{"category":{"slug":"shopping","name":"Shopping","blurb":"The shops worth a journey, from the department stores to the one-room specialists, and the streets known for one thing. Filter by what you are after and by what you want to spend.","all":"All of Shopping","see_also":null,"reading":null,"unit":["shop","shops"]},"filters":[{"id":"district","label":"Shopping districts","field":"types","group":"Show me","exclusive":"showme","badge":true,"badge_label":"Shopping district"},{"id":"department","label":"Department stores","field":"types","group":"Show me","exclusive":"showme","badge":true},{"id":"popular","label":"Most popular shops","field":"types","group":"Show me","exclusive":"showme","badge":false},{"id":"food","label":"Food & drink","field":"types","group":"Product","badge":true,"promote":true},{"id":"clothes","label":"Clothes & shoes","field":"types","group":"Product","badge":true,"promote":true},{"id":"jewellery","label":"Jewellery & watches","field":"types","group":"Product","badge":true,"promote":true},{"id":"books","label":"Books","field":"types","group":"Product","badge":true},{"id":"home","label":"Home & design","field":"types","group":"Product","badge":true},{"id":"beauty","label":"Beauty & perfume","field":"types","group":"Product","badge":true},{"id":"toys","label":"Toys & games","field":"types","group":"Product","badge":true},{"id":"antiques","label":"Antiques & art","field":"types","group":"Product","badge":true},{"id":"luxury","label":"Luxury","field":"types","group":"Price","badge":true,"promote":true},{"id":"mid","label":"Mid-range","field":"types","group":"Price","badge":true},{"id":"bargains","label":"Bargains","field":"types","group":"Price","badge":true,"promote":true}],"venue_events":false,"zones":[{"name":"Jewellery","street":"Bond Street","slug":"bond-street","kind":"jewellery","width_m":55,"spine":[[-0.13999,51.50807],[-0.14145,51.50953],[-0.14145,51.50953],[-0.14249,51.51039],[-0.14437,51.5122]],"note":"Old Bond Street and the lower end of New Bond Street: the jewellers and the watchmakers, from Tiffany to the small rooms upstairs."},{"name":"Luxury fashion","street":"Bond Street","slug":"bond-street","kind":"clothes","width_m":55,"spine":[[-0.14437,51.5122],[-0.14692,51.51465]],"note":"The upper end of New Bond Street: the fashion houses' London flagships."},{"name":"Suits and tailoring","street":"Savile Row","slug":"savile-row","kind":"clothes","width_m":45,"spine":[[-0.14182,51.51229],[-0.14151,51.51208],[-0.13973,51.51015]],"note":"Savile Row, where a suit is cut for you and takes three months."},{"name":"Shirts and shoes","street":"Jermyn Street","slug":"jermyn-street","kind":"clothes","width_m":45,"spine":[[-0.14002,51.50724],[-0.13287,51.50972]],"note":"Jermyn Street: shirtmakers, shoemakers, a cheesemonger and a perfumer, most of them there for a century or two."},{"name":"Jewellery","street":"Hatton Garden","slug":"hatton-garden","kind":"jewellery","width_m":45,"spine":[[-0.10761,51.51782],[-0.10879,51.52155],[-0.10926,51.52189]],"note":"Hatton Garden, the trade's own street: rings made and priced without a Bond Street frontage."},{"name":"Books","street":"Charing Cross Road","slug":"charing-cross-road","kind":"books","width_m":50,"spine":[[-0.13037,51.51642],[-0.13023,51.51572],[-0.12952,51.514],[-0.12844,51.51211],[-0.12831,51.51026],[-0.12804,51.50987],[-0.12744,51.50949]],"note":"Charing Cross Road, the bookshop street, Foyles at the top of it."},{"name":"Second-hand books","street":"Cecil Court","slug":"cecil-court","kind":"books","width_m":30,"spine":[[-0.1284,51.51071],[-0.12695,51.51074]],"note":"Cecil Court: a pedestrian lane of antiquarian and second-hand bookshops, maps and prints."},{"name":"Flagship stores","street":"Regent Street","slug":"regent-street","kind":"general","width_m":70,"spine":[[-0.13464,51.51009],[-0.13513,51.51013],[-0.13617,51.50985],[-0.13657,51.50984],[-0.13744,51.50995],[-0.13818,51.51027],[-0.14163,51.51412],[-0.14226,51.51604]],"note":"Regent Street from Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circus: the big names' flagships under one curved facade."},{"name":"Department stores and the high street","street":"Oxford Street","slug":"oxford-street","kind":"department","width_m":70,"spine":[[-0.15831,51.51329],[-0.15802,51.51349],[-0.14678,51.51466],[-0.1407,51.51549],[-0.13465,51.51607]],"note":"Oxford Street: Selfridges, John Lewis and the high street at its densest."},{"name":"Independent fashion","street":"Carnaby Street","slug":"carnaby-street","kind":"clothes","width_m":40,"spine":[[-0.13785,51.51226],[-0.13945,51.5138]],"note":"Carnaby Street and the lanes off it: independent labels rather than the chains."},{"name":"Luxury fashion","street":"Sloane Street","slug":"sloane-street","kind":"clothes","width_m":55,"spine":[[-0.16038,51.50175],[-0.16001,51.50088],[-0.15774,51.49271]],"note":"Sloane Street, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square: the fashion houses' other row."},{"name":"Harrods and Knightsbridge","street":"Brompton Road","slug":"brompton-road","kind":"department","width_m":65,"spine":[[-0.16105,51.50167],[-0.16122,51.50142],[-0.16303,51.5],[-0.16598,51.49842],[-0.16904,51.49662],[-0.16936,51.49605]],"note":"Brompton Road: Harrods, Harvey Nichols round the corner, and the shops that gather near them."},{"name":"Fashion and interiors","street":"King's Road","slug":"kings-road","kind":"clothes","width_m":55,"spine":[[-0.18098,51.48179],[-0.17742,51.48309],[-0.17704,51.48337],[-0.17694,51.48377],[-0.17667,51.48403],[-0.17342,51.48565],[-0.16399,51.48936],[-0.16085,51.49105],[-0.15831,51.49226]],"note":"The King's Road: fashion since the sixties, and the interiors shops that followed."},{"name":"A village high street","street":"Marylebone High Street","slug":"marylebone-high-street","kind":"general","width_m":50,"spine":[[-0.15191,51.5208],[-0.15191,51.52139],[-0.15114,51.52273],[-0.15114,51.52307]],"note":"Marylebone High Street: a village street in the West End, Daunt Books at its heart."},{"name":"Antiques","street":"Portobello Road","slug":"portobello-road","kind":"antiques","width_m":50,"spine":[[-0.1976,51.51109],[-0.19825,51.51102],[-0.20231,51.5129],[-0.20423,51.51449],[-0.20497,51.51591],[-0.20605,51.51723]],"note":"Portobello Road's antiques stretch, at its fullest on a Saturday morning."},{"name":"Flower market, Sundays","street":"Columbia Road","slug":"columbia-road","kind":"general","width_m":40,"spine":[[-0.06731,51.53109],[-0.06725,51.53087],[-0.06926,51.52942],[-0.07097,51.52849],[-0.07448,51.52816],[-0.07601,51.52811]],"note":"Columbia Road: the flower market on Sunday mornings, and the small shops behind the stalls."},{"name":"Vintage","street":"Brick Lane","slug":"brick-lane","kind":"clothes","width_m":50,"spine":[[-0.07143,51.51853],[-0.07178,51.51934],[-0.07187,51.52029],[-0.07146,51.52327],[-0.07173,51.52499]],"note":"Brick Lane north of the railway: vintage clothes by the kilo and by the piece."},{"name":"Jewellery and cashmere","street":"Burlington Arcade","slug":"burlington-arcade","kind":"jewellery","width_m":25,"spine":[[-0.14088,51.50968],[-0.13952,51.50833]],"note":"Burlington Arcade, under its beadles since 1819."},{"name":"Markets and vintage","street":"Camden High Street","slug":"camden-high-street","kind":"general","width_m":60,"spine":[[-0.14183,51.538],[-0.14412,51.54067],[-0.14519,51.54138]],"note":"Camden High Street to the Lock: the markets, and the shops that grew out of them."},{"name":"General shopping","street":"Westfield London","slug":"westfield-london","kind":"general","width_m":840,"spine":[[-0.2213,51.5077]],"note":"Westfield London: two hundred shops under one roof at White City."},{"name":"General shopping","street":"Westfield Stratford City","slug":"westfield-stratford-city","kind":"general","width_m":840,"spine":[[-0.0068,51.5435]],"note":"Westfield Stratford City, beside the Olympic Park."},{"name":"Design and fashion","street":"Coal Drops Yard","slug":"coal-drops-yard","kind":"home","width_m":520,"spine":[[-0.1262,51.5352]],"note":"Coal Drops Yard: Victorian coal sheds at King's Cross, a curved roof over the shops that took them."},{"name":"Independent fashion and beauty","street":"Seven Dials","slug":"seven-dials","kind":"clothes","width_m":480,"spine":[[-0.127,51.514]],"note":"Seven Dials: the seven streets off the sundial, independent fashion and beauty."},{"name":"Interiors and design","street":"Chelsea Design District","slug":"chelsea-design-district","kind":"home","width_m":640,"spine":[[-0.1822,51.4788]],"note":"The Chelsea Design Quarter: the interiors trade's showrooms along Lots Road and the western King's Road, open to anyone."