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. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
12. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
13. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
14. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
15. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
16. Whiteleys: Shopping was Murder @ Queensway, London
17. Kristin Baybars Toyshop @ 7 Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak
18. Angels and Bermans @ 119 Shaftesbury Avenue, London
19. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
20. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
21. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
22. Simply Sausages @ Harts Corner, 341 London Central Markets
23. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
24. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
25. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
26. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
27. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
28. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
29. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
30. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
31. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
32. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
33. Richard Branson Lived here @ 11 Holland Park, London
34. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
35. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
36. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
37. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
38. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
39. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
40. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
41. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
42. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
43. Yuletide Food with French Flair @ 202 Upper Street, Islington
44. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
45. Home to the Geisha Kimonos @ 1-7 Davies Mews
46. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
47. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
48. Chrisp Street Market @ Chrisp Street, Poplar
49. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
50. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
51. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
52. The Kensington Poltergeist @ 20 Bute Street, South Kensington, London
53. 80 years and still Dancing @ 94 St Martin's Lane
54. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street
55. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
56. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
57. Where Do I Find Good Beer? @ Stoke Newington Church Street
58. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
59. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
60. Charing Cross Book Worms @ Charing Cross Road
61. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
62. Walk In Back Rub @ 11 Charlotte Place
63. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
64. A Market going down in History @ Harrow Road & Fernhead Road
65. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
66. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
67. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
68. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
69. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
70. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
71. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
72. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
73. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
74. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
75. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
76. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
77. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
78. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
79. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
80. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
81. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
82. Farming Markets for a Decade @ Cramer Street Car park, Marylebone High Street
83. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
84. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
85. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
86. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
87. Mary Quant's Bazaar @ Markham House, 138a King's Road, Chelsea
88. Tip-Top Umbrellas @ James Smith & Sons, 53 New Oxford Street
89. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
90. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street
91. What no Drugs? @ 101 Leather Lane
92. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
93. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
94. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
95. Quercus - Publishing Revelation @ 21 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury
96. Oldest Shopfront in London @ 56 Artillery Lane
97. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
98. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
99. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
100. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
101. Is This The New Portobello? @ Lower Marsh
102. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
103. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
104. Radical booksellers since 1945 @ 5 Caledonian Road
105. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
106. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
107. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
108. Garrards Jewellers @ 24 Albemarle Street, Mayfair
109. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
110. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden