The Beatles: The 'north Surrey stockbroker belt' where the stars escaped to from London

At the height of their fame in the mid-60s, three quarters of The Beatles escaped the daily madness of being chased by fans across central London by moving to new homes in north Surrey.

George Harrison departed to Esher, and John Lennon and Ringo Starr 10 minutes up the road on the exclusive St George's Hill estate at Weybridge.

Two decades later, schoolboy Howard Bowden discovered the Fab Four via author Philip Norman's acclaimed 80s biography Shout!: The True Story of The Beatles. It set him off as a life-long fan to seek out many of the places they made famous: from Abbey Road studios in London and venues where it all started in Liverpool, to legendary Beatles landmarks across the US.

Source: Luke Weir/getsurrey.co.uk

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