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London Shopping

Drury Tea & Coffee Co. Ltd.

Location: Covent Garden

Type: Independent Shops

Drury Tea & Coffee Co. Ltd.

Harrods

Harrods is one of the largest and most famous department stores in the world. Originally opened as a grocers’ in 1849 by Charles Henry Harrod, it moved to Knightsbridge in 1849. The store famously ...more »

  • Location: Knightsbridge
  • Type: Famous Department Stores
  • Tel: 020 7730 1234

Hamleys

Hamleys is one of the grandest and most famous toy stores in the world, and attracts around five million visitors every year. It all began in 1760 as “Noah’s Ark”, when William Hamley set out to open ...more »

  • Location: Regents Street
  • Type: Famous Department Stores
  • Tel: 0870 333 2455

Drury Tea & Coffee Co. Ltd.

For all the tea and coffee connoisseurs out there, if you haven't done so already, you need to check Drury out. Hiding among the tangle of roads in London's quirky Covent Garden, the Drury Tea & Coffe ...more »

  • Location: Covent Garden
  • Type: Independent Shops
  • Tel: 020 7836 1960

Columbia Road Flower Market

If the grey weather is getting you down and you need a lift spirits then why not visit the Columbia Road Flower Market on Sundays – open between 8am – 2pm. This vibrant, colourful market is bound to ...more »

  • Location: Tower Hamlets
  • Type: Markets
  • Tel: 020 7377 8963

Rokit

Vintage! Between the high-end, super-unique boutiques and the cheap-as-chips markets and thrift stores lies Rokit. ...more »

  • Location: Covent Garden
  • Type: Independent Shops
  • Tel: 020 7836 6547

Brick Lane

Nestled in the heart of London’s Bangladeshi and Bengali communities, you will find Brick Lane Market, known to locals as Banglatown. The area, in recent years, has become quite a trendy hangout for ...more »

  • Location: Brick Lane
  • Type: Markets

Brixton Market

There are a multitude of reasons to love Brixton Market. It’s loud. It’s cluttered and intense, a hot mess of African and Caribbean stalls selling produce, old and new records and colourful threads. ...more »

  • Location: Lambeth
  • Type: Markets
  • Tel: 020 7926 2530

Vivienne Westwood

Her early striking designs featured Scottish tartan prints, safety pins and bondage. Today her collection is more refined and appeals to a wider audience, but is unique in its British heritage. ...more »

  • Location: Mayfair
  • Type: Designer Boutiques
  • Tel: 0207 439 1109

Bond Street

One of London’s most famous shopping streets, Bond Street is home to the crème de la crème of the world’s designer brands. ...more »

  • Location: Oxford Circus
  • Type: Iconic Shopping Streets

Selfridges

If you’re a Londoner, there really is only one department store - Selfridges. ...more »

  • Location: Oxford Circus
  • Type: Famous Department Stores
  • Tel: 0800 123400

All London Shopping

Our Local Experts say:

London's fashion past has always been a vibrant one and with London Fashion week becoming a huge event in the capital, its future looks dynamic too. On this page you will find all the information you need to shop in London.

Visit Bond Street and Oxford Street for a manic shopping spree taking in the best of designer and high street shops, the two Westfields (Shepherd's Bush and Stratford) for Europe's biggest shopping centres or, for a whole day out, visit the bustling Camden Market. Window shopping or bust-the-bank spends, London's diverse and rich fashion scene means you'll never leave without getting what you want. Further afield, you'll find music stores on Denmark Street, antiques at Portobello Market and Spitalfields and a bustling food scene at Broadway Market and Borough Market. London also has some excellent book and music stores, selling everything from Iggy and the Stooges to Tolstoy.

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