The late music icon had a deep affection for Scotland that persisted long after he left for New York in the early 1970s.
As a young boy, the future Beatle would often travel up from Liverpool to come and stay with his aunt and uncle in their terraced house in upmarket Murrayfield before heading up north to the family croft in Durness.
John even continued to visit at the height of Beatlemania; residing at his cousin Stan’s house in Currie after a famous Beatles show at Edinburgh’s ABC cinema in 1964.
Lennon’s last trip to Scotland in 1969 ended with an unexpected stay at the Lawson Memorial Hospital near Golspie. He had been travelling north in an Austin Maxi with wife Yoko, his son Julian and Yoko’s daughter Kyoko, when the car crashed near Loch Eriboll in Sutherland. All except Julian required stitches.
On the 40th anniversary of his tragic death, we take a look at 13 places north of the border that have a link to John Lennon.
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5. St Andrew Square Bus Station
On one trip to Edinburgh in the late 1950s, John is said to have been given a harmonica by a bus driver who took it from the lost and found box at St Andrew Square Bus Station. The harmonica is thought to have been used on the Beatles' early hits including Love Me Do. Photo: Unknown
6. Shandwick Place, Edinburgh
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Shandwick Place in Edinburgh, 1969. John reportedly visited Lizars on Shandwick Place and purchased a pair of binoculars for his trip north to Durness. Photo: Bob Webb
7. The family croft
The croft overlooking Durness in Sutherland once used by the Lennon family. The croft was owned by John's uncle-in-law Bert Sutherland and as a youngster the late music icon would visit often. Photo: Donald MacLeod
8. Road to Durness
The single track road from Tongue to Hope near Loch Eribol, where John Lennon, Yoko Ono, John's son Julian and Yoko's daughter Kyoko crashed their Austin Maxi in 1969. They had been en route to the family croft in Durness, Sutherland. Photo: Unknown