Retail Top Retail-related places to visit in London.

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!

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11. Truefitt and Hill @ 71 St. James's Street, Mayfair
12. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
13. The first ever Tesco @ 9 Watling Avenue, Burnt Oak
14. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
15. Jimmy Page's Equinox @ 4 Holland Street, Kensington
16. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
17. Mary Quant's Bazaar @ Markham House, 138a King's Road, Chelsea
18. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
19. Whiteleys: Shopping was Murder @ Queensway, London
20. Richard Branson Lived here @ 11 Holland Park, London
21. The Sights of Soho @ Meard Street, Soho
22. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
23. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
24. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
25. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
26. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
27. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
28. The Year Round Christmas Shop @ Hays Galleria, 55a Tooley Street, London
29. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
30. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
31. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
32. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
33. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
34. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
35. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
36. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
37. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
38. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
39. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
40. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
41. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
42. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
43. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
44. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
45. Anderson & Sheppard @ 17 Clifford Street, Mayfair
46. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
47. Coal Drops Yard @ Kings Cross
48. Agnes Marshalls Food Empire @ 32 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia
49. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
50. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
51. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
52. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
53. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
54. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
55. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
56. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
57. Woolwich Works @ The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal
58. The General Trading Stores @ 26 Symons Street, Sloane Square, London
59. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
60. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
61. The First Shop in the World @ 25 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London
62. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
63. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
64. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
65. Chrisp Street Market @ Chrisp Street, Poplar
66. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
67. Where Do I Find Good Beer? @ Stoke Newington Church Street
68. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
69. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
70. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
71. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
72. Farming Markets for a Decade @ Cramer Street Car park, Marylebone High Street
73. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
74. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
75. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
76. Liberty @ Regent Street, London
77. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
78. Home to the Geisha Kimonos @ 1-7 Davies Mews
79. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
80. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
81. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
82. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
83. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
84. Simply Sausages @ Harts Corner, 341 London Central Markets
85. Tip-Top Umbrellas @ James Smith & Sons, 53 New Oxford Street
86. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
87. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
88. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
89. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
90. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
91. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
92. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
93. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
94. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
95. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
96. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
97. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
98. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
99. Radical booksellers since 1945 @ 5 Caledonian Road
100. Bloodgate Source @ 268 Lavender Hill, London
101. Yuletide Food with French Flair @ 202 Upper Street, Islington
102. Quercus - Publishing Revelation @ 21 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury
103. Garrards Jewellers @ 24 Albemarle Street, Mayfair
104. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
105. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
106. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
107. A Market going down in History @ Harrow Road & Fernhead Road
108. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
109. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
110. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road