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!
MORE RETAIL SIGHTS:
11. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
12. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
13. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
14. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
15. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
16. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
17. Woolwich Works @ The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal
18. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
19. A Market going down in History @ Harrow Road & Fernhead Road
20. Mary Quant's Bazaar @ Markham House, 138a King's Road, Chelsea
21. Whiteleys: Shopping was Murder @ Queensway, London
22. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
23. The first ever Tesco @ 9 Watling Avenue, Burnt Oak
24. The General Trading Stores @ 26 Symons Street, Sloane Square, London
25. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
26. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
27. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
28. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street
29. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
30. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
31. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
32. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
33. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
34. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
35. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
36. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
37. The First Shop in the World @ 25 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London
38. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
39. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
40. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
41. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
42. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
43. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
44. Truefitt and Hill @ 71 St. James's Street, Mayfair
45. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
46. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
47. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
48. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
49. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
50. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
51. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
52. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
53. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
54. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
55. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
56. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
57. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
58. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
59. Good Gifts in a Tree @ 53 Exmouth Market
60. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
61. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
62. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
63. Bloodgate Source @ 268 Lavender Hill, London
64. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
65. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
66. The Shop the Looters Ignored @ 70-72 St John's Road, Clapham
67. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
68. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
69. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
70. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
71. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
72. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
73. Tigers in Town @ Oxford Street
74. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
75. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
76. Yuletide Food with French Flair @ 202 Upper Street, Islington
77. Is This The New Portobello? @ Lower Marsh
78. Tip-Top Umbrellas @ James Smith & Sons, 53 New Oxford Street
79. Chrisp Street Market @ Chrisp Street, Poplar
80. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
81. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
82. Lock & Co...Historical Hats @ 6 St. James's Street
83. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
84. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
85. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
86. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
87. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
88. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
89. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
90. Radical booksellers since 1945 @ 5 Caledonian Road
91. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
92. Sally Clarke's @ 122 & 124 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
93. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
94. The Kensington Poltergeist @ 20 Bute Street, South Kensington, London
95. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
96. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
97. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
98. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
99. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
100. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
101. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
102. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
103. Anderson & Sheppard @ 17 Clifford Street, Mayfair
104. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
105. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
106. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
107. Kristin Baybars Toyshop @ 7 Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak
108. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
109. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street
110. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
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