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. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
12. The Year Round Christmas Shop @ Hays Galleria, 55a Tooley Street, London
13. HMV's first Celebrity Opening @ 363 Oxford Street
14. House of the Mystery Hat @ Goldhawk Road
15. Good Gifts in a Tree @ 53 Exmouth Market
16. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
17. Chrisp Street Market @ Chrisp Street, Poplar
18. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
19. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
20. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
21. The General Trading Stores @ 26 Symons Street, Sloane Square, London
22. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
23. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
24. Anderson & Sheppard @ 17 Clifford Street, Mayfair
25. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
26. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
27. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
28. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
29. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
30. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
31. Tigers in Town @ Oxford Street
32. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
33. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
34. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
35. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
36. Truefitt and Hill @ 71 St. James's Street, Mayfair
37. Liberty @ Regent Street, London
38. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
39. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
40. Where Do I Find Good Beer? @ Stoke Newington Church Street
41. Feel the fibre of the fabric @ Joel & Son Fabrics, 75-83 Church Street
42. Home to the Geisha Kimonos @ 1-7 Davies Mews
43. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
44. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
45. A Market With Mexican Roots @ Portobello Road
46. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
47. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
48. 80 years and still Dancing @ 94 St Martin's Lane
49. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
50. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
51. Richard Branson Lived here @ 11 Holland Park, London
52. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
53. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
54. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
55. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
56. Yuletide Food with French Flair @ 202 Upper Street, Islington
57. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
58. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
59. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
60. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
61. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
62. Lock & Co...Historical Hats @ 6 St. James's Street
63. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
64. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
65. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
66. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
67. Charing Cross Book Worms @ Charing Cross Road
68. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
69. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
70. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
71. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
72. What no Drugs? @ 101 Leather Lane
73. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
74. Kristin Baybars Toyshop @ 7 Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak
75. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
76. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
77. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street
78. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
79. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
80. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
81. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
82. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
83. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
84. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
85. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
86. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
87. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
88. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
89. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
90. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
91. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
92. Hamleys Toy Store @ 188 - 196 Regent Street
93. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
94. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
95. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
96. The Kensington Poltergeist @ 20 Bute Street, South Kensington, London
97. Walk In Back Rub @ 11 Charlotte Place
98. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
99. Farming Markets for a Decade @ Cramer Street Car park, Marylebone High Street
100. Agnes Marshalls Food Empire @ 32 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia
101. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
102. Quercus - Publishing Revelation @ 21 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury
103. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
104. Garrards Jewellers @ 24 Albemarle Street, Mayfair
105. Sally Clarke's @ 122 & 124 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
106. The Shop the Looters Ignored @ 70-72 St John's Road, Clapham
107. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
108. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
109. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
110. Scandinavian Food for All @ 61 Great Titchfield Street