Queeny Places To Go
Birth
(These may have changed names, moved or closed)
Brian : Gloucester House Nursing Home, Hampton, Middlesex
Roger : West London and Kings Lynn Hospital, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
John : St. Francis Hospital, London Road, Leicester
Fred : Government Hospital, Zanzibar
Schools
(Some may have changed names, moved or closed)
Brian
Cardinal Road Infants School, Feltham, Middlesex
Hanworth Road Primary School, Feltham, Middlesex
Hampton Grammar School, Hanworth Road, Hampton
John
Lindon Junior School, Evington, Leicestershire
Langmoor Junior School, Leicester
Gartree High School, Leicester
Oadby Beauchamp School, Oadby, Leicester
Roger
Gaywood Primary School, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Bosvigo School, Truro, Cornwall
Truro Cathedral School, Truro, Cornwall (closed Easter 1981)
Truro School, Truro, Cornwall
Fred
Zanzibar Missionary School
St. Peters School, Panchgani, near Bombay
Isleworth School, Ridgeway Road, Isleworth, Middlesex
Colleges
Imperial College
Main Buildings - Imperial College Road SW7
Physics Department - Prince Consort Road SW7
Astrophysics group (now moved) - Prince's Gardens SW7
Student Union Buildings - Prince Consort Road SW7
Chelsea College (now part of Kings College)
Main Buildings - Manresa Road SW3 (now closed)
Electronics Department - Pulton Place (now disused - near Fulham Broadway)
London Hospital Medical College
Main Buildings - Turner Street E1
Dental Institute - just off Turner Street E1
Ealing College (now part of West London University or something)
Main Buildings - St Marys Road, Ealing W5 (junction with Warwick Road)
"Freddie's Bar" - inside main buildings
North East London Polytechnic (now East London University)
Main Buildings - Barking Campus, Longbridge Road, Dagenham
Roger's Bit - Stratford Campus, Romford Road, Stratford E15
Concerts in and near London
- Hammersmith Odeon (name changed) - Queen Caroline Street W6
- Rainbow (disused) - Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, N4
- Earls Court - Warwick Road SW5
- Hyde Park W2 (presumably the concert was near the Serpentine)
- Crazy Tour of London:
- Pheasantry (now a restaurant) - 152 Kings Road SW3
- Wembley Stadium - Empire Way, Wembley
- Wembley Arena - Empire Way, Wembley
- Brixton Academy - 211 Stockwell Road, SW9
- Albert Hall - Kensington Gore SW7
- Marquee (new one, now closed) 105 Charing Cross Road WC2
- (old one demolished 1990) - 90 Wardour Street W1
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- Town And Country Club (name changed) - 9 Highgate Road NW5
- Hammersmith Palais - 242 Shepherds Bush Road W6
- Astoria - 157 Charing Cross Road WC2
- Dominion - Tottenham Court Road W1 (at Oxford Street end)
- Empire - Shepherds Bush Green W12
- Thames Television Studios - Broom Road, Teddington
- Golders Green Hippodrome (?disused) - North End Road, NW11
- Knebworth Park, Stevenage
- Milton Keynes Bowl
- Ballspark College, Hertford (now part of Hatfield Polytechnic or whatever it's called now)
- Truro City Hall
Unknown
- College of Estate Management (rumoured to have been in Kensington)
Recording Studios
- De Lane Lea (Engineers Way, Wembley is the real one but it isn't called that any more (it's called CTS). The current De Lane Lea is at 75 Dean Street W1)
- Trident (name now changed) - 17 St. Anne's Court W1
- Townhouse - Junction of Goldhawk Road/Godolphin Road W12
- Sarm West - 8 Basing Street W11
- Olympic - 117 Church Road, Barnes SW13 (near the Fan Club)
- Maison Rouge - 2 Wansdown Place SW6
- Lansdowne - Lansdowne House, Lansdowne Road W11
- Sarm East - 9 Osborn St E1
- Roundhouse - 100 Chalk Farm Road NW1
- Wessex - 106 Highbury New Park N5
- Air - 214 Oxford Street W1 (not sure if this is the right one)
- Advision - 23 Gosfield Street W1
- Abbey Road - 3 Abbey Road NW8
- Utopia - 7 Chalcot Road NW1
- Metropolis - Chiswick High Road W4 (next to bus station)
Outside London
- Cosford Mill - in the back garden of Roger's house
- Allerton Hill - in the back garden of Brian's house
- Rockfield (Monmouth, South Wales)
- Manor (Kidlington, near Oxford)
- Real World (Box, near Bath - Owned by Peter Gabriel)
- Mountain (Rue de Theatre 8, Montreux, Switzerland - Owned by Queen)
- Musicland (Arabellastraße, München, Germany)
- Record Plant (Los Angeles, USA)
- Sterling (New York, USA)
- Mediteraneo (Ibiza)
- Super Bear (Nice, France - couldn't find it when I went to look)
No Idea
- Anvil
- Music Centre
- Scorpio
Queen Productions
Other places of interest in London
Please note I will not list the location of Freddie's house here, as I do not
want to be responsible for any increase in the graffiti already spoiling the
neighbourhood. I am sorry if this policy inconveniences anyone.