}],"river":{"line":[[51.43061,-0.51115],[51.42936,-0.51025],[51.42839,-0.50996],[51.42646,-0.50967],[51.42507,-0.50974],[51.42386,-0.50994],[51.42238,-0.51064],[51.42021,-0.51233],[51.4189,-0.51293],[51.4175,-0.51277],[51.41723,-0.51237],[51.41691,-0.51143],[51.41697,-0.51014],[51.4174,-0.50815],[51.4174,-0.50712],[51.41724,-0.50615],[51.41654,-0.50414],[51.41548,-0.50215],[51.41468,-0.50165],[51.41413,-0.50173],[51.41398,-0.50157],[51.41365,-0.50057],[51.41328,-0.50082],[51.41288,-0.50081],[51.41133,-0.50012],[51.4108,-0.50048],[51.41065,-0.50091],[51.41068,-0.50248],[51.4108,-0.50326],[51.41104,-0.50372],[51.4114,-0.50376],[51.41202,-0.5034],[51.41334,-0.50216],[51.41413,-0.50173],[51.41408,-0.49813],[51.41548,-0.50215],[51.41468,-0.50165],[51.41439,-0.50097],[51.41414,-0.49996],[51.41408,-0.49813],[51.41362,-0.49634],[51.41283,-0.4944],[51.41202,-0.49333],[51.41084,-0.49269],[51.40991,-0.49251],[51.40723,-0.49309],[51.40538,-0.49297],[51.40406,-0.49169],[51.40325,-0.49119],[51.40232,-0.49121],[51.40047,-0.49197],[51.39968,-0.49185],[51.39921,-0.49163],[51.39874,-0.4911],[51.39676,-0.48788],[51.39553,-0.48691],[51.39456,-0.48658],[51.39255,-0.48653],[51.39034,-0.48603],[51.38958,-0.48629],[51.39178,-0.48706],[51.39216,-0.48695],[51.39255,-0.48653],[51.38958,-0.48629],[51.38862,-0.48641],[51.38774,-0.48582],[51.38707,-0.48512],[51.38671,-0.48443],[51.38649,-0.48321],[51.38664,-0.48223],[51.38709,-0.48133],[51.3879,-0.48032],[51.38981,-0.47903],[51.39009,-0.47869],[51.39038,-0.47776],[51.39012,-0.4765],[51.38765,-0.47228],[51.38637,-0.47059],[51.38588,-0.47016],[51.38495,-0.46985],[51.38268,-0.47104],[51.38207,-0.47063],[51.38189,-0.46997],[51.38189,-0.46831],[51.38285,-0.46551],[51.38298,-0.4645],[51.38264,-0.46298],[51.38182,-0.46135],[51.38133,-0.46135],[51.38041,-0.46183],[51.38003,-0.46224],[51.37975,-0.46292],[51.37915,-0.4635],[51.37867,-0.4634],[51.37846,-0.46292],[51.37842,-0.46206],[51.37859,-0.46148],[51.37933,-0.46075],[51.38057,-0.45801],[51.38114,-0.45741],[51.38057,-0.45801],[51.38272,-0.4522],[51.38261,-0.45231],[51.38254,-0.45302],[51.38263,-0.45537],[51.38248,-0.4565],[51.38114,-0.45741],[51.38095,-0.45811],[51.38094,-0.45908],[51.38108,-0.45972],[51.38191,-0.4614],[51.382,-0.45911],[51.38248,-0.4565],[51.38258,-0.45608],[51.38324,-0.45497],[51.38314,-0.45334],[51.38272,-0.4522],[51.38271,-0.45186],[51.38328,-0.45094],[51.3841,-0.45032],[51.38488,-0.45022],[51.3856,-0.45058],[51.3868,-0.45198],[51.38724,-0.45214],[51.3876,-0.45196],[51.38788,-0.45119],[51.38795,-0.45021],[51.38779,-0.44962],[51.38708,-0.44832],[51.38674,-0.44656],[51.38684,-0.44532],[51.38721,-0.44415],[51.38755,-0.44378],[51.38785,-0.44361],[51.38897,-0.4436],[51.38969,-0.44296],[51.3898,-0.44268],[51.38972,-0.44175],[51.38948,-0.44121],[51.38785,-0.43909],[51.38668,-0.43813],[51.38565,-0.43779],[51.3847,-0.43692],[51.38441,-0.43631],[51.38424,-0.43504],[51.38429,-0.43419],[51.38461,-0.43304],[51.38543,-0.43218],[51.38739,-0.43123],[51.38788,-0.43055],[51.38833,-0.4292],[51.3884,-0.42657],[51.38867,-0.42579],[51.39044,-0.42312],[51.39202,-0.42124],[51.39313,-0.4202],[51.39408,-0.41892],[51.39512,-0.41791],[51.39662,-0.41733],[51.39965,-0.41392],[51.4012,-0.41244],[51.40412,-0.40834],[51.40481,-0.40716],[51.40518,-0.40564],[51.40528,-0.40585],[51.40506,-0.40679],[51.40481,-0.40716],[51.40537,-0.40658],[51.40579,-0.40528],[51.40533,-0.40556],[51.40528,-0.40585],[51.4053,-0.40513],[51.40579,-0.40392],[51.40624,-0.40168],[51.40794,-0.3972],[51.40965,-0.39126],[51.40912,-0.38555],[51.40801,-0.38121],[51.40783,-0.37945],[51.40789,-0.37812],[51.40826,-0.37639],[51.4086,-0.37317],[51.41113,-0.3665],[51.4108,-0.37075],[51.41009,-0.37347],[51.40829,-0.37615],[51.41166,-0.36442],[51.41191,-0.36312],[51.41204,-0.36126],[51.41204,-0.36001],[51.41188,-0.35907],[51.41075,-0.35538],[51.40981,-0.35513],[51.40761,-0.3507],[51.40701,-0.34996],[51.40603,-0.3482],[51.40588,-0.3471],[51.40398,-0.34381],[51.40341,-0.34143],[51.40309,-0.34066],[51.40174,-0.33897],[51.40031,-0.33793],[51.39949,-0.33709],[51.39592,-0.33229],[51.39409,-0.33081],[51.39231,-0.32869],[51.39177,-0.32769],[51.39162,-0.32708],[51.39143,-0.32569],[51.3915,-0.32461],[51.39259,-0.31986],[51.39332,-0.31829],[51.39706,-0.31295],[51.39757,-0.31242],[51.39848,-0.31191],[51.40015,-0.30952],[51.40125,-0.30899],[51.40282,-0.30869],[51.40423,-0.30871],[51.40579,-0.30901],[51.40917,-0.30907],[51.41259,-0.30842],[51.41462,-0.30844],[51.41727,-0.30755],[51.41887,-0.30665],[51.41937,-0.30675],[51.42049,-0.30653],[51.42126,-0.30595],[51.42305,-0.30673],[51.42463,-0.30799],[51.4257,-0.30926],[51.42676,-0.31108],[51.42988,-0.3182],[51.4314,-0.3241],[51.43091,-0.32341],[51.43094,-0.32236],[51.43091,-0.32341],[51.43315,-0.32719],[51.4311,-0.32281],[51.43133,-0.32311],[51.4311,-0.32281],[51.43196,-0.32595],[51.43375,-0.32781],[51.43641,-0.32846],[51.44003,-0.33068],[51.44103,-0.33082],[51.4417,-0.33056],[51.44319,-0.32908],[51.44368,-0.32816],[51.44573,-0.32108],[51.44603,-0.31947],[51.44643,-0.31554],[51.44786,-0.30921],[51.44839,-0.30743],[51.44947,-0.30544],[51.45044,-0.30433],[51.45103,-0.30383],[51.45264,-0.30325],[51.45439,-0.30388],[51.45681,-0.30608],[51.45816,-0.30806],[51.46031,-0.31392],[51.46223,-0.31719],[51.46215,-0.31622],[51.46156,-0.31613],[51.46176,-0.31724],[51.46276,-0.31799],[51.46416,-0.32003],[51.4649,-0.32072],[51.46556,-0.32094],[51.46598,-0.32163],[51.46613,-0.32168],[51.46754,-0.32171],[51.46769,-0.32156],[51.46874,-0.32177],[51.46936,-0.32164],[51.47019,-0.32124],[51.47075,-0.32045],[51.47099,-0.31941],[51.47105,-0.31847],[51.46539,-0.3208],[51.46703,-0.31996],[51.46856,-0.31971],[51.47085,-0.31878],[51.47159,-0.31733],[51.47249,-0.31422],[51.47357,-0.31127],[51.47479,-0.30833],[51.47542,-0.3072],[51.47666,-0.30567],[51.47841,-0.30438],[51.47995,-0.30275],[51.48158,-0.30046],[51.48288,-0.29912],[51.48516,-0.29556],[51.48579,-0.29398],[51.48641,-0.29165],[51.4868,-0.28907],[51.4871,-0.28865],[51.4874,-0.28979],[51.48729,-0.29173],[51.48712,-0.29252],[51.48593,-0.29615],[51.48553,-0.29688],[51.48439,-0.29781],[51.48406,-0.2977],[51.48345,-0.29815],[51.4871,-0.28865],[51.48681,-0.28613],[51.48633,-0.28412],[51.48572,-0.28272],[51.48519,-0.28234],[51.48494,-0.28194],[51.48382,-0.27917],[51.48222,-0.27716],[51.48119,-0.2763],[51.47874,-0.27514],[51.47695,-0.27407],[51.47472,-0.27209],[51.47322,-0.2701],[51.47177,-0.26712],[51.47131,-0.26555],[51.47088,-0.26297],[51.47086,-0.25971],[51.47126,-0.25729],[51.4722,-0.25479],[51.47313,-0.25336],[51.47475,-0.2519],[51.47723,-0.25071],[51.47889,-0.2504],[51.48106,-0.25047],[51.48251,-0.25024],[51.48402,-0.24943],[51.48525,-0.24814],[51.48703,-0.2447],[51.48842,-0.24265],[51.48924,-0.2405],[51.48958,-0.23871],[51.48968,-0.23741],[51.48965,-0.23474],[51.48946,-0.23337],[51.48898,-0.23198],[51.48811,-0.23028],[51.48676,-0.22845],[51.48565,-0.22729],[51.48487,-0.22681],[51.48177,-0.22564],[51.48095,-0.22579],[51.48016,-0.22562],[51.47756,-0.22563],[51.47608,-0.22522],[51.47457,-0.2241],[51.47233,-0.22176],[51.46923,-0.21781],[51.46782,-0.21537],[51.46703,-0.21338],[51.46645,-0.21164],[51.46478,-0.20533],[51.46415,-0.20102],[51.46402,-0.19887],[51.46409,-0.19748],[51.4639,-0.19519],[51.46399,-0.19319],[51.46432,-0.19017],[51.46511,-0.18739],[51.46606,-0.18505],[51.46745,-0.18298],[51.46918,-0.18153],[51.47105,-0.18038],[51.47272,-0.17963],[51.47342,-0.17902],[51.47621,-0.17808],[51.4768,-0.17765],[51.47759,-0.17776],[51.47998,-0.17523],[51.48068,-0.17394],[51.48137,-0.17218],[51.48219,-0.16801],[51.48264,-0.16424],[51.48283,-0.16348],[51.4831,-0.16018],[51.48453,-0.15002],[51.48462,-0.14624],[51.48434,-0.14352],[51.48386,-0.14039],[51.48386,-0.13756],[51.48468,-0.13286],[51.48596,-0.12936],[51.488,-0.12676],[51.49119,-0.12404],[51.49215,-0.12386],[51.49378,-0.12299],[51.49553,-0.12259],[51.50422,-0.12126],[51.5058,-0.12073],[51.50696,-0.11975],[51.50827,-0.11806],[51.50895,-0.11632],[51.5095,-0.11391],[51.5098,-0.11107],[51.50991,-0.10651],[51.50981,-0.10159],[51.50933,-0.09602],[51.50836,-0.09193],[51.50769,-0.08519],[51.50697,-0.08063],[51.505,-0.07333],[51.50388,-0.07072],[51.50245,-0.06579],[51.50193,-0.06273],[51.50167,-0.0602],[51.50195,-0.05785],[51.50239,-0.05598],[51.5028,-0.05487],[51.50658,-0.04815],[51.50793,-0.0455],[51.50837,-0.04393],[51.50859,-0.0421],[51.50862,-0.03962],[51.50849,-0.03824],[51.50808,-0.03609],[51.50759,-0.03417],[51.50691,-0.03239],[51.50644,-0.0315],[51.50542,-0.03036],[51.50406,-0.02966],[51.50269,-0.02937],[51.49841,-0.03002],[51.49467,-0.03014],[51.49303,-0.02982],[51.49163,-0.02901],[51.48943,-0.02729],[51.48748,-0.02469],[51.4868,-0.02344],[51.48539,-0.02002],[51.48477,-0.01765],[51.48452,-0.01337],[51.48474,-0.0106],[51.48516,-0.00826],[51.48581,-0.00575],[51.48661,-0.00389],[51.48768,-0.00219],[51.48831,-0.00148],[51.48932,-0.00078],[51.49091,-0.00045],[51.49266,-0.00083],[51.4967,-0.0036],[51.49834,-0.00453],[51.50012,-0.00509],[51.50146,-0.00504],[51.50324,-0.00433],[51.50494,-0.00277],[51.50587,-0.00132],[51.5065,0.00048],[51.50677,0.0027],[51.5067,0.00418],[51.50616,0.00597],[51.50551,0.0076],[51.50486,0.00882],[51.50408,0.00992],[51.49939,0.01534],[51.49881,0.01622],[51.49736,0.01919],[51.49652,0.02192],[51.49615,0.02401],[51.496,0.02686],[51.49609,0.02905],[51.49682,0.03494],[51.49683,0.03642],[51.4972,0.04015],[51