Penny Lane

Penny Lane, The Beatles

Penny Lane

Where is it – England, North West England

Who looks after it –  Local Authority 

What is it –  Curiosity, Free access, Music, Public Structure or Space 

When is it from – Modern

Penny Lane is a road, but also the area that inspired Paul McCartney’s 1967 song, ‘Penny Lane’, complete with the shelter in the middle of the roundabout, the bank and the hairdresser. The fire station is about a mile away. Paul McCartney used to sing in the choir at St Barnabas’ Church at the junction of Penny Lane and Smithdown Road. With the possible exception of the church, none of these places is open to the general public, as such, but the area is on the itinerary of any ardent Beatle fan. Penny Lane (the song) was released as a double A-side with John Lennon’s ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and was the first Beatles’ single since 1963 not to achieve the No 1 slot in Britain, pipped to the post by Engelbert Humperdinck’s ‘Release Me’.

 


Address

Liverpool, Merseyside L18 1LZ 

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