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Top Retail-related places to visit in London.

It's what girls do best, and London never disappoints. Here are some of top shopping locations and retail highlights, from the oldest to the most celebrated. Spend a penny!

TOP 10 RETAIL RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:

1. McLaren and Westwood's SEX	2. Merlin's Cave	3. Richard Branson Lived here	4. Mary Quant's Bazaar	5. The First Shop in the World
6. The first ever Tesco	7. The Sights of Soho	8. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks	9. Orwell's Booklovers Corner	10. The Beatles Apple Shop

MORE RETAIL SIGHTS:

11. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
12. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
13. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
14. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
15. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
16. Angels and Bermans @ 119 Shaftesbury Avenue, London
17. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
18. Simply Sausages @ Harts Corner, 341 London Central Markets
19. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
20. The Year Round Christmas Shop @ Hays Galleria, 55a Tooley Street, London
21. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
22. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
23. Oldest Shopfront in London @ 56 Artillery Lane
24. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
25. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
26. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
27. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
28. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
29. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
30. Garrards Jewellers @ 24 Albemarle Street, Mayfair
31. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
32. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
33. Tip-Top Umbrellas @ James Smith & Sons, 53 New Oxford Street
34. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
35. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
36. Radical booksellers since 1945 @ 5 Caledonian Road
37. Sally Clarke's @ 122 & 124 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
38. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
39. The General Trading Stores @ 26 Symons Street, Sloane Square, London
40. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
41. Lock & Co...Historical Hats @ 6 St. James's Street
42. Home to the Geisha Kimonos @ 1-7 Davies Mews
43. Whiteleys: Shopping was Murder @ Queensway, London
44. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
45. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
46. Indiana Jones' Hat Shop @ 13 Old Burlington Street, Mayfair
47. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
48. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
49. Charing Cross Book Worms @ Charing Cross Road
50. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
51. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
52. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
53. Farming Markets for a Decade @ Cramer Street Car park, Marylebone High Street
54. Jimmy Page's Equinox @ 4 Holland Street, Kensington
55. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
56. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
57. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
58. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
59. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
60. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
61. Change Alley @ Bank, London
62. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
63. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
64. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
65. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
66. Is This The New Portobello? @ Lower Marsh
67. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
68. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
69. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
70. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
71. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
72. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
73. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
74. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
75. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
76. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
77. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street
78. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
79. Liberty @ Regent Street, London
80. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
81. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
82. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
83. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
84. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
85. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
86. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
87. Good Gifts in a Tree @ 53 Exmouth Market
88. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
89. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
90. A Market With Mexican Roots @ Portobello Road
91. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
92. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
93. The Boxpark @ Bethnal Green Road
94. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
95. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
96. House of the Mystery Hat @ Goldhawk Road
97. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
98. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
99. Quercus - Publishing Revelation @ 21 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury
100. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
101. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
102. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
103. Tigers in Town @ Oxford Street
104. 80 years and still Dancing @ 94 St Martin's Lane
105. Bloodgate Source @ 268 Lavender Hill, London
106. The Kensington Poltergeist @ 20 Bute Street, South Kensington, London
107. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
108. The Shop the Looters Ignored @ 70-72 St John's Road, Clapham
109. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
110. A Market going down in History @ Harrow Road & Fernhead Road

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