.49737,0.04419],[51.49717,0.04951],[51.49643,0.05863],[51.49677,0.06619],[51.49748,0.07153],[51.49786,0.07319],[51.49838,0.07486],[51.49949,0.0771],[51.50049,0.07845],[51.50216,0.08027],[51.50474,0.08275],[51.50749,0.08495],[51.50969,0.08805],[51.51099,0.09095],[51.51155,0.094],[51.5119,0.09971],[51.51192,0.10088],[51.51164,0.10348],[51.5115,0.10662],[51.51156,0.10819],[51.51183,0.11023],[51.51283,0.11449],[51.51314,0.11659],[51.51358,0.11829],[51.51449,0.12077],[51.51515,0.12337],[51.51543,0.12527],[51.51553,0.12771],[51.51543,0.13053],[51.51521,0.1327],[51.51459,0.13593],[51.51377,0.13904],[51.51159,0.14454],[51.51037,0.14809],[51.50925,0.15326],[51.50887,0.1564],[51.50871,0.16006],[51.50845,0.16173],[51.50802,0.16359],[51.50693,0.16691],[51.5057,0.16966],[51.50365,0.17258],[51.50217,0.17413],[51.50115,0.17495],[51.4998,0.17572],[51.49704,0.17689],[51.49184,0.17835],[51.49045,0.17901],[51.48896,0.18002],[51.488,0.18083],[51.48697,0.18214],[51.48623,0.18333],[51.48539,0.18515],[51.48445,0.18818],[51.48415,0.19197],[51.48419,0.19556],[51.48439,0.19901],[51.4857,0.2077],[51.48588,0.21031],[51.48563,0.21382],[51.48491,0.21718],[51.48294,0.2221],[51.48133,0.22574],[51.48004,0.22775],[51.47685,0.23351],[51.47248,0.24078],[51.47019,0.2452],[51.46687,0.25275],[51.46342,0.26201],[51.46132,0.26627],[51.45982,0.26896],[51.45857,0.27206],[51.45807,0.27382],[51.45763,0.27602],[51.45747,0.28173],[51.45763,0.28353],[51.45797,0.28502],[51.45883,0.28754],[51.45995,0.28952],[51.46646,0.29875],[51.46925,0.30327],[51.46952,0.304],[51.46973,0.30509],[51.47002,0.30784],[51.47011,0.31338],[51.46976,0.31544],[51.46857,0.31895],[51.4677,0.32065],[51.46628,0.32247],[51.46273,0.32587],[51.45796,0.32944],[51.45305,0.33265],[51.45197,0.33413],[51.4505,0.33778],[51.44988,0.33997],[51.44923,0.34442],[51.44875,0.34887],[51.44835,0.35597]],"crossings":[[51.41387,-0.50124],[51.38887,-0.48638],[51.38094,-0.45909],[51.38731,-0.43127],[51.40523,-0.40673],[51.41018,-0.37313],[51.4037,-0.34262],[51.43076,-0.32163],[51.46208,-0.31748],[51.46054,-0.31432],[51.41117,-0.30869],[51.45743,-0.30699],[51.48697,-0.28752],[51.47306,-0.26977],[51.47283,-0.25382],[51.48822,-0.2305],[51.46694,-0.2131],[51.46589,-0.20954],[51.46499,-0.18783],[51.48123,-0.17253],[51.48235,-0.16667],[51.48454,-0.14966],[51.4876,-0.12727],[51.49453,-0.12282],[51.50085,-0.12178],[51.50642,-0.12021],[51.50868,-0.11701],[51.50987,-0.10431],[51.50955,-0.09853],[51.50887,-0.09406],[51.50793,-0.08763],[51.50557,-0.07544],[51.48489,-0.00976],[51.49659,0.06225]]},"places":[{"slug":"berry-bros-rudd","name":"Berry Bros. & Rudd","area":"St James's","address":"3 St James's Street, SW1A 1EG","station":"Green Park","walk":4,"lat":51.505554,"lng":-0.138067,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":"https://www.bbr.com/customer-support/our-shops","hours_short":"No. 3 is offices, cellars and tasting rooms rather than a shop. The Spirits Shop at 1 St James's Street and the Wine Shop at 63 Pall Mall both open Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 19:00 and Saturday 10:00 to 18:00, and close Sunday, Monday and bank holidays.","hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.bbr.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/675816727","types":["food","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Wine merchants on the same site since 1698, in a shop whose floor slopes and whose scales weighed Byron.","note":"The premises have barely changed: bowed windows, panelling black with age, and a floor that has subsided so much it slopes visibly. The giant coffee scales in the front room were used to weigh customers from 1765 - the ledgers record Byron, Pitt the Younger and the Aga Khan among thousands of others.\n\nIt holds royal warrants and sells everything from twelve-pound bottles to first growths, though no longer over the counter at No. 3: the wine moved to a purpose-built shop at 63 Pall Mall in 2017 and the spirits to No. 1, next door. The cellars underneath run out beneath the street.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/berry-bros-rudd.jpg?v=4bbb61ba","thumb":"/img/berry-bros-rudd-480.jpg?v=2d82b24e","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Berry Brothers & Rudd, London, September 2016","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Edwardx, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berry_Brothers_%26_Rudd,_London,_September_2016_03.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/berry-bros-rudd","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Wine","href":"/wine/berry-bros-rudd/"},{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/berry-bros-rudd/"}],"maps_q":"Berry Bros. & Rudd, 3 St James's Street, SW1A 1EG, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Truefitt & Hill","s":"truefitt-hill","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":53},{"n":"Christie's","s":"christies","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":81},{"n":"Stern Pissarro Gallery","s":"stern-pissarro-gallery","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":93}],"near_same":[{"s":"lock-co-hatters","m":21},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":229},{"s":"floris-london","m":293},{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":298},{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":312},{"s":"hatchards","m":324}]},{"slug":"bond-street","name":"Bond Street","area":"Mayfair","address":"Bond Street, W1S","station":"Green Park","walk":5,"lat":51.510134,"lng":-0.14218,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","district","jewellery","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The jewellers at the bottom, the fashion houses at the top, and the auction rooms in between.","note":"Old Bond Street runs up from Piccadilly with the jewellers and watchmakers, Tiffany and Cartier at street level and smaller firms in the rooms above, and New Bond Street carries on to Oxford Street with the fashion houses' London flagships. Sotheby's has been on the street since 1917, and the Royal Arcade cuts through to Albemarle Street. Burlington Gardens is the seam between the two halves.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Bond Street, W1S, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Stephen Friedman Gallery","s":"stephen-friedman-gallery","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":35},{"n":"Faraday Museum","s":"faraday-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":48},{"n":"Waddington Custot","s":"waddington-custot","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":53}],"near_same":[{"s":"savile-row","m":158},{"s":"burlington-arcade","m":185},{"s":"regent-street","m":268},{"s":"hatchards","m":340},{"s":"hamleys","m":345},{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":348}]},{"slug":"brick-lane","name":"Brick Lane","area":"Spitalfields","address":"Brick Lane, E1","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":3,"lat":51.521749,"lng":-0.071669,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["bargains","clothes","district"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Vintage clothes by the kilo and by the piece, north of the railway.","note":"North of the Truman Brewery the street and the streets off it are the centre of London's vintage trade: Beyond Retro, Rokit and the warehouses that sell by weight, with the Sunday markets in the Brewery's yards adding food and records. South of the railway it is the curry houses and the Bangladeshi grocers. Cheshire Street, off it, has the better small shops.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Beautiful Streets","href":"/beautiful-streets/brick-lane/"}],"maps_q":"Brick Lane, E1, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The London Coffee Festival","s":"the-london-coffee-festival","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":37},{"n":"Brick Lane Curry Festival","s":"brick-lane-curry-festival","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":81},{"n":"Museum of Immigration and Diversity","s":"museum-of-immigration-and-diversity","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":219}],"near_same":[{"s":"columbia-road","m":766},{"s":"hatton-garden","m":2540},{"s":"twinings","m":3000},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":3840},{"s":"seven-dials","m":3924},{"s":"coal-drops-yard","m":4057}]},{"slug":"brompton-road","name":"Brompton Road","area":"Knightsbridge","address":"Brompton Road, SW3","station":"Knightsbridge","walk":5,"lat":51.498838,"lng":-0.165199,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["department","district","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Harrods, Harvey Nichols round the corner, and the shops that gather near them.","note":"Harrods takes a whole block of the road's south side, and the shops either side of it sell what its customers want on the way past: cashmere, luggage, chocolate, perfume. Harvey Nichols is at the Knightsbridge end, and the Brompton Oratory closes the view at the other.