Must-see shopping in London

  • Orsini

    Notting Hill & West London

    One of the most appealing women's vintage designer collections in town, Orsini is very small but worth the effort to get to if you’re looking for a gem…

  • Housmans

    North London

    If you're searching for hard-to-find tomes on a progressive, radical, pacifist, feminist, socialist, communist or LGBTQ+ theme, this long-standing, not…

  • Waterstones Bloomsbury

    The West End

    Beautiful branch of the giant bookshop chain in a gorgeous 19th-century terracotta building in the heart of London university land.

  • Stanley Gibbons

    The West End

    This mecca for stamp- and coin-collectors has more than three million stamps.

  • Brick Lane Street Sign

    Brick Lane Market

    Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

    Every Sunday, the stretch of Brick Lane between Buxton St and Bethnal Green Rd is closed to traffic so stallholders can set up shop. Stands of fried…

  • London Silver Vaults

    London

    For one of London's oddest shopping experiences, pass through security and descend 12m into the windowless subterranean depths of the London Silver Vaults…

  • Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9¾

    North London

    Pottermania refuses to die down and Diagon Alley remains impossible to find, but if you have junior witches and wizards seeking a wand of their own, take…

  • Monocle Shop

    The West End

    Run by the people behind the design and international current affairs magazine Monocle, this tiny (and attitudy) shop stocks very costly clothing, bags,…

  • Cadenhead's Whisky Shop & Tasting Room

    The West End

    Scotland's oldest independent bottler of pure, non-blended whisky from local distilleries, this shop is a joy for anyone with a passion for uisge-beatha …

  • Minamoto Kitchoan

    The West End

    Walking into this Japanese sweet shop is a mind-blowing experience. Wagashi (Japanese sweets) are made out of all sorts of rice and sweet red-bean paste …

  • Labour & Wait

    Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

    Dedicated to simple and functional, yet scrumptiously stylish, traditional British and European homewares, Labour & Wait specialises in items by…

  • British Red Cross

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    The motto 'One man's rubbish is another man's treasure' couldn't be truer in this part of London, where the 'rubbish' is made up of designer gowns,…

  • Atika

    Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

    One of the capital's biggest vintage clothing stores, Atika has more than 20,000 hand-selected items for men and women covering the last four decades. The…

  • Browns

    The West End

    Edgy and exciting, this series of knocked-together shops on upmarket South Molton St is full of luxury threads and shoes from internationally renowned…

  • One New Change

    London

    This modern, multilevel shopping centre is filled with places to eat for all budgets and all the usual chain-store suspects – and is thankfully open on…

  • James J Fox

    The West End

    James J Fox has been in business for over 230 years and any cigar merchant that kept Winston Churchill well supplied with maduros has to be a reliable…

  • Skoob Books

    The West End

    Subterranean Skoob has to be London's largest second-hand bookshop, with some 55,000 titles spread over 186 sq metres of basement space, with about 5000…

  • Berwick Street Market

    The West End

    South of Oxford St and running parallel to Wardour St, this fruit-and-vegetable market has managed to hang on to its prime location since the late 18th…

  • Sting

    The West End

    This Dutch chain is a ‘network of brands’: most of the clothes it stocks are European labels that are little known in the UK. Spread over three floors,…

  • Topshop

    The West End

    Hailing from London, Topshop is one of many 'high street' clothing retailers selling racks of inexpensive fast fashion. Every week more than 400,000…

  • Paul Smith

    The West End

    Paul Smith represents the best of British classics with innovative twists. Super-stylish menswear, suits and tailored shirts are all laid out on open…

  • Beyond Retro

    The West End

    A more central basement outlet of an enormous warehouse on Cheshire St just off Brick Lane in East London, Beyond Retro sells vintage and some vintage…

  • Moomin Shop

    The West End

    This tiny shop in Covent Garden's central market building is a temple to all things Moomin – that weird hippo-like character created by Finnish artist…

  • House of Hackney

    Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

    Selling everything from furniture to china and clothing, all in the zaniest of prints, this store is well worth a look. If you ever wanted to have your…

  • Mr Start

    Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

    This supremely elegant and cool menswear boutique is brought to you by fashion designer Philip Start. It offers casualwear as well as tailoring, all made…

  • Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop

    The West End

    This traditional toyshop is stuffed with the things that kids of all ages love: Victorian paper theatres, wooden marionettes, finger puppets and antique…

  • Toko

    Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court

    This small jewellery shop down charming Brewers Lane sells an intriguing and eye-catching collection of necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings,…

  • Space NK

    The West End

    Space NK specialises in skincare products and stocks such brands as Eve Lom and Chantecaille, as well as anti-ageing products from the likes of RéVive…

  • St Paul's Cathedral Shop

    London

    The place to come for essentials such as St Paul's snow globes and silk scarves printed with Cathedral artworks, the crypt shop also sells all of the…

  • Ray’s Jazz

    The West End

    Quiet and serene with friendly and helpful staff, this shop on the 2nd floor of Foyles bookshop has one of the best CD and vinyl jazz selections in London.

  • Twentytwentyone

    North London

    Crammed with exceedingly cool, mainly northern-European-designed objects, this is a great spot for quirky gifts or high-quality homewares. A £465 toilet…

  • Primark

    The West End

    Despite bad press about its manufacturing methods, the flagship store of Primark is still crammed to the rafters with shoppers hunting for bargain (cheap)…

  • Ginger Pig

    The West End

    Arguably London’s best butcher serves up lunch and picnic fare included sliced meats, pies, sausage rolls and salads.

  • Karen Millen

    The West End

    An upmarket womenswear store, with glam suit-trousers, voluptuous knits, shiny trench coats and evening frocks.

  • Jigsaw

    The West End

    Classic yet slightly boho clothes for women, with an emphasis on tweeds and knits.

  • Reiss

    The West End

    A classic English label of understated fashion with a good dose of class.

  • French Connection UK

    The West End

    FCUK is good for party outfits, girly frills and cool men's clothing.

  • Oasis

    The West End

    Good catwalk copies for women that are sure to keep you on trend.

  • Vintage House

    The West End

    If you can't make it to Scotland on your trip to the UK, stop by this whisky connoisseur’s paradise, one of London's oldest, which stocks more than 1300…

  • The entrance to Merton Abbey Mills

    Merton Abbey Mills

    London

    A heritage site located on the picturesque banks of the River Wandle, Merton Abbey Mills is a beacon of culture lighting up an otherwise rather drab part…

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