London: The Beatles, Abbey Road & Rock Legends Tour
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London, England
- 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Delve into London’s rich musical history, without getting lost, on a bus tour of the capital’s rock ‘n’ roll sites. Tour the vibrant city in a comfortable vehicle, starting from South Kensington, and see the exteriors of renowned clubs, famous hotels, and record labels associated with music legends, including The Beatles, Jimmy Page, and Bill Wyman. Make a few stops for photo ops, including the Abbey Road street crossing made famous by The Beatles.
- See many famous rock 'n' roll sites in London on one easy trip
- See Abbey Road, Apple HQ, Paul's House, Ringo's House, and much more
- Suitable for most travelers as this is a bus tour with a short walking section
- Afternoon tour departs from South Kensington, leaving your morning free for other activities;
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
A panoramic tour lets you cover more sights in less time—and you still get your Abbey Road snap.
What's Included
- Expert rock music guide
- Comfortable, air-conditioned sightseeing coach
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Millennium Hotel and Conference Centre Gloucester London4-18 Harrington Gardens, South Kensington, London SW7 4LH, UK
A few minutes’ walk from Gloucester Road Underground Station. Wait by the hotel’s casino entrance.
End point
- Piccadilly Circus, London, UK
The tour will finish near Piccadilly Circus for easy access to the shops, theatres, restaurants, and tube lines.
Start time.1:30 pm
Itinerary
Depart from a central London location and climb aboard a comfortable, air-conditioned coach to embark on your rock ‘n’ roll tour of England’s capital.
Listen to illuminating commentary from your expert guide as you cruise past the house where Jimi Hendrix lived and died. Hear inside stories and entertaining anecdotes surrounding artists such as Eric Clapton and Pink Floyd. Focus on significant sites including Abbey Road and Savile Row, where The Beatles’ farewell rooftop concert was held.
Enjoy a comprehensive ride through trendy neighborhoods including Notting Hill, Chelsea, and Kensington and gain an insider’s perspective of London on this intriguing tour.
Listen to illuminating commentary from your expert guide as you cruise past the house where Jimi Hendrix lived and died. Hear inside stories and entertaining anecdotes surrounding artists such as Eric Clapton and Pink Floyd. Focus on significant sites including Abbey Road and Savile Row, where The Beatles’ farewell rooftop concert was held.
Enjoy a comprehensive ride through trendy neighborhoods including Notting Hill, Chelsea, and Kensington and gain an insider’s perspective of London on this intriguing tour.
Notting Hill (Pass By)
Soho (Pass By)
1
Abbey Road
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
St. John's Wood
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Chelsea (Pass By)
Vivienne Westwood Worlds End (Pass By)
Kensington High Street (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 45 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.6
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Enjoyed the tour with our director, Clive, who was funny and full of information, and takes a great video when you’re walking across the Abbey Rd., Crossing!
Clive made sure we stayed on schedule and that everyone was comfortable and enjoying the tour. Highly recommended.
We were so lucky to have Ian as our tour guide! He is a gifted storyteller and has a great sense of humor which made this tour thoroughly enjoyable. Ian knows everything there is to know about the English rock scene! He shared interesting stories about all of our favorite musicians and kept us totally engaged throughout the entire tour. He was also generous with his time by making certain each guest got their special Abbey Road crossing photo. I highly recommend this tour only if Ian will be your guide. He’s the absolute best!
The tour was great and Clive was great on knowledge, but poor on time management. Our tour was an hour over and we still had to leave before it was finished to be able to make our dinner and theatre plans. If the royal Albert hall was actually open and if some of the streets were not closed off I expect it would have been longer. Clive has amazing knowledge and extremely entertaining but a little long winded
AVOID this tour operator at all cost!
Absolutely HORRIBLE communication.
Location was changed, but not communicated well, no reminder and was not updated in the app so we missed our tour (despite trying to taxi & meet up along route) and they refused to refund.
This was a great tour. It was good to just sit and relax in the air conditioned small bus and listen to our very knowledgeable guide, Ian, point out who lived where and who played gigs where. What Ian doesn’t know about rock and roll is probably not worth knowing!! We saw where Mick Jagger and Jimmy Page lived, saw Jimmy Page’s house and went past the Beckhams just to name a few. I now have a few stories to pass onto to friends compliments of Ian. Seeing Abbey Road Studio and Apple Corps on Savile Row where the Beatles last played together was very cool. There were only a few stops so if you’re not very mobile, then this is the tour for you !
Ian was our guide and he was fun and knew so much. He made the tour captivating and really enjoyable.
We enjoyed the tour very much. Our guide Clive was very knowledgeable and made the experience fun. He shared great stories and interesting insights on a great selection of sights. There was plenty of opportunity for interaction and questions. The choice of stops was well-planned from both content and pacing standpoints. We appreciated Clive's sense of hospitality and recommend this experience!
Good guide but ran longer than I thought. Was battling a cold and being in a freezing travel van for 4 hours did not help, so sadly I couldn't enjoy it as much as the rest of the group.
The Guide was very knowledgeable about Rock History of London and presented it well. We stopped at all of the Beatles locations we were looking to visit.
Great tour, Clive was VERY knowledgeable! Lots of information given that I was not aware of. We got to walk the famous Abby Road and all the traffic stopped for us.