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Brompton Road, SW3, London","in_area":{"slug":"south-kensington","name":"South Kensington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Harrods Food Hall","s":"harrods-food-hall","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":158},{"n":"Brompton Oratory","s":"brompton-oratory","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":360},{"n":"Victoria and Albert Museum","s":"victoria-and-albert-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":524}],"near_same":[{"s":"harrods","m":158},{"s":"sloane-street","m":464},{"s":"harvey-nichols","m":489},{"s":"peter-jones","m":850},{"s":"kings-road","m":1348},{"s":"selfridges","m":1960}]},{"slug":"burlington-arcade","name":"Burlington Arcade","area":"Mayfair","address":"Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, W1J","station":"Green Park","walk":4,"lat":51.50901,"lng":-0.140192,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/183994026","types":["clothes","jewellery","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The first shopping arcade in Britain, still patrolled by beadles in top hats who will stop you whistling.","note":"Lord George Cavendish built it in 1819, reputedly to stop passers-by throwing oyster shells into his garden, and it was the first covered shopping street in the country. Seventy-odd shops sell jewellery, watches, cashmere and shoes under a glass roof.\n\nThe Burlington Beadles are the oldest small police force in Britain, in Edwardian frock coats and top hats, and the arcade's Regency rules still stand: no whistling, no singing, no running and no opened umbrellas.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/street-burlington-arcade.jpg?v=3aca6398","thumb":"/img/street-burlington-arcade-480.jpg?v=5489ffe9","width":1024,"height":768,"thumb_width":480,"alt":"The Piccadilly entrance to Burlington Arcade at night, wreathed in Christmas greenery and lights, shoppers under the glass roof","caption":"The Piccadilly end at Christmas, when the arcade is dressed from end to end."},"figures":[{"src":"/img/burlington-arcade.jpg?v=b6c430d1","thumb":"/img/burlington-arcade-480.jpg?v=65dd145b","width":682,"height":1024,"alt":"The arcade at Christmas: a tree hung with red baubles standing on the patterned marble floor, rows of large red baubles suspended the length of the glass roof, frosted garlands along the black shopfronts and a lit window display either side.","caption":"","credit":"","credit_url":"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-christmas-tree-in-the-middle-of-a-shopping-mall-1n4AUNk_uKY?utm_source=find.london&utm_medium=referral","source":"unsplash","unsplash":"1n4AUNk_uKY","photographer":"Euronewsweek Media","thumb_width":320}],"from":"classic-british-shops/burlington-arcade","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Beautiful Streets","href":"/beautiful-streets/burlington-arcade/"},{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/burlington-arcade/"}],"maps_q":"Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, W1J, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Penhaligon's","s":"penhaligons","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":9},{"n":"Trinity Fine Art","s":"trinity-fine-art","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":27},{"n":"Royal Academy of Arts","s":"royal-academy-of-arts","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":44}],"near_same":[{"s":"hatchards","m":159},{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":164},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":182},{"s":"bond-street","m":185},{"s":"floris-london","m":227},{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":242}]},{"slug":"camden-high-street","name":"Camden High Street","area":"Chalk Farm","address":"Camden High Street, NW1","station":"Camden Town","walk":1,"lat":51.539764,"lng":-0.143343,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["bargains","clothes","district"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The markets, and the shops that grew out of them.","note":"From the station north to the canal the street is the market district: Camden Market and the Stables through the arch, the Lock market by the bridge, and the high street shops between them selling boots, band shirts and the same things they sold in 1985. Weekends are crowded; on a weekday the markets are open and calm.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Camden High Street, NW1, London","in_area":{"slug":"camden","name":"Camden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Electric Ballroom","s":"electric-ballroom","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":25},{"n":"Jazz Cafe","s":"jazz-cafe","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":130},{"n":"Jewish Museum London","s":"jewish-museum-london","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":286}],"near_same":[{"s":"coal-drops-yard","m":1289},{"s":"marylebone-high-street","m":2062},{"s":"daunt-books-marylebone","m":2237},{"s":"john-lewis-oxford-street","m":2709},{"s":"oxford-street","m":2796},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":2800}]},{"slug":"carnaby-street","name":"Carnaby Street","area":"Soho","address":"Carnaby Street, W1F","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":4,"lat":51.51303,"lng":-0.13865,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","district","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Independent labels and the streets off it, sixty years after the boutiques made it famous.","note":"The pedestrian street behind Regent Street was the centre of Swinging London in the 1960s, and its shops today are a mix of independent labels, sneaker and streetwear stores and a few of the chains. Kingly Court, halfway along, is a courtyard of restaurants on three floors. Newburgh Street and Foubert's Place, off it, are quieter and better.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/carnaby-street.jpg?v=2490c588","thumb":"/img/carnaby-street-480.jpg?v=04ff387c","width":1024,"height":682,"thumb_width":480,"alt":"Carnaby Street with decorations strung above the shops","caption":"Carnaby Street, closed to traffic.","credit":"Photo by DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnaby_Street,_London_(January_2024)_04.jpg"},"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Beautiful Streets","href":"/beautiful-streets/carnaby-street/"}],"maps_q":"Carnaby Street, W1F, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Ganton Street","s":"ganton-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":33},{"n":"Donutelier Carnaby Street","s":"donutelier-carnaby-street","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":40},{"n":"Newburgh Street","s":"newburgh-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":58}],"near_same":[{"s":"hamleys","m":90},{"s":"liberty-london","m":133},{"s":"regent-street","m":136},{"s":"savile-row","m":245},{"s":"bond-street","m":404},{"s":"burlington-arcade","m":459}]},{"slug":"cecil-court","name":"Cecil Court","area":"Seven Dials","address":"Cecil Court, WC2N","station":"Leicester Square","walk":1,"lat":51.510725,"lng":-0.127675,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["antiques","books","district","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"A pedestrian lane of antiquarian bookshops, maps and prints, the book trade's since the 1890s.","note":"Twenty or so shops in a Victorian terrace sell first editions, children's books, maps, theatre ephemera and coins, under gas-style lamps and the original shopfronts. Watkins, the esoteric bookshop, has been here since 1901, and Marchpane sells nothing but children's books.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/cecil-court.jpg?v=0b849c63","thumb":"/img/cecil-court-480.jpg?v=de6d1805","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Cecil Court from Charing Cross Road","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Jack1956 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cecil-court-view.JPG","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Beautiful Streets","href":"/beautiful-streets/cecil-court/"},{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/cecil-court/"},{"name":"Literary London","href":"/literary/cecil-court/"}],"maps_q":"Cecil Court, WC2N, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Sotheran's","s":"sotherans","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":12},{"n":"La Gelatiera","s":"la-gelatiera","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":74},{"n":"Knoops Covent Garden","s":"knoops-covent-garden","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":78}],"near_same":[{"s":"charing-cross-road","m":256},{"s":"seven-dials","m":367},{"s":"foyles","m":428},{"s":"waterstones-piccadilly","m":599},{"s":"jermyn-street","m":656},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":682}]},{"slug":"charing-cross-road","name":"Charing Cross Road","area":"Seven Dials","address":"Charing Cross Road, WC2H","station":"Leicester Square","walk":2,"lat":51.5129,"lng":-0.128892,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["books","district","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The bookshop street, Foyles at the top of it.","note":"Foyles, rebuilt in 2014 at the north end, has four miles of shelving round a top-lit atrium. The second-hand and specialist shops that once lined the whole street have thinned, but Any Amount of Books and Henry Pordes hold on near Cambridge Circus. Number 84 was Marks & Co, the shop in Helene Hanff's book.