Zebra Crossing Near Abbey Road Studios

This is a zebra crossing located on Abbey Road, to the southeast of Abbey Road Studios, outside Abbey House, 1-121, Abbey Road. The crossing features six wide white stripes painted onto the tarmac road surface. Two lines of dashed marks are present either side of the crossing, and zig-zag approach lines run along the approach kerbs and down the centre of the road, indicating that parking is prohibited on the approaches. These dashed marks and zig-zag lines are later additions, not present when the iconic photograph for The Beatles' Abbey Road album cover was taken in 1969. At the northeast and southwest corners of the crossing stand two belisha beacons, featuring amber globes, likely made of plastic, atop black and white painted metal poles with stepped bases. These beacons are not of the earliest design, which featured straight poles and glass globes. Graffiti and stickers are present on the poles, echoing the graffiti found on the garden wall of Abbey Road Studios. The belisha beacons were in place when the Abbey Road album cover photograph was taken, as they pre-date the zebra stripes on this type of crossing.