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. Anderson & Sheppard @ 17 Clifford Street, Mayfair
12. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
13. The First Shop in the World @ 25 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London
14. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
15. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
16. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
17. Whiteleys: Shopping was Murder @ Queensway, London
18. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
19. Mary Quant's Bazaar @ Markham House, 138a King's Road, Chelsea
20. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
21. The General Trading Stores @ 26 Symons Street, Sloane Square, London
22. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
23. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
24. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
25. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
26. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
27. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
28. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
29. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
30. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
31. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
32. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
33. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
34. Simply Sausages @ Harts Corner, 341 London Central Markets
35. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
36. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
37. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
38. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
39. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
40. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
41. Coal Drops Yard @ Kings Cross
42. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
43. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
44. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
45. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
46. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
47. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
48. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
49. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
50. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
51. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
52. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
53. Truefitt and Hill @ 71 St. James's Street, Mayfair
54. Where Do I Find Good Beer? @ Stoke Newington Church Street
55. Yuletide Food with French Flair @ 202 Upper Street, Islington
56. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
57. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
58. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
59. Agnes Marshalls Food Empire @ 32 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia
60. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
61. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street
62. Kristin Baybars Toyshop @ 7 Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak
63. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
64. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
65. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
66. Lock & Co...Historical Hats @ 6 St. James's Street
67. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
68. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
69. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
70. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
71. House of the Mystery Hat @ Goldhawk Road
72. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
73. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
74. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
75. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
76. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
77. Farming Markets for a Decade @ Cramer Street Car park, Marylebone High Street
78. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
79. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
80. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
81. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
82. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
83. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
84. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
85. Sally Clarke's @ 122 & 124 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
86. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
87. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
88. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
89. Indiana Jones' Hat Shop @ 13 Old Burlington Street, Mayfair
90. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
91. A Market going down in History @ Harrow Road & Fernhead Road
92. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
93. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
94. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
95. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
96. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
97. Tigers in Town @ Oxford Street
98. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
99. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
100. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
101. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
102. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
103. Chrisp Street Market @ Chrisp Street, Poplar
104. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
105. Radical booksellers since 1945 @ 5 Caledonian Road
106. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
107. The Sights of Soho @ Meard Street, Soho
108. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
109. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
110. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street