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  2. Abbey Road, London - Wikipedia

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    The crossing may have been relocated several metres as part of traffic management work in the 1970s, with a spokesperson for Westminster City Council saying in 2010 that "by comparing photographs with the Ordnance Survey maps, we believe that the crossing might have been further north nearer 3 Abbey Road, which was the front house of the EMI ...

  3. Abbey Road - Wikipedia

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    The front cover was a photograph of the group walking on a zebra crossing, based on ideas that McCartney sketched, [86] [nb 4] and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios on Abbey Road. At 11:35 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given only ten minutes to take the photo while he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up ...

  4. Beatles' Abbey Road Crosswalk Given Historic Status - AOL

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    A zebra-striped London crosswalk made famous on the cover of the Beatles album "Abbey Road" has been listed as an official British heritage site. The crossing is of "cultural and historical ...

  5. Zebra crossing - Wikipedia

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    A zebra crossing appears on the cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road album. The cover made the crossing a tourist attraction, and it has been incorporated into the Abbey Road Studios logo. Since the Abbey Road photo was taken, zigzag lines at the kerb and in the centre of the road have been added to all zebra crossings.

  6. File:Abbey Road zebra crossing, 24-11-2015.jpg - Wikipedia

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    File:Abbey Road zebra crossing, 24-11-2015.jpg. Add languages. Page contents not supported in other languages. ... Abbey Road crossing. Date: 24 November 2015, 12:09:08:

  7. Pedestrian crossings in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A zebra crossing in Antrim. Zebra crossings are a type of controlled crossing indicated by white longitudinal bars across the carriageway and upright flashing globes, known as 'belisha' beacons. Zebra crossings can be used on roads where the 85th percentile speed is not above 35mph. The minimum width for a crossing is 2.4 m. [4]: 125

  8. August 1969 - Wikipedia

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    The zebra crossing (black and white striped crosswalk), which attracts tourists wanting to re-enact the cover photo, was near the Beatles' Abbey Road Studios and allows pedestrians to cross Abbey Road near its intersection with Grove End Road.

  9. 1969 in British music - Wikipedia

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    8 August – Iain Macmillan photographs the cover picture for The Beatles' album Abbey Road at a north London zebra crossing near the Abbey Road Studios. 16 August – David Bowie stages the Growth Summer Festival, a free concert at Croydon Road Recreation Ground in Beckenham, south London. [3]