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!
MORE RETAIL SIGHTS:
11. Richard Branson Lived here @ 11 Holland Park, London
12. A Market steeped in History @ Leather Lane
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. Treadwell's Bookshop @ 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury
17. The General Trading Stores @ 26 Symons Street, Sloane Square, London
18. Anderson & Sheppard @ 17 Clifford Street, Mayfair
19. McLaren and Westwood's SEX @ 430 Kings Road, London
20. Truefitt and Hill @ 71 St. James's Street, Mayfair
21. Kristin Baybars Toyshop @ 7 Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak
22. Orwell's Booklovers Corner @ 1 South End Road, Hampstead, London
23. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
24. Walthamstow Market @ Hoe Street to St James's Street
25. Winfield House @ North West Regents Park, London
26. Binks in Bates @ 21a Jermyn Street, St. James's, London
27. The Year Round Christmas Shop @ Hays Galleria, 55a Tooley Street, London
28. Harrods @ 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
29. Pink Floyd's Drum Shop @ 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury
30. Tea, Tea, Glorious Tea @ 45 Berwick Street, Soho
31. Westfield Stratford City East @ Montfichet Road, Olympic Park
32. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
33. Raymond's Revue Bar @ 11 Walkers Court, Brewer Street, Soho, London
34. ExCel London @ Custom House, Docklands
35. Virgin Born Here @ 2 Symons Street, London
36. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
37. Maple House @ 149 Tottenham Court Road
38. Habitat & Joseph's First Home @ 77 Fulham Road, Chelsea
39. The Great Pearl Robbery @ 88 Hatton Garden, Holborn
40. Where the Tricks came from @ 25 New Oxford Street
41. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
42. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ 186 Fleet Street, London
43. Seven Sisters Market @ Pueblito Paisa, 231 High Road, Seven Sisters, Lo
44. The Westfield London @ Shepherd's Bush, London
45. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
46. George Wombwell's Menagerie @ Old Compton Street
47. Catch the best fishmongers @ 88-90 Essex Road
48. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
49. The Old Curiosity Shop @ 13-14 Portsmouth Street, London
50. Tomorrow Never Dies Car Chase @ Brent Cross Car Park, Brent Cross
51. Churchill's Favourite for Cheese @ 93 Jermyn Street
52. Sainsbury's started here @ 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London
53. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
54. Trinkets, Gems and Tourists @ Covent Garden
55. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
56. Market...stop shouting, go Shop @ Stadium Car Park, Engineers Way
57. Floris Perfumerie @ 89 Jermyn Street, London
58. Mr Freedom and Mr Feed em @ 20 Kensington Church Street, Kensington
59. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
60. R. Soles of London @ 109A Kings Road, Chelsea
61. The Shop the Looters Ignored @ 70-72 St John's Road, Clapham
62. Portobello Road Markets @ Portobello Road
63. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
64. Fox and Lewis @ 19 St James Street, London
65. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
66. Tantalise those Taste Buds @ 38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
67. Agnes Marshalls Food Empire @ 32 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia
68. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
69. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
70. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
71. Cricket in Covent Garden @ 21 Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, London
72. Jimmy Greaves Sports Shop @ 1 New Road, South Chingford
73. Bethnal Green...a Snatch @ 88 Teesdale Street
74. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
75. London's Finest Recordshop @ 1 Earlham Street
76. Where Do I Find Good Beer? @ Stoke Newington Church Street
77. Bagels while you Shop @ Nicole Farhi, 202 Westbourne Grove
78. Chrisp Street Market @ Chrisp Street, Poplar
79. Making Cake since the 1900s @ 111 Sydenham Road
80. Experts in Retro @ 4 Nettlefold Place
81. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
82. Old Spitalfields Market @ 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields
83. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
84. Gong...Notting Hill @ 142 Portobello Road
85. A Market With Mexican Roots @ Portobello Road
86. What no Drugs? @ 101 Leather Lane
87. Good Gifts in a Tree @ 53 Exmouth Market
88. White's Chocolate House @ 69 St. James Street
89. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
90. Debenhams. a loo with a view @ 334-348 Oxford Street
91. Faraday's Apprenticeship @ 48 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
92. Former Toilet for your Jeweller @ 58 Davies Street
93. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
94. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
95. Feeling Honourable? @ 86 Lower Marsh, Lambeth
96. The Sights of Soho @ Meard Street, Soho
97. Once a great Music Venue @ 246 Hackney Road
98. The First McDonalds in UK @ Powis Street, Woolwich
99. Tigers in Town @ Oxford Street
100. Retail on the River @ Gabriel's Wharf
101. John Lobb Bootmakers @ 9 St. James's Street, London
102. Tip-Top Umbrellas @ James Smith & Sons, 53 New Oxford Street
103. The first Waitrose @ 263 High Street, Acton Hill
104. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
105. Cupcakes in Kensington @ 132 Kensington Church Street
106. WH Smith lived here @ 12c Hyde Park Street, Bayswater
107. Labour and Wait... @ 18 Cheshire Street
108. Home to the Geisha Kimonos @ 1-7 Davies Mews
109. Charing Cross Book Worms @ Charing Cross Road
110. Magic and Comedy @ 145 Wardour Street
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