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/charing-cross-road.jpg?v=d8c3a820","thumb":"/img/charing-cross-road-480.jpg?v=07695816","width":1024,"height":790,"alt":"Charing Cross Road","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_-_Charing_Cross_Road.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Harry Potter","href":"/harry-potter/charing-cross-road/"}],"maps_q":"Charing Cross Road, WC2H, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Stone Nest","s":"stone-nest","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":30},{"n":"Below Stone Nest","s":"below-stone-nest","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":32},{"n":"Cambridge Circus: le Carr\u00e9's Circus","s":"cambridge-circus-le-carres-circus","c":"secrets","cn":"Secrets & Espionage","m":42}],"near_same":[{"s":"foyles","m":173},{"s":"seven-dials","m":179},{"s":"cecil-court","m":256},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":464},{"s":"waterstones-piccadilly","m":650},{"s":"carnaby-street","m":675}]},{"slug":"chelsea-design-district","name":"Chelsea Design District","area":"Lot's Village","address":"Lots Road, SW10","station":"Imperial Wharf","walk":5,"lat":51.4788,"lng":-0.1822,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["district","home","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The interiors trade's showrooms along Lots Road and the western King's Road.","note":"The showrooms of the Chelsea Design Quarter cluster where the King's Road meets Lots Road: fabrics, furniture, lighting, kitchens and antiques, most of them open to anyone and not only to decorators. The Design Centre at Chelsea Harbour, under its three glass domes, is a few minutes further down Lots Road.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Chelsea Design District, Lots Road, SW10, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"606 Club","s":"606-club","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":66},{"n":"James McNeill Whistler","s":"james-mcneill-whistler-house","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":657},{"n":"Rococo Chocolates King's Road","s":"rococo-chocolates-kings-road","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":781}],"near_same":[{"s":"kings-road","m":1255},{"s":"peter-jones","m":2198},{"s":"brompton-road","m":2519},{"s":"sloane-street","m":2604},{"s":"harrods","m":2633},{"s":"harvey-nichols","m":2977}]},{"slug":"coal-drops-yard","name":"Coal Drops Yard","area":"Somers Town","address":"Stable Street, N1C 4DQ","station":"London St. Pancras International","walk":4,"lat":51.5352,"lng":-0.1262,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","district","home","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Victorian coal sheds at King's Cross, a curved roof over the shops that took them.","note":"The two coal sheds of the 1850s were joined by Thomas Heatherwick's swooping roof in 2018, and the shops under it are design and fashion: Tom Dixon's showroom, Cos, Aesop, Paul Smith and a run of independents, with restaurants on the upper walkways. Granary Square and the canal are alongside.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Coal Drops Yard, Stable Street, N1C 4DQ, London","in_area":{"slug":"kings-cross-st-pancras","name":"King's Cross & St Pancras"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Caravan King's Cross","s":"caravan-kings-cross","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":85},{"n":"Lethaby Gallery","s":"lethaby-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":91},{"n":"Camley Street Natural Park","s":"camley-street-natural-park","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":109}],"near_same":[{"s":"camden-high-street","m":1289},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":2042},{"s":"hatton-garden","m":2104},{"s":"marylebone-high-street","m":2293},{"s":"foyles","m":2341},{"s":"seven-dials","m":2357}]},{"slug":"columbia-road","name":"Columbia Road","area":"Shoreditch","address":"Columbia Road, E2","station":"Hoxton","walk":6,"lat":51.528618,"lng":-0.070734,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["bargains","district","home"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The flower market on Sunday mornings, and the small shops behind the stalls.","note":"On Sunday mornings the Victorian street fills with flower and plant stalls, and the shops behind them open for the day: garden things, ceramics, vintage, prints, a cupcake shop. The traders call out prices as the morning ends and the bunches get bigger. The rest of the week most of the shops are shut and the street is quiet.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Beautiful Streets","href":"/beautiful-streets/columbia-road/"}],"maps_q":"Columbia Road, E2, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Columbia Road Flower Market","s":"columbia-road-flower-market","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":49},{"n":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":92},{"n":"Pavilion Bakery","s":"pavilion-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":106}],"near_same":[{"s":"brick-lane","m":766},{"s":"hatton-garden","m":2771},{"s":"twinings","m":3376},{"s":"coal-drops-yard","m":3905},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":4082},{"s":"seven-dials","m":4218}]},{"slug":"daunt-books-marylebone","name":"Daunt Books Marylebone","area":"Marylebone","address":"83-84 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4QW","station":"Baker Street","walk":5,"lat":51.520423,"lng":-0.152248,"hours":[[9.0,19.5],[9.0,19.5],[9.0,19.5],[9.0,19.5],[9.0,19.5],[9.0,19.5],[11.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 09:00-19:30; Su 11:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shops/marylebone/","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.dauntbooks.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/148887992","types":["books","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"An Edwardian bookshop with oak galleries and a stained-glass window, arranged by country rather than by subject.","note":"The building was purpose-built as a bookshop in 1912 and is the most beautiful room of its kind in London: a long skylit hall with galleries on both sides and a conservatory window at the end.\n\nThe arrangement is the idea - novels, history, cookery and guides for a country shelved together, so looking up Japan puts Kawabata beside the walking guides. It works better than it sounds.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/own-daunt-books-marylebone.jpg?v=eb51254d","thumb":"/img/own-daunt-books-marylebone-480.jpg?v=6559ec88","width":1024,"height":768,"thumb_width":480,"alt":"Daunt Books' long oak gallery under a barrel skylight, shelves either side and a table of books below","caption":"The galleried back room, shelved by country."},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/daunt-books-marylebone","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"whats_on":[{"slug":"simon-sebag-montefiore-in-conversation-with-james-barr","name":"Simon Sebag Montefiore in conversation with James Barr","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/simon-sebag-montefiore-in-conversation-with-james-barr/","verdict":"The historian of Jerusalem, Stalin and the Romanovs, questioned by a historian of the Middle East.","runs":{"from":"2026-09-10","to":"2026-09-10"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"rose-tremain-in-conversation-with-andrew-miller","name":"Rose Tremain in conversation with Andrew Miller","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/rose-tremain-in-conversation-with-andrew-miller/","verdict":"Two novelists who both write the past without costume-drama.","runs":{"from":"2026-09-15","to":"2026-09-15"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"william-boyd","name":"William Boyd","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/william-boyd/","verdict":"Any Human Heart, and forty years of novels since A Good Man in Africa.","runs":{"from":"2026-09-21","to":"2026-09-21"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"alexandra-shulman-in-conversation-with-katy-hessel","name":"Alexandra Shulman in conversation with Katy Hessel","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/alexandra-shulman-in-conversation-with-katy-hessel/","verdict":"Vogue's