The Abbey Road Crossing

Posted by: joerand on 12 September 2015

My daughter, just graduated from college, is amid a six week trip in Europe and did the crossing. Certainly looks like a great attraction for tourists and the webcam viewing can be fun for the creative foursomes that appear, but I wonder how locals view the fabled crossing. Has this become a real PITA for those required to use the route? Any tourists here done it?

Posted on: 12 September 2015 by FangfossFlyer

It is not an issue as the traffic seems to expect it.

 

How can anybody visiting Abbey Road resist having their photo taken on the crossing? ...after all it is key part of British culture!

 

Richard

Posted on: 13 September 2015 by JamieWednesday

Posted on: 13 September 2015 by joerand

The Simpson's crossing was a close second for my choice of forum avatar

Posted on: 14 September 2015 by ChrisSU

In the early 80s I lived less than 2 minutes walk from Abbey Road studios, and I only ever saw one pair of (Japanese) tourists looking at the crossing. I'm not quite sure what they were expecting, but they looked rather disappointed. 

Posted on: 14 September 2015 by Mike-B

Its one of the biggest non-event sights in London,  not surprised the japanese tourists looked disappointed.  

Last time I walked past, the black & white was very worn & a repaint was long overdue,  in the rain it was almost invisible  ..........  but for fans of the crossing, here be the live cam feed.  The camera is mounted on the Abbey Road Studio's boundary wall/fence

 

http://www.abbeyroad.com/CrossingArchive

Posted on: 14 September 2015 by ChrisSU

By coincidence, I also briefly lived near to Penny Lane. The Japanese tourists there looked really disappointed!

Posted on: 14 September 2015 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Crowded

 

http://www.abbeyroad.com/Crossing

Posted on: 14 September 2015 by Mike-B

I went to Strawberry Field,  all overgrown & not a Japanese tourist in sight. 

Posted on: 14 September 2015 by Davinadavis
Originally Posted by FangfossFlyer:

It is not an issue as the traffic seems to expect it.

 

How can anybody visiting Abbey Road resist having their photo taken on the crossing? ...after all it is key part of British culture!

 

Richard

Richard...

 

When I did the Abbey Road Studio tour last year, I stood and watched the crossing for about five minutes. The locals may be used to the antics on the crossing, but the Black Taxis get the real a**e with it, as it holds them up! As we all know, time is money to the 'Knights Of The Road'  

Posted on: 14 September 2015 by fatcat

You have to get up very early in the morning to photograph a chicken crossing the road.

Posted on: 14 September 2015 by Sneaky SNAIC
Originally Posted by fatcat:

You have to get up very early in the morning to photograph a chicken crossing the road.

But why did he cross in the first place?

Posted on: 15 September 2015 by Marou

It's not even the same crossing - it was moved several years later. I live nearby and have no problem waiting while people to take photos of each other - it's rather sweet.