UK Album Cover Locations

[PurpleTurtle]

Whenever I travel about the UK I try to check out if any locations have featured on album covers and recreate the cover as a photo for a bit of a laugh.

Abbey Road is the obvious one, I'm one of millions of tourists who has stopped traffic on the zebra crossing there.

This year I've done the slightly more obscure CSI: Ambleside by Half Man Half Biscuit and yesterday did Black Sabbath's eponymous debut at Mapledurham Water Mill, on the Thames just outside Reading.

So, PH music fans: is there anywhere in the UK that you know as an album cover location?

I'm predominantly southern based, but do venture up north from time to time.

[61GT]

A bit obvious but add Battersea Power Station to your list.

[Lotobear]

The Nice 'Five Bridges'

[dundarach]

So good ones on these :

https://tesla.planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio/mus...

https://metro.co.uk/2015/04/30/8-classic-album-cov...

Ely when I lived down that way and Division Bell by The Pink Floyd

[entropy]

Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory

Berwick Street, Soho, London

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Bowie's The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars -Heddon St, off Regents St, London W1.

Front cover, K.West office, and rear cover, phone box, both there.

[DodgyGeezer]

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath




(which, of course, you'd already mentioned and I totally missed )

Edited by DodgyGeezer on Wednesday 17th November 20:08

[jet_noise]

Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge is an easy one as the album is named after a place (as Abbey Road) and the cover is a location picture

[Seeker UK]

Giants Causeway - Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy

RAF Cardington, Beds - Propellerheads, Decksndrumsnrocknroll

[PurpleTurtle]

entropy said:

Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory

Berwick Street, Soho, London

Forgotten that I've already bagged that one on a pub crawl the other summer!

[PurpleTurtle]

Thanks for the suggestions all - keep them coming!

[Wacky Racer]

The war memorial on Pots and Pans, Saddleworth.

[ziggy328]

EDIT to add : 23 Heddon Street, London. Just off Regent Street

[Teppic]

The Chemical Brothers - Brothers Gonna Work It Out



Our Lady of Fatima Church, Harlow, Essex

[ettore]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Bowie's The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars -Heddon St, off Regents St, London W1.

Front cover, K.West office, and rear cover, phone box, both there.

It was actually my office a few years back - had the album cover framed and on the wall!

[GAjon]

Heysham stone graves, Heysham Lancashire, used on a Black Sabbath compilation

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Hasn't somebody just done a book on this with shots of then & now? I remember seeing an excerpt in an online paper

It was good!

[mike80]

That sounds good. I'd certainly ask Santa for that...

[TwigtheWonderkid]

ettore said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Bowie's The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars -Heddon St, off Regents St, London W1.

Front cover, K.West office, and rear cover, phone box, both there.

It was actually my office a few years back - had the album cover framed and on the wall!

You should have re-instated the K.West sign.

[Nimby]

10cc's "Deceptive Bends" was named after a (unique?) road sign on the A24 near Dorking, but it's not on the album cover, so doesn't really count.