longest-serving editor, questioned by the woman who rewrote the story of art without men.","runs":{"from":"2026-09-29","to":"2026-09-29"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"edward-chisholm","name":"Edward Chisholm","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/edward-chisholm/","verdict":"The Englishman who waited tables in Paris and wrote it down.","runs":{"from":"2026-10-01","to":"2026-10-01"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"david-mccloskey-in-conversation-with-clarissa-ward","name":"David McCloskey in conversation with Clarissa Ward","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/david-mccloskey-in-conversation-with-clarissa-ward/","verdict":"A former CIA analyst who writes spy novels, questioned by a war correspondent.","runs":{"from":"2026-10-05","to":"2026-10-05"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"alexander-mccall-smith","name":"Alexander McCall Smith","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/alexander-mccall-smith/","verdict":"Mma Ramotswe's author, who also writes three other series and used to teach medical law.","runs":{"from":"2026-10-12","to":"2026-10-12"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"colin-thubron-in-conversation","name":"Colin Thubron in conversation","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/colin-thubron-in-conversation/","verdict":"Sixty years of travel writing, from Damascus to the Amur.","runs":{"from":"2026-10-14","to":"2026-10-14"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"nao-cola-yamazaki-in-conversation-with-sharlene-teo","name":"Nao-Cola Yamazaki in conversation with Sharlene Teo","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/nao-cola-yamazaki-in-conversation-with-sharlene-teo/","verdict":"A Japanese novelist in translation, questioned by the author of Ponti.","runs":{"from":"2026-10-21","to":"2026-10-21"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]},{"slug":"teresa-krasny-in-conversation-with-jackie-wullschlager","name":"Teresa Krasny in conversation with Jackie Wullschl\u00e4ger","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/teresa-krasny-in-conversation-with-jackie-wullschlager/","verdict":"In conversation with the Financial Times's chief art critic.","runs":{"from":"2026-10-29","to":"2026-10-29"},"types":["books","talk"],"clue":["Lecture / talk","Books & writers"]}],"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/daunt-books-marylebone/"},{"name":"Literary London","href":"/literary/daunt-books-marylebone/"}],"maps_q":"Daunt Books Marylebone, 83-84 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4QW, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Hagen Marylebone","s":"hagen-marylebone","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":20},{"n":"Pierre Marcolini","s":"pierre-marcolini","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":47},{"n":"Rococo Chocolates","s":"rococo-chocolates","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":74}],"near_same":[{"s":"marylebone-high-street","m":174},{"s":"selfridges","m":638},{"s":"john-lewis-oxford-street","m":739},{"s":"oxford-street","m":749},{"s":"liberty-london","m":1116},{"s":"hamleys","m":1192}]},{"slug":"floris-london","name":"Floris London","area":"St James's","address":"89 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6JH","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":3,"lat":51.508142,"lng":-0.137214,"hours":[[9.5,18.5],[9.5,18.5],[9.5,18.5],[9.5,18.5],[9.5,18.5],[9.5,18.5],[11.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 09:30-18:30; Su 11:00-17:00; PH 11:00-17:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.florislondon.com/pages/contact-us","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.florislondon.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/4896916121","types":["beauty","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"A perfumer on the same Jermyn Street site since 1730, still run by the founder's family nine generations on.","note":"Juan Famenias Floris came from Menorca and opened as a barber and comb-maker; the perfume followed. The shop has never moved, and the Spanish mahogany cabinets in it were bought second-hand from the Great Exhibition of 1851.\n\nIt holds royal warrants and keeps a small museum of its ledgers at the back - Florence Nightingale's order for a bouquet of flowers is in one of them.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/floris-london.jpg?v=fabb3581","thumb":"/img/floris-london-480.jpg?v=f30aac58","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Floris of London","caption":"","credit":"Photo by currybet, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Floris_of_London.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/floris-london","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/floris-london/"}],"maps_q":"Floris London, 89 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6JH, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"John Lobb","s":"john-lobb","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":4},{"n":"Isaac Newton's house, 87 Jermyn Street","s":"isaac-newtons-house-87-jermyn-street","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":12},{"n":"Crockett & Jones","s":"crockett-jones","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":18}],"near_same":[{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":25},{"s":"jermyn-street","m":65},{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":66},{"s":"hatchards","m":68},{"s":"waterstones-piccadilly","m":132},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":158}]},{"slug":"fortnum-mason","name":"Fortnum & Mason","area":"St James's","address":"181-184 Piccadilly, W1A 1ER","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":4,"lat":51.508236,"lng":-0.13817,"hours":[[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.fortnumandmason.com/piccadilly","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":"Sunday browsing from 11:30, tills from 12:00.","runs":null,"website":"https://www.fortnumandmason.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/211484721","types":["department","food","luxury","popular"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The Piccadilly grocer since 1707, and still the most reliable place in London to buy something British to take home.","note":"William Fortnum was a footman in Queen Anne's household who sold the used candle wax from the royal apartments and went into business with his landlord Hugh Mason. The shop invented the Scotch egg, supplied hampers to the Crimea, and sent tea to Florence Nightingale.\n\nThe tea and the preserves are the reason to come, and the hampers are the thing it is known for. The clock on the front performs on the hour, and the food hall on the ground floor is the part worth your time.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/fortnum-mason.jpg?v=6f3b3548","thumb":"/img/fortnum-mason-480.jpg?v=9e0e4d11","width":989,"height":1024,"alt":"Fortnum and Mason","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortnum_and_Mason.jpg","thumb_width":464},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/fortnum-mason","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/fortnum-mason/"}],"maps_q":"Fortnum & Mason, 181-184 Piccadilly, W1A 1ER, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Dickinson","s":"dickinson","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":37},{"n":"The Weiss Gallery","s":"the-weiss-gallery","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":37},{"n":"Prestat","s":"prestat","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":41}],"near_same":[{"s":"hatchards","m":27},{"s":"floris-london","m":66},{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":87},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":112},{"s":"jermyn-street","m":122},{"s":"burlington-arcade","m":164}]},{"slug":"foyles","name":"Foyles","area":"Soho","address":"107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":2,"lat":51.514278,"lng":-0.130058,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.foyles.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/96237045","types":["books","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Four miles of shelving up an atrium, on the road that used to be nothing but bookshops.","note":"William and Gilbert Foyle failed the civil service exam in 1903, sold their textbooks, found people wanted more, and built the shop out of that. For decades it was famously infuriating - stock arranged by publisher rather than subject, and three separate queues to buy a book - until the family reorganised it. Since 2014 it has been in the old Central Saint Martins building next door, built round a top-lit atrium with the shelves climbing the sides.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/foyles.jpg?v=b6e2bb6f","thumb":"/img/foyles-480.jpg?v=ee329b23","width":1024,"height":771,"alt":"Foyles' red-brick front on Charing Cross Road at dusk: the name in red letters over the open glass doors, lit bookshelves inside, a caf\u00e9 board on the pavement and people walking past.","caption":"Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road.","credit":"Photo by Andy Li, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foyles,107_Charing_Cross_Road_2025-07-11.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":[{"src":"/img/foyles-2.jpg?v=2ff5931f","thumb":"/img/foyles-2-480.jpg?v=e906173b","width":1024,"height":682,"alt":"Looking down through the shop's central well: floors of white shelving full of books, big drum lampshades over the counters, and curtains of fairy lights hung across the void.","caption":"The atrium at Foyles, in December.","credit":"Photo by DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foyles_on_Charing_Cross_Road,_London_(December_2023)_07.jpg","thumb_width":480}],"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Milk Beach Soho","s":"milk-beach-soho","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":38},{"n":"Swift","s":"swift","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":60},{"n":"The Colombian Coffee Company","s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":64}],"near_same":[{"s":"charing-cross-road","m":173},{"s":"seven-dials","m":213},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":370},{"s":"cecil-court","m":428},{"s":"carnaby-street","m":610},{"s":"liberty-london","m":694}]},{"slug":"hamleys","name":"Hamleys","area":"Soho","address":"188-196 Regent Street, W1B 5BT","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":4,"lat":51.51291,"lng":-0.139942,"hours":[[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.hamleys.com/stores","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-09","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.hamleys.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/272198123","types":["mid","popular","toys"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Seven floors of toys with somebody demonstrating one on every landing.","note":"William Hamley opened a toy shop called Noah's Ark in Holborn in 1760 and the business has been on Regent Street since 1881. What makes it different from a shop with the same stock is the staff: each floor has demonstrators flying things, bouncing things and drawing a crowd, which is either the charm or the problem depending on the day and the child.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/hamleys.jpg?v=8169726a","thumb":"/img/hamleys-480.jpg?v=22d80275","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Hamleys' stone front on Regent Street with TOYS carved over the windows, a row of red awnings with the name in white script, red banners above, and a crowd of families on the pavement.","caption":"Hamleys on Regent Street.","credit":"Photo by DAVID HOLT from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamleys,_Regent_Street,_London,_22_June_2014.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":[{"src":"/img/hamleys-2.jpg?v=e266d9e3","thumb":"/img/hamleys-2-480.jpg?v=7699396d","width":1024,"height":576,"alt":"A shop window dressed as a tree trunk with a hollow in it, filled with soft-toy owls and pink and white birds with big glitter eyes, on a bed of paper grass.","caption":"A Hamleys window.","credit":"Photo by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamleys_Window,_Regent_Street,_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5585269.jpg","thumb_width":480},{"src":"/img/hamleys-3.jpg?v=6f76eeb6","thumb":"/img/hamleys-3-480.jpg?v=43c5c766","width":1024,"height":682,"alt":"A round green City of Westminster plaque on a stone wall, reading Hamleys of London, established in 1760 by William Hamley, unveiled in February 2010 to celebrate 250 years of being the finest toy shop in the world.","caption":"The plaque on the front, for the 250th year.","credit":"Photo by Dcs57, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAMLEYS_OF_LONDON_DSCN3669.jpg","thumb_width":480}],"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Hamleys, 188-196 Regent Street, W1B 5BT, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Ganton Street","s":"ganton-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":57},{"n":"Department of Coffee and Social Affairs","s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":99},{"n":"Donutelier Carnaby Street","s":"donutelier-carnaby-street","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":104}],"near_same":[{"s":"carnaby-street","m":90},{"s":"regent-street","m":100},{"s":"liberty-london","m":103},{"s":"savile-row","m":193},{"s":"bond-street","m":345},{"s":"burlington-arcade","m":434}]},{"slug":"harrods","name":"Harrods","area":"Knightsbridge","address":"87-135 Brompton Road, SW1X 7XL","station":"Knightsbridge","walk":4,"lat":51.499245,"lng":-0.163007,"hours":[[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[11.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:30-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/store-guide/opening-hours","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-09","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.harrods.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/25739565","types":["department","luxury","popular"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Three hundred departments behind a terracotta front, and food halls tiled like a cathedral.","note":"Charles Digby Harrod turned his father's tea shop into a department store on this site in the 1850s, and the building went up in stages around it: terracotta outside, and inside the food halls of 1902 under Doulton tiles of hunting scenes and fish. The Egyptian escalator is worth riding for its own sake. The motto over the door claims all things for all people everywhere, which is close enough - there is a pet department, a barber, and a room that sells nothing but salt.\n\nThere is a dress code, enforced unevenly, and a browse-only half hour before Sunday trading starts.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/harrods.jpg?v=71f83f66","thumb":"/img/harrods-480.jpg?v=70832cbb","width":1024,"height":682,"alt":"Harrods' food hall: an ornate white plaster ceiling with moulded swags over tiled columns, a pagoda-roofed counter of tea and coffee in the middle, and crowds of shoppers between the counters.","caption":"The tea and coffee counter in Harrods' food hall, under the Edwardian ceiling.","credit":"Photo by Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_-_Brompton_Road_-_Harrods_-_Tea_%26_Coffee_Department.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road, SW1X 7XL, London","in_area":{"slug":"knightsbridge","name":"Knightsbridge"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Pierre Herm\u00e9","s":"pierre-herme","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":400},{"n":"Rococo Chocolates Belgravia","s":"rococo-chocolates-belgravia","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":454},{"n":"Brompton Oratory","s":"brompton-oratory","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":515}],"near_same":[{"s":"brompton-road","m":158},{"s":"harvey-nichols","m":348},{"s":"sloane-street","m":356},{"s":"peter-jones","m":826},{"s":"kings-road","m":1435},{"s":"selfridges","m":1856}]},{"slug":"harvey-nichols","name":"Harvey Nichols","area":"Knightsbridge","address":"109-125 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7RJ","station":"Knightsbridge","walk":1,"lat":51.501623,"lng":-0.159717,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.harveynichols.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/146130119","types":["beauty","department","luxury","popular"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Eight floors of fashion and beauty, with a food market and a dining room on the fifth.","note":"Benjamin Harvey opened a linen shop on this corner in 1831 and the store grew along the Knightsbridge frontage from there. The buying is narrower and more directional than the other department stores - it reads as a very large boutique rather than a shop that sells everything - and the fifth floor is given over to a food market, a cafe and a restaurant with a view across the rooftops.