- West London Crematorium, Harrow Road, Kensal Green W10 (Freddie was cremated here - please note there is no gravestone, memorial, or anything else to see here)
- Somewhere on Ferry Road, Barnes SW13 (band had flat here in early days)
- 36 Sinclair Road W14 (band had flat here in early days)
- 9ish or 10ish Queens Gate SW7 (Brian used to live here)
- 54 Suffolk Road, Barnes SW13 (Brian used to live here)
- 6 Walsham Road, Feltham (Brian built his guitar here)
- 100 Holland Road W14 (Freddie used to live here)
- 75 Holland Road W14 (Just a rumour that Freddie used to live here)
- 18ish Stafford Terrace W8 (Freddie used to live here)
- Kensington Pub, Russell Gardens W8 (favourite band pub in early days)
- St. Osmunds Church, Castlenau, Barnes SW13 (Brian married here) (or it may be Holy Trinity which is opposite - he claims not to be able to remember (sounds like classic demial to me!))
- Carmelite Church, Kensington Church Street (John married here)
- Kensington Register Office, Old Town Hall, Kings Road SW3 (Rog married here)
- Kensington Market - 49 Kensington High Street W8 (Rog + Fred worked here)
- Cafe Royal - 68 Regent Street W1 (presentation of first ever silver discs (for Queen II))
- Roof Garden - 99 Kensington High St W8 (entrance Derry St) (Magic Tour Party)
- Xenon Club - 195 Piccadilly W1 (Favourite haunt of Freddie)
- Nomis Studios - Sinclair Road W14 (Band rehearsals)
- Shaw Theatre - 100 Euston Road NW1 (Live Aid rehearsals)
- Royal Opera House - Floral Street/Bow Street WC2 (Barcelona launch)
- Kempton Park - Staines Road, Sunbury (Day At The Races launch)
- New London Theatre - Parker Street WC2 (Champions video shoot)
- Pinewood Studios - [can't remember where it is!] (Barcelona video shoot)
- Wimbledon Stadium - Plough Lane SW19 (Bicycle Race video shoot)
- Elstree Studios - Shenley Road, Borehamwood (I Want It All video shoot)
- The building used at the start of the Kind Of Magic video is underneath Charing Cross Station, but I can't remember what it is called
- Metropolis Studios was used for the start of the Innuendo video. The Headlong video was shot there, and you can see bits through the windows.
- And, of course, Wolmer Gardens, Edgware - the ultimate Queen site :-)
Outside the UK, the following places are good to visit if you are in the area
- Hilton Hotel, Tivolistraße, München (where Fred wrote 'Crazy Little Thing')
- Hendersons Night Club, 5 Rumfordstraße, München (LOMO video was filmed here - it has been reported that this is no longer there)
- Sugar Shack Night Club, München (mentioned in Dragon Attack)
- Ritz Hotel, Barcelona (where Fred met Montserrat)
- Nepstadion, Budapest
- Casino De Montreux, Rue de Theatre, Montreux, Switzerland
From a Highlander perspective:
