday.
26.8.1970Opening party
Hendrix and his manager Michael Jeffery turned a former club, the Generation, into a studio designed by John Storyk.
A working studio, not open to visitors: see it from West 8th Street, now also Jimi Hendrix Way.
On 10 June 2026 the city co-named West 8th Street “Jimi Hendrix Way”. Hendrix later lived at 59 West 12th Street, a few blocks from Electric Lady. It is a private home and not on the map.
Harlem · Mon, Wed, Sat · $17
Backstage stories from Billy “Mr. Apollo” Mitchell, by reservation.
Book a tourGreenwich Village · Wed–Sun nights
The club where Chas Chandler found him; its house band plays Wednesday to Sunday.
See the nightsBethel, New York · 18 August 1969
The museum stands on the 1969 festival site and recalls 450,000 people chanting “no rain”.
The museum is open 1 April to 31 December, daily 10am–5pm. Adults $19.69 in advance, $22.69 on the day. Tours cross the festival field.
Bethel, New York · Daily 10am–5pm to 31 December · adults from $19.69
The museum on the 1969 festival site, with tours across the field.
Plan a visitFreshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Beneath the cliffs of Freshwater Bay, a few steps from the shore, with most rooms looking over the bay. Afton Down is behind it.
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Seattle · born 27 November 1942
The west mural, 50 feet tall, is based on an August 1960 snapshot of Hendrix with his Danelectro guitar on nearby Yesler Street. Hank Willis Thomas designed two Hendrix murals for the station, one at each entrance, with Experience Hendrix. The station opened with a celebration on 28 March 2026.
2400 South Massachusetts Street, Central District
The first phase opened on the weekend of 7 October 2016, after six years of work.
A public park, free to walk in.
Broadway and East Pine Street, Capitol Hill
A bronze by the Seattle artist Daryl Smith, made in 1997, shows Hendrix sunk to his knees.
On the pavement near Broadway and East Pine Street.
325 5th Avenue North, Seattle Center
Paul Allen founded the museum; it opened in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. It owns the white Stratocaster Hendrix played at Woodstock, top of some 6,000 Hendrix items.
Daily 10am–5pm; book tickets on the museum’s site.
350 Monroe Avenue NE, Renton
Hendrix is buried under a circular granite memorial in Renton, about 21 km south-east of Seattle. His father, Al, commissioned it; Al and Jimi’s grandmother Nora Rose Moore are buried there too.
A cemetery, about 21 km south-east of Seattle: visit quietly.
Seattle Center · Daily 10am–5pm
Paul Allen’s museum, which began as the Experience Music Project and owns Hendrix’s Woodstock Stratocaster.
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Compare tours15 places you can visit. His later home at 59 West 12th Street, New York, is private and not on the map.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Wednesday to Sunday 10am–5pm, last entry 4pm; closed Monday and Tuesday. Adults £14.50; one ticket covers both houses.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Look in from Mason’s Yard, off Duke Street, St James’s.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A church now: see the tower from Seven Sisters Road.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Closed and waiting for redevelopment: see the frieze from Shaftesbury Avenue.
23 & 25 Brook Street, Mayfair
Hendrix lived on the top floor of 23 Brook Street from July 1968 to March 1969.
Wednesday to Sunday 10am–5pm, last entry 4pm; closed Monday and Tuesday. Adults £14.50; one ticket covers both houses.
13 Mason’s Yard, St James’s
Chas Chandler brought Hendrix to London on 24 September 1966; that evening he played his first UK gig here.
Look in from Mason’s Yard, off Duke Street, St James’s.
232 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park
On 31 March 1967 Chas Chandler covered Hendrix’s guitar with lighter fluid on stage here, and Hendrix struck a match.
A church now: see the tower from Seven Sisters Road.
135 Shaftesbury Avenue
In early June 1967, at their last British gig before America, the Experience opened with “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, with Paul McCartney and George Harrison in the audience.
