Goats recreate Beatles' classic Abbey Road album cover in Belper

The farm said it might call the goats Ringo, Paul, George and John.

Baby goats have been used to recreate a Beatles album cover considered by many to be one of the greatest of all time.

The farm animals were taken to King Street in Belper, Derbyshire, to restage the iconic image of the Fab Four striding across a zebra crossing on Abbey Road for their 1969 album.

The image has made the goats, from Handley Farm, near Belper, stars on social media.

Their owners said recreating the scene had been "a lot of fun".

The goats are usually found producing milk to create cheese, but were taken to town for the photo shoot on Sunday.

Jon Doel, a volunteer at the farm, said: "We had a few double takes when we were leading them across. A few cars had to stop for us but we went out early when it was quiet.

The original shot of The Beatles outside the EMI recording studios on Abbey Road in London has been recreated and parodied many times since 1969

He added: "The goats are very well behaved, used to people, and just trotted across.

"It was a lot of fun and gives them a bit of a profile on social media.

"People have asked if they have names. They don't, as they are just babies, but maybe Ringo, George, Paul and John?"

Mr Doel said it was not the first time the farm had used goats to create famous scenes from the music industry.

"We've had a goat version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody," he said.

"And we put a goat in a barrow to recreate the Oasis Some Might Say sleeve cover image which was taken at Cromford [railway] Station."

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