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London Rock Legends Tour: Iconic Sites and Stories
4.6
602 Ratings
Greater London
Embark on a thrilling London Rock Legends Tour and explore the iconic landmarks of rock ‘n’ roll in the world’s greatest rock city. Discover where legends played, lived, and even died, while hearing fascinating stories from your knowledgeable rock tour guide.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Notting Hill - Notting Hill - more than just a famous film! Area full of recording studios, famous homes, film locations, London’s Caribbean connections and where rock royalty passed away
- Soho - Soho
- Abbey Road - The famed Abbey Rd Studios (see the outside) where you can walk across the famous Abbey Rd crossing!
- St. John’s Wood - St. John’s Wood, home to a Beatle and the famed Abbey Rd Studios (see the outside) where you can walk across the famous Abbey Rd crossing!
- Chelsea - Heart of Swingin’ 60s London - the psychedelic swirl of music, fashion, art, photography…and more music! The Kings Road has it all. Places of interest for Beatles, Stones, Clapton, Pink Floyd and so many more
- Vivienne Westwood Worlds End - Centre of the punk movement
- Kensington High Street - Freddie Mercury and Queen reigned, Bohemian Rhapsody and more in this area
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Transport by air-conditioned coach
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information
Hop on the magical bus journey through London, the world’s most iconic rock ‘n’ roll city, to explore places popular among rock legends. This journey takes you through overlooked tourist areas such as the vibrant Chelsea and Kings Road, regal Kensington, whimsical Notting Hill, and St John’s Wood. Your adept rock tour guide will share enthralling stories of rock star escapades. Explore the significant landmarks of London’s rock scene, including clubs, rock hotels, former record labels, management offices and studios relating to your favourite classic rock and punk bands… Beatles, Stones, Queen, Bowie, Clapton, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Jimi Hendrix and more.
This is a scenic tour, where you’ll view places from aboard the vehicle while your guide provides insightful commentary, with scheduled photo stops and a potential short walk. YES, you do get the opportunity to cross Abbey Road, London’s most renowned rock photo spot!
- Some optional walking on this tour, photo stops included
- Not recommended for child aged 5 years and under
Location
Duke of York Monument
Duke of York Column Monument, Junction of Waterloo Place and Carlton House Terrace. Directions from Piccadilly Circus tube station: Use Regent Street St James’s exit, stay straight until the road ends in front of Duke of York column monument. Wait by the base of the monument for your rock guide.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(602 Ratings)
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Jjolee7777
Oct 2, 2024
A trip down a musical memory lane . - Very informative and entertaining. Lucky and George were great and made the tout very enjoyable despite the awful weather. Would definitely recommend.
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Jackie_m
Sep 27, 2024
Music for ALL! - Ian was knowledgeable and entertaining! He brought memories of bands to real life. And dancing across Abbey Road is a forever memory! Recommend the tour for ANY music enthusiast
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Nancy_p
Sep 26, 2024
Great time! - Steve was great. Gave great insight to the early days of Rock n Roll. Carlos the bus driver was amazing the way he got us through London. Maybe not enough credit to the bus drivers!
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Pamela_e
Sep 26, 2024
Abbey road - The best your yet we have done. Steve? Our guide was fantastic!! So much knowledge. And a nice and fun guy!!
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Roving23004605569
Sep 24, 2024
The fun and winding road! - Ian Luck, aka “Lucky” not only provides a fantastic rock and roll history tour, but included the history of the London neighborhoods we would pass through! As a R&R fan for over 50 years, I found Luck’s backstories (like the red doors painted black where Mick and Keith lived), Brian May’s degree (astrophysics) and where they first played fascinating. As we passed by a mural on the side of a building, we stopped and he explained that it showed Vivienne Westwood, the designer for The Clash and other punk rockers, that we otherwise would have just passed by.
Of course the pièce de résistance was Abbey Road Studios. Not only did he give a tip about which direction to be walking in the crosswalk, but assisted all 40 of us get our pix by getting out in the roadway!
This was the best tour in London if you want more than the Beatles walking tour!
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Karen_c
Sep 22, 2024
Lucky was an excellent... - Lucky was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and great stories of mant rock legends. Enjoyed crossing Abbey Road.
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Eileen_z
Sep 22, 2024
A must do tour when you visit London - The tour guide was amazing. It was an interesting and informative tour and the places we visited were incredible. We even were able to pass by Paul McCartney’s current house in London and visit all the important sites relating to the Beatles and other rock stars. The entire group ended up at a fantastic local pub for dinner. Amazing tour.
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Kimberly_c
Sep 28, 2024
Our London Rock n Roll Tour with Ian Luck - Our tour guide Ian Lucky was very entertaining. He took us by the former haunts of Jimmy Hendrix, Bob Marley , The Clash apartment(by the water) , Academy of Royal Music ( where Elton studied) and the site of the 1st public Queen performance. Saw McCartney's digs, as well as Jimmy Page's. Of course, we stopped at Abbey Road studios, where Ian was gracious enough to take our pictures crossing the famous walk (I.E. the fab four). OH yeah, and we saw the site of Bowie's album cover for Ziggy Stardust. Afterwards, Ian showed us how to get to this fabulous pub called "the Red Lion." He said it was the oldest in London. It was gorgeous. Thanks for a great tour, Ian
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Wende_g
Sep 25, 2024
What’s his name ? - Bus was too big to
Go where we went should be a smaller bus, tour advertised as just over 3 hours took 5! Way Too long - and most things we passed our tour guide pointed out too late. Rushed at Abbey Road - and the house mumble quite a bit of the info with pics at the front of the bus - we stopped at some
Pub and he asked if we could use the loo- without even offering to buy pints or apps- would be better served by planning a sit down time to get a little something and then use the loo. Our guide kept
Telling stories and asking what’s his name ?
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Henry_l
Sep 23, 2024
Abbey road was the best part. - It was more on the boring side. The guide would point out things from the bus of where musicians lived or did drugs or died but we didn't get close enough or go down those streets to see it there was no time to do any of that.
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