Where does Paul McCartney live? Hint: The Beatles superstar still owns a home he bought in 1965

He was born in Liverpool, but where does Paul McCartney live now? In the years since The Beatles formed in their hometown in 1960, The English music icon has collected properties across the United Kingdom and the United States—and rarely lets them go. McCartney still maintains his first home, a London townhouse that he bought in 1965. “Do I know anything about property? Not really,” the musician said in an interview the following year. “Well, I suppose I do, come to think of it. I’m being vague. But don’t think I’m a big property tycoon. I only buy places I like.”

Paul McCartney’s childhood home in Liverpool, England.

Many of the homes that McCartney has liked enough to buy are sprawling ranches or farms that have provided him privacy and respite from the chaos of stardom, and most seem to hold sentimental value for the Beatles bassist. Below, we’re examining the homes that Sir Paul McCartney has owned over the years.

St. Johns Wood, London, home

McCartney and his dog Martha outside of his London home in 1967.

Fans clamoring to see inside McCartney’s home in the St John's Wood area of London in 1969.

In 1965, McCartney paid £40,000 (about $50,000) for a townhouse in London’s St. John’s Wood and moved in with his girlfriend at the time, actor Jane Asher. Conveniently, the dwelling sits close to Abbey Road Studios, where the Beatles recorded many of their songs at the time. “I’ve furnished it in traditional style because I don’t go for this modern stuff that always looks as if it needs something doing to it,” the Beatle said of the Georgian-style home in a 1966 interview. “I like it to be comfortable. Those mod leather chairs…ugh. They’re too cold.” Reportedly, McCartney and Asher sourced much of the home’s furnishings secondhand. Though they broke up in 1968, McCartney held onto the home, which serves as his London residence to this day. When the songwriter married his wife, Nancy Shevell, in 2011, they celebrated with an intimate reception at the residence.

Scottish farm

Paul and Linda McCartney with their dog Martha on their farm in Scotland in 1971.

The year after buying his London townhouse, McCartney bought a 183-acre farm on Scotland’s Kintyre peninsula, near Campbeltown. Known as High Park Farm, the property came with a three-bedroom farmhouse. After McCartney married his first wife, Linda Eastman, in 1969, the couple began renovating the dilapidated residence. Over the following two years, they expanded their land holdings with two nearby plots, one of which spanned 400 acres. In the late 1970s, McCartney and his band Wings released their hit song “Mull of Kintyre,” inspired by the region. “Campbeltown and the area of Kintyre and Argyllshire means a great deal to me,” the musician reflected in February 2026. “I have such magical memories with my family there.” The musician still owns High Park Farm, though it seems he has rarely retreated there since Linda’s 1998 death.

Easy Sussex farm

An aerial view of the house on McCartney’s Sussex farm.

In 1973, the knighted singer-songwriter added an East Sussex property to his portfolio. Spanning 160 acres, Blossom Wood Farm offered an additional countryside retreat for McCartney, Linda, and their children. At the home’s gate stands a fir tree that McCartney’s former bandmate, George Harrison, gifted him before his 2001 death. Also growing on the property are rye, wheat, peas, hemp, and hops, which a local brewer makes into ale. McCartney still owns this property, and it is where he and his daughter Mary and her family reportedly quarantined during the pandemic.

Arizona ranch

McCartney and Linda put down Stateside roots in 1979, when they bought a 151-acre ranch near Tucson, Arizona, at the foothills of the Rincon Mountains. The property’s primary residence is a two-story home with a tin roof and stucco siding. It provided privacy and peace for the McCartney family, who were reportedly active in the surrounding community for many years, up until Linda’s 1998 death from breast cancer. McCartney still maintains ownership of the ranch, which was the site of her passing.

Los Angeles home

In 2001, McCartney was said to have paid fellow rock star Courtney Love just under $4 million for her home in Los Angeles’s Trousdale Estates neighborhood. Love had bought the pad in 1997 from none other than the real estate tycoon herself, Ellen DeGeneres. The French Country-style house spans about 4,700 square feet, with four bedrooms and five bathrooms, and McCartney had already been leasing it at the time of the sale. Allegedly, it was the site of Harrison’s 2001 death. Though reporting suggested it was McCartney who bought the property, its title is reportedly held by Mike Walley, one of his associates. It’s not entirely clear if Walley owns the home in earnest, or if his name was used for privacy reasons. Either way, it hasn’t changed hands since.

McCartney also has reported ties to another home located just across the street. That 15,500-square-foot pad was originally built in 1941 for Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. In addition to McCartney, it has reportedly been home to Betty Grable, Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, and Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. However, the details of McCartney’s time there are unclear; it’s possible that he once rented or owned the home, but it’s not currently in his portfolio.

NYC penthouse

McCartney and Shevell picked up a New York City property in 2015, paying $15.5 million for a two-story penthouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The 10-room apartment boasted floor-to-ceiling glass with impeccable park and city views, but was in desperate need of renovations. McCartney gutted the place—but never completed the project. That’s why, when the music legend offloaded the unfinished home in 2022, it was at a severe loss, selling for just $8.5 million.

Hamptons home

McCartney also owns a summer house in the Hamptons. Details about his initial purchase aren’t publicly available, but the former Beatle has held property on Long Island for a long time. According to Corcoran, McCartney began summering in East Hampton early on in his marriage to his first wife, Linda. In 2009, he added a three-bedroom, two-bathroom guest house to his Amagansett compound—reportedly, it was the third home on the estate. The area holds extra significance to the musician, who met Shevell in the Long Island enclave in 2007.