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. Richard Branson Lived here @ 11 Holland Park, London
12. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
13. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
14. Anderson & Sheppard @ 17 Clifford Street, Mayfair
15. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
16. Mary Quant's Bazaar @ Markham House, 138a King's Road, Chelsea
17. The General Trading Stores @ 26 Symons Street, Sloane Square, London
18. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
19. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
20. Truefitt and Hill @ 71 St. James's Street, Mayfair
21. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
22. The Year Round Christmas Shop @ Hays Galleria, 55a Tooley Street, London
23. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
24. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
25. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
26. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
27. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
28. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
29. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
30. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
31. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
32. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
33. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
34. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
35. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
36. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
37. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
38. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
39. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
40. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
41. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
42. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
43. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
44. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street
45. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
46. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
47. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
48. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
49. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
50. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
51. Kristin Baybars Toyshop @ 7 Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak
52. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
53. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
54. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
55. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
56. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
57. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
58. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
59. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
60. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
61. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
62. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
63. Agnes Marshalls Food Empire @ 32 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia
64. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
65. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
66. The Shop the Looters Ignored @ 70-72 St John's Road, Clapham
67. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
68. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
69. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
70. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
71. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
72. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
73. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
74. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
75. Where Do I Find Good Beer? @ Stoke Newington Church Street
76. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
77. A Market With Mexican Roots @ Portobello Road
78. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
79. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
80. Chrisp Street Market @ Chrisp Street, Poplar
81. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
82. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
83. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
84. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
85. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
86. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
87. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
88. What no Drugs? @ 101 Leather Lane
89. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
90. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
91. Tigers in Town @ Oxford Street
92. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
93. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
94. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
95. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
96. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
97. The Sights of Soho @ Meard Street, Soho
98. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
99. Good Gifts in a Tree @ 53 Exmouth Market
100. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
101. Tip-Top Umbrellas @ James Smith & Sons, 53 New Oxford Street
102. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
103. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
104. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
105. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
106. Charing Cross Book Worms @ Charing Cross Road
107. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
108. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
109. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
110. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
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