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A Hard Days Tour! Rock Roots and Beatles Films

West London & The Thames Valley - Who knew the Suburbs could be so cool!

To the west of London lie suburbs and small towns where British Rock was nurtured, growing out of such bands as the Yardbirds (Clapton, Page, Beck), The Rolling Stones and The Who. Later the same places gave birth to Queen, The Sex Pistols and contemporary bands such as Jamiroquai and The Magic Numbers.

‘Thank you. This was an excellent day which exceeded my expectations. The rock sites just added to a generally pretty and interesting region. I feel I saw some of the ‘real’ England, and  I loved recreating those Beatle films!  John Foxall, USA

This tour covers some outer London neighbourhoods and county of Surrey, London's answer to the Mississippi Delta - the place where our electric British blues was born. Climb aboard the Magic Bus!

Just a short ride to the west of London lie some of the city’s prettiest neighbourhoods, sitting beside the rolling river Thames. Here we find the cradle of British rock ‘n’ roll and the locations used for dozens of rock videos, including all of the Beatle films and videos. As we take our “ticket to ride” through Ealing, Richmond, Twickenham, Barnes, Shepherds Bush, we visit near legendary sites where British Rock was nurtured; the Ealing Blues Club (southern versions of Liverpool’s Cavern Club); Richmond’s ‘Crawdaddy Club’, birthplace of the Stones; Eel Pie Island, where amongst others a young Eric Clapton learned his trade; and the Who’s ‘Mod’ club, ‘The Goldhawk’.

We include lots of present and past stars’ homes, including those of Jagger, Townsend, members of Queen, and Deep Purple’s original communal house. You’ll visit famed recording studios and rehearsal rooms (including where ‘Deep Purple in Rock’ and ‘Tommy’ were rehearsed) and see where Marshall amps originated. We’ll visit the shrine to Marc Bolan beside the tree that took his life. Throughout our day we make full use of our DVD playing facilities to help recreate some famous scenes and be reminded of historic performances.

Beatle fans will enjoy putting themselves in the picture at the historic home and gardens where the Fab Four shot the Paperback Writer/ Rain video (used on the Ed Sullivan show), where Ringo walked  along the banks of the river Thames in ‘Hard Day’s Night’, and where the lads entered the famed, four front doors from ‘Help’.  In all, we include approaching 100 top rock sites and of course, fill you in on the history of the bands!

Long-suffering partners who may be ‘dragged along’ will also enjoy this day out, seeing some marvelous riverside locations, and even a famed historic house. Enjoy some English towns not normally on the regular tourist routes. Unlike the Stones we guarantee you’ll get satisfaction!

Available for private groups, price available per number of guests in your party.

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Want to combine the London Rock tours with a visit North to Liverpool, Beatle homeland, and see the Cavern Club, the boys' family homes, Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, the superb 'Beatles Story' and a host of other related sites? Join us for the Beatles Liverpool via Rail tour!

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You Can’t Always Get What You Want...or can you?!

We can also arrange a special private tour focusing on your favorite band, a 'dedicated' Rock (half or full) day! If you have a group with a special interest - the Rolling Stones, Queen, 'Swingin Sixties' London, Hippie London, Punk Rock etc.- we can develop a London tour dedicated to this interest for you. Please contact us for details.

“Just wanted to follow up with you after the tour! We just got home on Sunday from our holiday, and the London portion of our trip was definitely one of the highlights!! I really, REALLY enjoyed our Clash/Joe tour of London. Damon was great, and really tried to help us see everything we wanted to see...he definitely tried to get us to all of our most important sites (and even threw in a few Jimi Hendrix and Beatles spots for good measure!) Thanks for all of your help in setting this up! I had a BLAST.”

*Heather Mendoza, Custom Clash/Joe Strummer’s London Tour

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It’s only rock & roll but we like it!

These tours are operated by Access All Areas (GB)!

Identifying, preserving, protecting and promoting the UK’s rock heritage

Jay, one of your driver/guide/companions, looks forward to welcoming you aboard soon!