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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. The Sights of Soho	5. The First Shop in the World
6. Mary Quant's Bazaar	7. Angels and Bermans	8. The first ever Tesco	9. The Beatles Apple Shop	10. The Oldest Bank in London

MORE RETAIL SIGHTS:

11. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
12. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
13. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
14. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
15. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
16. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
17. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
18. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
19. The Year Round Christmas Shop @ Hays Galleria, 55a Tooley Street, London
20. Simply Sausages @ Harts Corner, 341 London Central Markets
21. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
22. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
23. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
24. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
25. Oldest Shopfront in London @ 56 Artillery Lane
26. Tip-Top Umbrellas @ James Smith & Sons, 53 New Oxford Street
27. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
28. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
29. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
30. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
31. Garrards Jewellers @ 24 Albemarle Street, Mayfair
32. Jimmy Page's Equinox @ 4 Holland Street, Kensington
33. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
34. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
35. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
36. Whiteleys: Shopping was Murder @ Queensway, London
37. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
38. Radical booksellers since 1945 @ 5 Caledonian Road
39. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
40. Sally Clarke's @ 122 & 124 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
41. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
42. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
43. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
44. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
45. Lock & Co...Historical Hats @ 6 St. James's Street
46. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
47. The General Trading Stores @ 26 Symons Street, Sloane Square, London
48. Home to the Geisha Kimonos @ 1-7 Davies Mews
49. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
50. Farming Markets for a Decade @ Cramer Street Car park, Marylebone High Street
51. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
52. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
53. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
54. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
55. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
56. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
57. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
58. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
59. Change Alley @ Bank, London
60. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
61. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
62. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
63. Indiana Jones' Hat Shop @ 13 Old Burlington Street, Mayfair
64. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
65. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
66. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
67. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
68. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
69. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
70. Is This The New Portobello? @ Lower Marsh
71. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
72. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
73. Liberty @ Regent Street, London
74. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
75. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
76. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
77. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
78. House of the Mystery Hat @ Goldhawk Road
79. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
80. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street
81. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
82. Charing Cross Book Worms @ Charing Cross Road
83. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
84. The Boxpark @ Bethnal Green Road
85. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
86. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
87. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
88. Good Gifts in a Tree @ 53 Exmouth Market
89. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
90. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
91. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
92. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
93. Bloodgate Source @ 268 Lavender Hill, London
94. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
95. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
96. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
97. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
98. Quercus - Publishing Revelation @ 21 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury
99. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
100. Where Do I Find Good Beer? @ Stoke Newington Church Street
101. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
102. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
103. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
104. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
105. A Market With Mexican Roots @ Portobello Road
106. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
107. The Kensington Poltergeist @ 20 Bute Street, South Kensington, London
108. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
109. 80 years and still Dancing @ 94 St Martin's Lane
110. Tigers in Town @ Oxford Street

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