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The street gained mass attention and even became a landmark after The Beatles named their 1969 album 'Abbey Road', with the album cover featuring the four members crossing the road.

Now, every day, dozens of eager and excited tourists head to the location to recreate the iconic album cover.

However, it seems some of those tourists expect a bit more than just a road when they make the trip to St John's Wood and often end up disappointed.

Many of those tourists have taken to the online review site Tripadvisor to share their upset.

One visitor titled their review "disappointed doesn't cover it..." explaining: "On reflection, I think I may have been expecting too much. My disappointment in not finding street sellers, either side of the road, selling cheap t-shirts and merchandise was a surprise."

They added: "It's just a zebra crossing and you'd save yourself some money by just standing on any of the millions in the UK and just photoshopping the background in."

Another upset Beatles fan shared that there's 'nothing to see': "I am a massive Beatles fan, but there really is nothing to see here.

"It's just an ordinary zebra crossing. It's busy - crowded with fellow tourists trying to work out if they are even at the right place, and with annoyed drivers trying to drive down a busy main road."

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[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Imagine my disappointment when I got to The Dark Side of the Moon

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago (11 children)

And it doesn't even have the decency to stay in the same place. According to this guy's estimate you'd have to move across the surface at about 9.5 miles or 15.3 kilometers per hour to stay in the Dark Side at the equator.

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Thats not what "dark side of the moon" means. From Wikipedia

The hemisphere has sometimes been called the "Dark side of the Moon", where "dark" means "unknown" instead of "lacking sunlight" – each location on the Moon experiences two weeks of sunlight while the opposite location experiences night

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