[1] It opened in 2005 with one hundred names, and was a temporary installation to accompany a TV show to celebrate ITV's 50th birthday.
As on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the individual or group was represented by a five-pointed star containing the name set into the walkway.
To qualify for a star, the individual or group had to have been from the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, or a Commonwealth nation.
[citation needed] The first inductee onto the Avenue of Stars was Jimmy Page, guitarist with Led Zeppelin.
[1] In 2006, all of the stars were removed, because the Avenue had been a temporary anniversary installation laid on boards and sand on top of the historic surface, and only the old flagstones are now visible again in the courtyard.