The day The Beatles came to Sevenoaks

Strawberry Fields Forever was released as a double A-side single with Penny Lane in 1967

A leafy town in Kent was the scene of what was believed to be the first ever pop video recorded by the biggest band of all time.

The Beatles made promotional films for Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane in Sevenoaks over three days in January and February 1967.

They filmed in Knole Park, went shopping in the town and caused quite a stir with local children.

Ian Hooper, creator of the website The Beatles In Kent, said: "This was a really important piece of social history."

The Beatles came to Sevenoaks on 30 and 31 January 1967 to film the promotion for Strawbery Fields Forever and came back to film for Penny Lane on 7 February.

Mr Hooper leads guided walks around the locations they visited in Sevenoaks.

He said: "What is now the golf course at Knole Park is where they are believed to have filmed.

"There's no official marking of where the tree where they filmed is.

'It's just a stump now. It looks quite sad."

In 1967 The Beatles were the biggest band in the world and their arrival in leafy Kent caused a stir.

"People got to hear pretty rapidly that they were here," said Mr Hooper.

"It was quiet to start off with then it built up.

"They pretty much got inundated with children. Sevenoaks School was just down the road.

"Girls played truant to come and see them."

By that time the band had stopped touring, dropped out of public view and had taken to the studio.

Mr Hooper said: "Brian Epstein [their manager] decided they needed something impactful, a double-A side single with lots of promotion to show the world The Beatles were still producing really great music."

For Penny Lane the band rode horses through a stone arch next to the Bird House and were filmed having tea by a pond.

Also during the trip John Lennon picked up a Victorian circus poster from an antiques shop in the town which is believed to have been the basis for the lyrics to For The Benefit of Mr Kite.

"Lennon sourced a lot of his lyrics from things he read and the poster caught his eye," added Mr Hooper.