David Bowie’s childhood home set to open to public in 2027

David Bowie’s childhood home in South-East London is set to be opened to the public in late 2027.

Bowie lived in the house at 4 Plaistow Grove, Bromley, from the age of eight to 20. It has now been acquired by Heritage of London Trust and will be transformed to its early 1960s appearance as part of an “immersive experience”. The house, where the late star wrote one of his best-loved songs in ‘Space Oddity’, will also feature a never-before-seen archive.

Geoffrey Marsh, co-curator of the V&A Museum’s David Bowie Is exhibition, said the house was where Bowie went from being an “ordinary suburban schoolboy” to recognising his potential for “international stardom”.

Marsh added: “As he said, ‘I spent so much time in my bedroom, it really was my entire world, I had books up there, my music up there, my record player, going from my world upstairs out on to the street, I had to pass through this no-man’s-land of the living room’.”

Nicola Stacey, director of Heritage of London Trust, said: “David Bowie was a proud Londoner. Even though his career took him all over the world, he always remembered where he came from and the community that supported him as he grew up.

“It’s wonderful to have this opportunity to tell his story and inspire a new generation of young people and it’s really important for the heritage of London to preserve this site.”

The announcement of the new experience came on what would have been Bowie’s birthday on 8th January, two days before the 10-year anniversary of his death on 10th January.

Further details on the official opening of the house will follow next year.

Last year, original artwork for Bowie’s classic ‘Aladdin Sane’ record went on auction and was expected to fetch £300,000.

In 2023, a vast archive of the late star’s memorabilia went on display in London.