Jimi Hendrix's London Flat & Museum - Handel Hendrix House

When Hendrix first arrived in London in September 1966 — having been scouted by British musician Chas Chandler — he was a barely known guitarist. By the time he moved into the flat at 23 Brook Street in 1968, he was a bona fide rock god, having blown minds with his guitar-burning performance at the Monterey Pop Festival the previous year.

The flat occupied the top two floors of the building. Hendrix is said to have redecorated it to his own taste. It belonged to his British girlfriend Kathy Etchingham, who had caught Hendrix's eye at the Scotch of St James nightclub in Mason's Yard. The couple drifted apart after Hendrix began touring the US in March 1969.

The flat has been restored and is open to the public as part of Handel & Hendrix in London — a museum that also includes the neighbouring house where composer George Frideric Handel lived from 1723 until his death in 1759. The Hendrix flat has been recreated to look as it did in 1968–69.