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. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
12. The first ever Tesco @ 9 Watling Avenue, Burnt Oak
13. Whiteleys: Shopping was Murder @ Queensway, London
14. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
15. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
16. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
17. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
18. Home to the Geisha Kimonos @ 1-7 Davies Mews
19. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
20. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
21. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
22. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
23. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
24. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
25. Woolwich Works @ The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal
26. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
27. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
28. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
29. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
30. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
31. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
32. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
33. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
34. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
35. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
36. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
37. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
38. The First Shop in the World @ 25 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London
39. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
40. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
41. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
42. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
43. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
44. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
45. Quercus - Publishing Revelation @ 21 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury
46. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
47. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
48. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
49. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
50. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street
51. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
52. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
53. Anderson & Sheppard @ 17 Clifford Street, Mayfair
54. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
55. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
56. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
57. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
58. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
59. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
60. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
61. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
62. Bloodgate Source @ 268 Lavender Hill, London
63. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street
64. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
65. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
66. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
67. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
68. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
69. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
70. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
71. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
72. A Market With Mexican Roots @ Portobello Road
73. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
74. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
75. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
76. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
77. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
78. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
79. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
80. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
81. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
82. Coal Drops Yard @ Kings Cross
83. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
84. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
85. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
86. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
87. Lock & Co...Historical Hats @ 6 St. James's Street
88. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
89. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
90. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
91. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
92. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
93. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
94. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
95. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
96. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
97. Yuletide Food with French Flair @ 202 Upper Street, Islington
98. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
99. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
100. The Boxpark @ Bethnal Green Road
101. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
102. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
103. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
104. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
105. Truefitt and Hill @ 71 St. James's Street, Mayfair
106. Liberty @ Regent Street, London
107. Radical booksellers since 1945 @ 5 Caledonian Road
108. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
109. The Sights of Soho @ Meard Street, Soho
110. Indiana Jones' Hat Shop @ 13 Old Burlington Street, Mayfair