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. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
12. The First Shop in the World @ 25 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London
13. The first ever Tesco @ 9 Watling Avenue, Burnt Oak
14. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
15. Richard Branson Lived here @ 11 Holland Park, London
16. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
17. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
18. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
19. Whiteleys: Shopping was Murder @ Queensway, London
20. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
21. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
22. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
23. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
24. Oldest Shopfront in London @ 56 Artillery Lane
25. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
26. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
27. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
28. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
29. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
30. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
31. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
32. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
33. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
34. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
35. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
36. Jigsaw and Kate Middleton @ 9 Argyll Street
37. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
38. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
39. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
40. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
41. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street
42. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
43. Bloodgate Source @ 268 Lavender Hill, London
44. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
45. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
46. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
47. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
48. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
49. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
50. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
51. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
52. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street
53. Indiana Jones' Hat Shop @ 13 Old Burlington Street, Mayfair
54. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
55. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
56. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
57. Coal Drops Yard @ Kings Cross
58. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
59. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
60. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
61. Sally Clarke's @ 122 & 124 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
62. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
63. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
64. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
65. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
66. Lock & Co...Historical Hats @ 6 St. James's Street
67. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
68. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
69. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
70. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
71. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
72. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
73. Where Do I Find Good Beer? @ Stoke Newington Church Street
74. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
75. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
76. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
77. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
78. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
79. The Kensington Poltergeist @ 20 Bute Street, South Kensington, London
80. Walk In Back Rub @ 11 Charlotte Place
81. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
82. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
83. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
84. A Market going down in History @ Harrow Road & Fernhead Road
85. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
86. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
87. Home to the Geisha Kimonos @ 1-7 Davies Mews
88. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
89. Agnes Marshalls Food Empire @ 32 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia
90. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
91. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
92. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
93. Kristin Baybars Toyshop @ 7 Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak
94. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
95. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
96. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
97. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
98. Charing Cross Book Worms @ Charing Cross Road
99. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
100. The Boxpark @ Bethnal Green Road
101. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
102. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
103. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
104. Is This The New Portobello? @ Lower Marsh
105. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
106. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
107. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
108. House of the Mystery Hat @ Goldhawk Road
109. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
110. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place