Visit the Birthplace of The Rolling Stones - Private Tour

Meeting point

Where

Outside the front entrance to Earls Court Station (use the Earls Court Road exit NOT Warwick Road) · Open in Google Maps

Departure

13:00 daily; scheduled through May 2027 (operator schedule, seats confirmed at checkout)

Return

This tour ends at Richmond Station with fast and frequent train and tube services back to all parts of London and Windsor. Why not take the opportunity of spending more time in Richmond for a walk along the river or the famous Richmond Park with roaming deer and oodles of history.

Pickup

No hotel pickup: everyone meets at the start point

Operator

Swinging 60s London; booking and payment are completed on Viator

1. After passing by the location of the Wetherby Pub where Bill Wyman was auditioned for the band who also rehearsed there, we stop outside the flat where they were given their namePass by, no stop
2. 2
   A quick stop outside the flat that Brian, Mick and Keith shared between 1962 and 1963 and where they invited The Beatles to after first meeting them in Richmond5 min
3. 3
   Cheyne Walk

   Take a look at the houses that Mick and Keith purchased in 1968 in one of the most salubrious streets in London

   2 min · Admission not included
4. King's Road

   The beating heart of Swinging London, home to the 'Chelsea Drugstore' location and legendary fashion and music venues.

   Pass by, no stop
5. 5
   The Half Moon, Putney, London

   Where The Stones performed at a private party as recently as 2000

   10 min
6. 6
   Olympic Studios - Cinema

   A 10-minute stop at Olympic. The Stones recorded 6 consecutive albums here between 1966 and 1972 with Chris Kimsey and Glyn Johns. Their first hit 'Come On', released in 1963, was recorded at Olympic's previous location off Baker Street in London.

   10 min
7. 7
   Previously the Station Hotel, home to the original Crawdaddy Club, this is the Richmond location where The Stones secured their first residency on Sunday 24th February 1963 and where they first met The Beatles and signed for Decca Records10 min
8. 8
   Terrace Gardens- Richmond Hill

   See where Mick and Jerry lived in the early 1990s (she still lives here with new husband Rupert Murdoch), where Ronnie Wood lived from 1971. 'It's Only Rock And Roll But I Like It' was written here in 1973. Pete Townsend owns the house which is currently up for sale... Yours for only £15M

   5 min · Admission not included
9. 9
   Visit the Sandover Hall location in Richmond, where The Stones performed between 1962 and 19635 min
10. 10
    The second location of the Crawdaddy Club when in 1963, The Yardbirds replaced The Stones as the resident band

    It was also the location of Harold Pendleton's National Jazz and Blues Festival (1961-1965) which, after a few years at various locations finally moved to Reading - now the longest-running pop festival in the world.

    10 min

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