Closed and waiting for redevelopment: see the frieze from Shaftesbury Avenue.
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Claridge’s on Hendrix’s own street, the Albion below Afton Down, and Bethel Woods’ list for the festival field.
Brook Street, Mayfair
The Mayfair hotel on Brook Street itself, a short walk along from the flat. Pictured: Brook Street.
Check roomsFreshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Beneath the cliffs of Freshwater Bay, a few steps from the shore, with most rooms looking over the bay. Afton Down is behind it.
Check roomsBethel, New York
Bethel Woods’ own list: camping on concert days from May to October, and hotels nearby, one with a shuttle.
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His flat in Mayfair, the Woodstock museum, MoPOP, the Apollo, Cafe Wha? and tours in London and Seattle.
Mayfair, London · Wed–Sun 10am–5pm · adults £14.50
Hendrix’s restored flat at No. 23 and Handel’s house at No. 25, on one ticket.
Plan a visitBethel, New York · Daily 10am–5pm to 31 December · adults from $19.69
The museum on the 1969 festival site, with tours across the field.
Plan a visitSeattle Center · Daily 10am–5pm
Paul Allen’s museum, which began as the Experience Music Project and owns Hendrix’s Woodstock Stratocaster.
Plan a visitHarlem · Mon, Wed, Sat · $17
Backstage stories from Billy “Mr. Apollo” Mitchell, by reservation.
Book a tourGreenwich Village · Wed–Sun nights
The club where Chas Chandler found him; its house band plays Wednesday to Sunday.
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The Jimi Sessions in Brook Street, Ronnie Wood’s portraits, and the first Scotch of St James set played again.
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Take it home
An original French poster for the 1973 film, the 1970 Woodstock poster, two biographies and three LPs.
From the original French release of the 1973 documentary, with Woodstock and the Isle of Wight; once folded, near mint.
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View posterA 1970 poster for the festival film, linen-backed, near mint.
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View posterCharles R. Cross
A full biography, from Seattle to London and back.
Find the bookHarry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek
A long, detailed biography of the working life.
Find the bookThe Jimi Hendrix Experience · LP, Track Record, 1967
The first album, the London pressing.
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Find a copyThe Jimi Hendrix Experience · 2LP, Reprise, 1968
The double album that shares its name with his studio project.
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Find a copyJimi Hendrix · LP, Capitol, 1970
Highlights from the Fillmore East shows, released in 1970.
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16 of 16 places · 16 of 16 Moments
23 & 25 Brook Street, Mayfair
He lives at the top of No. 23, next door to Handel’s old house.
13 Mason’s Yard, St James’s
He lands in London and plays the Scotch of St James that night.
232 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park
Lighter fluid, a match, burned hands, another guitar.
135 Shaftesbury Avenue
The last British gig before America opens with a Beatles song days old.
2004 Fairground Road, Monterey, California
He sets his Stratocaster alight at the end of his set.
200 Hurd Road, Bethel, New York
He closes Woodstock at about 9am on the Monday.
Terrace Lane, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
His final UK performance, on the Isle of Wight.
253 West 125th Street, Harlem
In New York from 1963, he wins $25 at a talent competition at the Apollo.
115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village
Chas Chandler finds him in the house band at Cafe Wha?.
52 West 8th Street, Greenwich Village
He opens his own studio with a party.
West 8th Street is co-named for him.
Greenwich Village
2400 South Massachusetts Street, Central District
Johnny Allen Hendrix is born at Seattle’s King County Hospital; his father renames him James Marshall.
Rainier Avenue South and I-90
A snapshot with his Danelectro on Yesler Street; it is now 50 feet tall.
Broadway and East Pine Street, Capitol Hill
Daryl Smith’s statue goes up on Capitol Hill.
325 5th Avenue North, Seattle Center
Paul Allen’s museum opens in Seattle.
350 Monroe Avenue NE, Renton
He dies on 18 September 1970 and is buried near Seattle.
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