The recently unveiled statues of Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon outside the Liver Building on the Liverpool waterfront

A yellow submarine and murals decorate the Penny Lane community centre in Liverpool

A musician sings to tourists in the Cavern Club where The Beatles played in their early years

Tourists take photographs outside the birthplace of Ringo Starr in Madryn Street, Liverpool

Visitors take photographs next to a statue of John Lennon in Matthew Street, Liverpool

Beatles keychains and other memorabilia and merchandise are for sale in a shop in Liverpool

A blue plaque is displayed at Mendips, the childhood home of John Lennon, in Woolton

Beatles memorabilia and merchandise on sale in a shop in Liverpool

A cardboard cutout of Sir Paul McCartney alongside other memorabilia and merchandise displayed in a shop in Liverpool

The former childhood home of Sir Paul McCartney at 20 Forthlin Road in Liverpool

A portrait of Sir Paul McCartney by acclaimed Beatles artist Shannon hangs on the wall of a suite at the newly opened Hard Days Night Hotel, a boutique establishment in the heart of Liverpool’s ‘Beatles Quarter’ near the Cavern Club. The hotel features specially designed Lennon and McCartney suites; the Lennon featuring a white grand piano

Beatles photographs and memorabilia adorn the walls of the Hard Days Night Hotel

A woman walks past a giant photograph of the Beatles in Liverpool

The entrance to the Beatles Story at Liverpool’s Albert Dock

The gates of Strawberry Field in Liverpool, immortalised by the Beatles song, where John Lennon used to play as a child

A taxi parked in front of the boarded-up former home of Ringo Starr in Madryn Street

Beatles memorabilia and merchandise on sale in a shop window