Abbey Road street sign from Westminster, London

Abbey Road is a throroughfare located in the borough of Camden and the City Of Westminster in London. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 724 KB) Picture of an Abbey Road street sign in the city of Westminster, London, England General Information Width: 1600 pixels Height: 1200 pixels Horizontal Resolution: 180 dpi Vertical Resolution: 180 dpi Bit Depth: 24 Frame Count: 1 Equipment Make... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 724 KB) Picture of an Abbey Road street sign in the city of Westminster, London, England General Information Width: 1600 pixels Height: 1200 pixels Horizontal Resolution: 180 dpi Vertical Resolution: 180 dpi Bit Depth: 24 Frame Count: 1 Equipment Make... The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ...

Although there are many other roads of this name, including over 20 in London alone, the Abbey Road best known to most people is the road running roughly north-west to south-east through the affluent north London suburb of St John's Wood. Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... St Johns Wood is a district in the City of Westminster in London near Regents Park. ...

The north-western end of Abbey Road, NW8, begins at the intersection of Quex Road and West End Lane; it continues south-east for several kilometres, crossing Belsize Road, Boundary Road, Blenheim Terrace and Marlborough Place, ending at the intersection of Grove End Road and Garden Road. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ...

Abbey Road. Abbey Road Studios can be seen in the background

Its main fame is due to the fact that EMI's Abbey Road Studios are located at the south-eastern end, at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, because The Beatles and many other famous popular music performers have recorded at this studio, and because The Beatles named their final 1969 studio LP Abbey Road after the studio. The album's famous cover photograph shows the four group members walking across the pedestrian crossing located just outside the studio entrance. As a result of its association with The Beatles, since 1970 this section of Abbey Road has been featured on the London tourism circuit. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2032x1524, 921 KB) Summary Picture of Abbey Road in London. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2032x1524, 921 KB) Summary Picture of Abbey Road in London. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... The legendary recording studio Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Pink Floyd and The Shadows. ... The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their groundbreaking role in the history of popular music. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Abbey Road was the last album recorded by The Beatles, although it was released second-to-last, on September 26, 1969 in the UK and October 1, 1969 in the US. It was produced and orchestrated by George Martin for Apple Records. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business, and the provision of services for this act. ...

External links

• Abbey Road London, Quicktime VR
• Abbey Road Crossing picture archive (updated daily)
• Look at Abbey Road live
• Satellite View of Crosswalk