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. Simply Sausages @ Harts Corner, 341 London Central Markets
12. Richard Branson Lived here @ 11 Holland Park, London
13. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
14. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
15. Mary Quant's Bazaar @ Markham House, 138a King's Road, Chelsea
16. The Year Round Christmas Shop @ Hays Galleria, 55a Tooley Street, London
17. The First Shop in the World @ 25 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London
18. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
19. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
20. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
21. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
22. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
23. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
24. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
25. Truefitt and Hill @ 71 St. James's Street, Mayfair
26. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
27. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
28. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
29. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
30. The Shop the Looters Ignored @ 70-72 St John's Road, Clapham
31. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
32. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
33. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
34. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
35. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
36. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
37. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
38. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
39. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
40. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
41. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
42. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
43. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
44. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street
45. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
46. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
47. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
48. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
49. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
50. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
51. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
52. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
53. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
54. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
55. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
56. Yuletide Food with French Flair @ 202 Upper Street, Islington
57. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
58. Sally Clarke's @ 122 & 124 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
59. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
60. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
61. Woolwich Works @ The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal
62. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
63. Agnes Marshalls Food Empire @ 32 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia
64. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
65. Good Gifts in a Tree @ 53 Exmouth Market
66. Quercus - Publishing Revelation @ 21 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury
67. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
68. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
69. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
70. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
71. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
72. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
73. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
74. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
75. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
76. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
77. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street
78. Walk In Back Rub @ 11 Charlotte Place
79. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
80. The Sights of Soho @ Meard Street, Soho
81. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
82. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
83. Anderson & Sheppard @ 17 Clifford Street, Mayfair
84. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
85. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
86. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
87. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
88. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
89. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
90. Liberty @ Regent Street, London
91. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
92. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
93. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
94. Chrisp Street Market @ Chrisp Street, Poplar
95. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
96. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
97. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
98. Garrards Jewellers @ 24 Albemarle Street, Mayfair
99. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
100. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
101. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
102. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
103. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
104. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
105. Farming Markets for a Decade @ Cramer Street Car park, Marylebone High Street
106. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
107. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
108. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
109. Kristin Baybars Toyshop @ 7 Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak
110. Charing Cross Book Worms @ Charing Cross Road
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