Great article. Very useful for my fiancee and I as we are thinking of moving to the area. Neither of us mind rugby, but are not massive massive fans. I was hoping I might tap you up for a little bit more about the traffic on match days – is it impossible to get out of Twickenham? Which parts are particularly affected? We are looking at a place on Richmond Road – do you know what the situation is like there? Or any other inside info on this area??

Would really appreciate your comments if you have the time.

Cheers

Naz

@ Brendan

You are right about the Beatles and the Twickenham Studios, of course!

And for those interested in Twickenham’s current music scene: The band Battlekat is based in Twickenham according to their website. The German media (eg Der Tagesspiegel) reported about the band’s singer some time ago, because she is the daughter of famous German rock musician Marius Müller-Westernhagen.

One big music name missing name from the list of those associated with Twickenham was that of The Beatles. They didn’t play at Eel Pie island but made three movies at Twickenham Studios in St Margarets A Hard Day’s Night, Help! and their cinematic record of thier break-up Let It Be.