Rock n Royal Richmond

From the birth of British music icons to the death of Queen Elizabeth l and the Tudor dynasty, this tour is a must for those interested in music heritage and Tudor history. From the banks of the tranquil River Thames and the captivating view at the top of Richmond Hill, to the remains of King Henry Vll's Palace, you'll hear all about the town frequented by rock stars and courtiers of 16th century monarchs, including Sir Walter Raleigh and William Shakespeare. Travel back to the Richmond in the 1560s via the 1960s on your very own voyage of discovery in London's most picturesque suburb. This tour starts and ends at Richmond Station with fast and frequent train and tube services to all parts of London.

The Swinging 60s Experience

On this journey back to the decade that rocked the world, you'll cruise the King's Road - the beating heart of Swinging London, and discover locations that launched fashion pioneers like Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood. You'll visit the celebrated coffee house where Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix and Charlie Watts regularly performed and see the recording and photographic studios that captured the iconic sounds and images on some of the world's greatest era defining records. This tour starts and ends outside Sloane Square tube station, just across the road from the hotel where The Beatles stayed on their first trips to London from Liverpool in 1962 and 1963.

The Beatles in West London

By the summer of 1963, they were starting to spend more time in London than they were in Liverpool and on this exclusive Beatles tour of their early stomping ground in West London, you'll visit the many film and pop promo locations in the surrounding area. From Richmond Station, opposite the hotel where they first met the Rolling Stones in 1963, you'll head off to Ailsa Avenue, Twickenham Studios, the Turk's Head and City Barge pubs, Chiswick House gardens and the location where they had some of their last photographs taken together as a group, on the river Thames at Richmond. The tour ends at the Hammersmith Odeon location where The Beatles performed in 1964 and 1965 before your short walk to Hammersmith tube station.

Birthplace of the Rolling Stones

London's ultimate Stones tour starts where they were named by Brian Jones in 1962. You'll see the pub location where they first rehearsed, Mick's shabby flat that he shared with Keith and Brian and the opulent Chelsea homes that Mick and Keith bought just 5 years later. To a backdrop of early Stones music you'll head out to the stages they performed on via Olympic Studios, where they recorded 6 early albums before arriving at their spiritual home in Richmond and the venues where they secured their first residencies. Here you'll see their early haunts and later homes before visiting the festival location where they first headlined. This tour ends at Richmond Station with fast and frequent train and tube services to all parts of London.

The Spiritual Home of The Rolling Stones

Visit the venue that kicked-off the Stones' career in 1963, where they first met The Beatles, signed for Decca Records and agreed management terms with Andrew Loog Oldham. On this 90-minute tour, you'll also visit the church hall location where the Stones secured their first Saturday night residency and the field where they headlined the National Jazz & Blues Festival in 1964. You'll explore locations where they hung-out, shopped and more recently lived, before being dropped back to Richmond Station with fast and frequent train and tube services to all parts of London.

The Kinks 'Journey'

On Ray Davies' 13th birthday in 1957, his older sister bought him his first guitar. Sadly, she would not live long enough to see the impact her present would have on world music. On the 60th year of The Kinks formation, we look forward to taking you on 'The Journey' back to the Davies' home turf; The parks they played in, the houses they lived in, the school they attended and the pub where they first performed in 1960. The tour ends at the Archway Tavern pub, immortalised on the 'Muswell Hillbillies' album cover, just around the corner from Archway tube station. NOTE To include a visit to the famous Clissold Arms pub, your tour should start at or after 10.30am