Clive was wonderful, really knew his stuff, as well as current history. Totally enjoyed the experience. The bus driver was great, maying hair pin turns and going down small London streets.
Very entertaining. Guide has an extensive knowledge of the rock and roll world in London from the 60s on.
Fun. Our guide Ian made it. Hard to take pics when just driving by so it was best to just listen and be in the moment.
Great fun - Ian was great with rock and roll history! So wonderful to have been able to do this tour!
Ian was excellent so was the tour driver navigating the crazy London traffic people were friendly very very informative
We learned so much from our guide. He was very knowledgeable of the history of London music, artists and places. Such amazing history here in England.
Great afternoon cruising around London with 3 short stops! Our guide was knowledgeable and helpful in getting us to our next destination after the tour. Very enjoyable experience!
Super-comfortable bus ride, chock full of interesting rock legend info, replete with site-specific anecdotes and more! Loved spending the afternoon on Ian Luck's tour!
The wealth of knowledge from the guide was unbelievable. There are not a lot of stops so a lot of the tour you are mainly inside the vehicle and the guide is kind of narrating as you go. Some of the spots are more so passing by - which worked out for me! - but just to give a heads up. We did get to go inside Abbey Rd studios and this was a highlight because I was able to buy a book about the history of the studio itself. And the actual abbey road crossing is quite busy but our tour guide has been training for this his whole life because somehow he got the perfect shot of me crossing with nobody in the background even though it felt like I was constantly inside a crowd. 10/10 on the photo skills which is honestly so appreciated when you are solo traveling. He also had these pictures of different bands with his info on them that he gave to us depending on who we were interested in. It was a nice touch.
This tour was very worth it. Our guide, Clive, was fantastic. He seemed to know everything about the British rock music scene. He even filmed us walking across Abbey Road! Learned a lot and had a great time doing it.
Super fun tour through London’s iconic neighborhoods that are the homes and hangouts to the world’s biggest music legends. Our guide, Ian, has great personal and professional knowledge of the area’s inner secrets and sanctums. If you love music and the people who made (make) it, you’ll love this tour. Highly recommend!
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Wow!!!!! I would give the Legends of Rock tour 10 stars if I could. This tour was way more than I expected. Ian was the BEST tour guide for this experience. He was friendly, knowledgeable, engaging, and connected with each passenger on the tour. Our driver Matty was one in a million and I give him so much credit for driving the streets of London with expertise and patience. While I enjoy music but this tour was not my selection, it was for my mother a Beatles super fan and 60s music lover the Legends of Rock tour ended up being my favorite activity we did in London. Go on this tour, you will love it!
It is Fantastic! We had the best guide.
Paul McCartney was at Abbey Road studio that day. While he slipped out back, we saw his son James McCartney! We stepped back in time.
We Highly recommend this Tour!
Colin was our Awesome guide, ask for him!
First, the tour started 20+ minutes late (due to another tour company, not Viator) and several groups never arriving because of a change in starting locations.
The guide, Clive, would start speaking clearly but then mumble. (We’ve had several other UK tour guides this week and did not experience this.).
Clive spoke a lot but often didn’t provide much information. He would often refer to something “over there” but not identify whether it was to the left or right and we were unable to determine what he was referring to. We were in the middle of the bus, and I’m sure others behind us also had issues with this. He focused on the first several rows of guests.
We were on a large, half full motor coach which with the tour route, was difficult for the driver to maneuver. A smaller bus for this tour and group would have been much better.
The best part of the trip was the Abbey Road crossing, which the guide handled well.
We have been on many Viator tours (including 10 from this trip), but this was the most disappointing.
Viator always changes places of pickup and time. Took my money and never got to go on the tour due the copious emails rather than a phone call. Tried to work it out on the phone, no go. Asked for a supervisor, not available. Total ripoff.
I had a great afternoon with Ian and his minibus. He knows a lot about rock and roll, and is a very enthusiastic guide. I learned a lot and saw many interesting places in London.
It’s a great way to get a good sense of some rock legends history. The guide was very informative.
Well worth it!
**Just note that the pick up point and end point are in different locations.
As a tourist, I would have it end the same place it started. That’s the reason for 4 stars.
Overall a great experience. Visited with my 75+ year old father and loved everything about the Beatles and the Stones, with Abbey Road being a highlight, and the story of Brian Epstein placed in proper context being another wonderful feature. The tour was a little longer than expected. So we have to leave early in order to make a appointment. But the operator, Clyde was very accommodated. Make sure we visited the great studio for some albums recorded. The punk rock areas of Chelsea, and the interesting story of Hendrix’s death, were also really great. Only because I’m a UK music aficionado, I would have liked some more stories about 70s Progressive Rock, New Wave, Post Rock (eg Radiohead), Ska/Reggae, but I understand there’s only so much time. Overall Clive was very engaging as an operator. Any music lover would be well served to take this tour.
The tour was wonderful! Clive is so knowledgeable and he made the whole experience fun!
We did so much more than I imagined with lots of time to take pictures. And he even took our phones at Abbey Road so we all got individual pics of us crossing the famous crosswalk.
Thank you, Clive and Ben too for maneuvering the bus so well!
You primarily get history and see bars musicians hung out just quickly passing by places. I was hoping for more of a walking tour of bars they played in but we did get out for Abby Road and Beatles mementos shops. Tour operator was friendly and knowledgeable.
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