251 Menlove Avenue

[1] The 1933-built[1] semi-detached property, which belonged to John Lennon's aunt Mimi and her husband George Smith, is in Woolton, south Liverpool.

It was approximately 30 metres north west of this house that Lennon's mother Julia was hit by a car and killed on the evening of 15 July 1958.

[6] Lennon's widow Yoko Ono bought the house in March 2002, and donated it to the National Trust in order to save it from further demolition and property speculators.

"[7] Every year on the anniversary of his death, the National Trust leave the bedroom light on in John Lennon's childhood home, all night.

[citation needed] In February 2012, both this house and Paul McCartney's childhood home at 20 Forthlin Road were Grade II listed by English Heritage.

Lennon's bedroom was upstairs, left. The blue plaque was added as part of the English Heritage scheme.