The Beatles' Childhood Homes - Days Out Leaflets

Planning
your visit
Tours run Wednesday to
Sunday and on Bank
Holiday Mondays. Tour
times and departure points
vary depending upon the
time of year - please see
website for details before
booking. Departure points
are Jurys Inn hotel
(Liverpool city centre) and
Speke Hall (a National
Trust house 8 miles south
of the city centre, next to
Liverpool Airport).
Getting to and around
the houses
Please note that there is no
access by car or on foot to
these properties. Visits are
only possible on our minibus
tour of both houses.
If you wish to visit the houses
on the day of departure
please call: 0151 707 0729
for tours departing from
Liverpool City Centre or 0151
427 7231 for tours departing
from Speke Hall.
Please check the pick-up
point and time when making
your reservation.
Admission prices:
Please check the website for
current prices.
Don’t stand outside;
step inside
The only tour to
take you inside
Join our unique tour for
your only chance to step
behind closed doors.
Our scheduled minibus
tours take you direct to the
award-winning Mendips and
20 Forthlin Road.
Convenient pick-up points
from either Liverpool city
centre or Speke Hall.
All you need to do is make
your reservation today - but
hurry as some dates get
booked up well in advance.
Discover
The Beatles’
Childhood
Homes
Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road
Booking a tour
Book a tour online at: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/beatles
Albert Dock
Salthouse
Dock
A5041
Park Lane
Dukes Dock
to Liverpool ONE
& city centre
Wapping
Basin
Wapping
Jurys Inn
Hotel
Tours pick-up
point
ACC & Kings
Waterfront
Development
Keel Wharf
Wapping
Dock
A5036
For alternative formats,
please call us on 0151 427 7231
or email
thebeatleshomes@nationaltrust.org.uk
Tour the rooms where John
and Paul wrote Beatles songs
Visit the bedroom where
John did his dreaming
Photography: The National Trust/Geoffrey Frosh/Andrew Butler/
Robert Thrift/Dennis Gilbert.
Printed on 100% recycled paper. Please recycle after use.
See unique family photos
and recordings of memories
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www.nationaltrust.org.uk/beatles

Mendips
John Lennon lived at
Mendips with his Aunt
Mimi and Uncle George.
It was here that one of
the 20th century’s most
creative and influential
musicians grew up and
where his passion for
music began.
Get to know the real John
Experience a unique insight
into the life and times of
John Lennon as a boy through
family photographs,
documents and other
fascinating memorabilia.
Listen to a lodger’s
reminiscences about everyday
life at Mendips and what it
was like to live with the young
John Lennon.
See where it all began
Step into the bedroom where
John did his dreaming and
wrote some of the Beatles’
earliest hits.
Speke Hall,
Gardens and Estate
Free admission
to gardens and grounds when booking a tour to
Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road departing from
Speke Hall.
A superb Tudor house with rich Victorian
interiors, fine gardens and estate. A hidden
oasis close to Liverpool city centre.
• Visit one of Britain’s finest Tudor houses
• Relax in the delightful Victorian gardens
• Take a costumed guided tour
• Enjoy a walk around the expansive estate
• Find your way through our ever changing
maze including gates and bridges
20 Forthlin
Road
This unassuming terraced
house, childhood home of
Sir Paul McCartney, is one
of the most important
houses in the history of
modern popular music.
Unique insights
See a display of family
photographs taken by
Mike McCartney.
Authentically furnished
Step inside Paul’s bedroom
and experience the house as it
would have appeared during
the 1950s and early 60s when
Paul and his family lived here.
Music that defined a
generation
The Beatles composed and
rehearsed some of their earliest
songs here, establishing the
unforgettable Beatles sound.
And so began the greatest
song-writing partnership in
the history of popular music...