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/harvey-nichols.jpg?v=36bf67d8","thumb":"/img/harvey-nichols-480.jpg?v=235baeb0","width":682,"height":1024,"alt":"Harvey Nichols' red-brick and stone front on Knightsbridge: tall windows in stone frames, a black and gold clock projecting over the entrance canopy, and shoppers on the pavement by a phone box.","caption":"Harvey Nichols on Knightsbridge, the clock over the door.","credit":"Photo by The Lud, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvey_Nichols_2.jpg","thumb_width":320},"figures":[{"src":"/img/harvey-nichols-2.jpg?v=1ca789c5","thumb":"/img/harvey-nichols-2-480.jpg?v=bc714f6f","width":1024,"height":576,"alt":"Knightsbridge at night in December: Harvey Nichols' name lit in white on its corner, snowflake lights strung over the road, a red bus among the traffic and the Underground station's lit front on the right.","caption":"Knightsbridge in December, Harvey Nichols on the corner.","credit":"Photo by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvey_Nicholls,_Knightsbridge,_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5228991.jpg","thumb_width":480}],"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Harvey Nichols, 109-125 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7RJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"belgravia","name":"Belgravia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"C\u00e9dric Grolet at The Berkeley","s":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":256},{"n":"Rococo Chocolates Belgravia","s":"rococo-chocolates-belgravia","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":342},{"n":"Harrods Food Hall","s":"harrods-food-hall","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":348}],"near_same":[{"s":"harrods","m":348},{"s":"brompton-road","m":489},{"s":"sloane-street","m":490},{"s":"peter-jones","m":1043},{"s":"selfridges","m":1529},{"s":"bond-street","m":1539}]},{"slug":"hatchards","name":"Hatchards","area":"St James's","address":"187 Piccadilly, W1J 9LE","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":4,"lat":51.508475,"lng":-0.138049,"hours":[[9.5,20.0],[9.5,20.0],[9.5,20.0],[9.5,20.0],[9.5,20.0],[9.5,20.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 09:30-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.hatchards.co.uk/shop/piccadilly","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.hatchards.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/623353910","types":["books","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"London's oldest bookshop, opened in 1797 and still selling books over five floors of Piccadilly.","note":"John Hatchard opened in 1797 and the shop has been on Piccadilly ever since, latterly next door to Fortnum's. It holds three royal warrants and the staircase, the galleries and the fireplaces are all as they were.\n\nThe signed first editions on the ground floor are the speciality. Byron, Wellington and Disraeli were customers, and the Royal Horticultural Society was founded in a room upstairs.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/hatchards.jpg?v=a5ab33c7","thumb":"/img/hatchards-480.jpg?v=7c738126","width":688,"height":1024,"alt":"A photograph of Hatchards.","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hatchards_(5126337674).jpg","thumb_width":322},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/hatchards","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/hatchards/"},{"name":"Literary London","href":"/literary/hatchards/"}],"maps_q":"Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, W1J 9LE, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Fortnum & Mason Food Halls","s":"fortnum-mason-food-halls","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":27},{"n":"Prestat","s":"prestat","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":34},{"n":"Isaac Newton's house, 87 Jermyn Street","s":"isaac-newtons-house-87-jermyn-street","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":64}],"near_same":[{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":27},{"s":"floris-london","m":68},{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":82},{"s":"jermyn-street","m":111},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":138},{"s":"burlington-arcade","m":159}]},{"slug":"hatton-garden","name":"Hatton Garden","area":"Hatton Garden","address":"Hatton Garden, EC1N","station":"Farringdon","walk":3,"lat":51.519905,"lng":-0.10827,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["district","jewellery","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The jewellery trade's own street: rings made and priced without a Bond Street frontage.","note":"Around sixty shops, with hundreds of workshops in the streets behind them, make this the centre of London's jewellery trade, and most of the shops will make or alter a piece to order. The dealers work upstairs and the shops sell at prices a Bond Street frontage would double. The queues for engagement rings start in November.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/hatton-garden/"}],"maps_q":"Hatton Garden, EC1N, London","in_area":{"slug":"farringdon-clerkenwell","name":"Farringdon & Clerkenwell"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Prufrock Coffee","s":"prufrock","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":86},{"n":"Leather Lane Market","s":"leather-lane-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":114},{"n":"St Etheldreda's","s":"st-etheldredas","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":152}],"near_same":[{"s":"twinings","m":803},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":1314},{"s":"seven-dials","m":1452},{"s":"charing-cross-road","m":1625},{"s":"foyles","m":1632},{"s":"cecil-court","m":1686}]},{"slug":"james-smith-sons","name":"James Smith & Sons","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"Hazelwood House, 53 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1BL","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":4,"lat":51.51683,"lng":-0.126612,"hours":[[10.0,17.5],[10.0,17.5],[10.5,17.5],[10.0,17.5],[10.0,17.5],[10.0,17.25],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Tu 10:00-17:30; We 10:30-17:30; Th-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 10:00-17:15; Su off","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.james-smith.co.uk/visit-us/","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":"Closed on bank holidays.","runs":null,"website":"https://www.james-smith.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/1080591769","types":["home","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"An umbrella shop of 1857 with its Victorian shopfront entirely intact, still making sticks and umbrellas on the premises.","note":"The shop has been at this corner since 1857 and the front - gilded glass, brass and mahogany - is one of the best-preserved Victorian shopfronts in London, protected in its own right. The workshop is in the basement.\n\nThey make umbrellas and walking sticks to order, repair anything they have made, and will fit a stick to your height while you wait. Gladstone bought here.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/james-smith-sons.jpg?v=350df1ec","thumb":"/img/james-smith-sons-480.jpg?v=d5062aba","width":1024,"height":553,"alt":"Umbrella shop in Oxford Street London , England","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Steve Cadman The original uploader was Sue Wallace at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umbrella_Shop,_London.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/james-smith-sons","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/james-smith-sons/"}],"maps_q":"James Smith & Sons, Hazelwood House, 53 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1BL, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Museum of Comedy","s":"museum-of-comedy","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":149},{"n":"St George's Bloomsbury","s":"st-georges-bloomsbury","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":163},{"n":"The Coral Room","s":"the-coral-room","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":176}],"near_same":[{"s":"seven-dials","m":315},{"s":"foyles","m":370},{"s":"charing-cross-road","m":464},{"s":"cecil-court","m":682},{"s":"carnaby-street","m":934},{"s":"liberty-london","m":989}]},{"slug":"jermyn-street","name":"Jermyn Street","area":"St James's","address":"Jermyn Street, SW1Y","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":2,"lat":51.50848,"lng":-0.136445,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["beauty","clothes","district","food","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Shirtmakers, shoemakers, a cheesemonger and a perfumer, most of them here for a century or more.","note":"Turnbull & Asser, Hilditch & Key and Harvie & Hudson make shirts; John Lobb and Foster & Son make shoes; Paxton & Whitfield has sold cheese since 1797 and Floris perfume since 1730. The Piccadilly Arcade links it to Piccadilly, and Fortnum & Mason's side door opens onto it.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/jermyn-street.jpg?v=6360287f","thumb":"/img/jermyn-street-480.jpg?v=cf6b7a88","width":836,"height":1024,"alt":"Jermyn Street bedecked with Union Flags for The Queen's Diamond Jubilee","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Brian Harrington Spier from Shanghai, China, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diamond_Jubilee-_3rd_June_2012_(7541400768).jpg","thumb_width":391},"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/jermyn-street/"}],"maps_q":"Jermyn Street, SW1Y, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Geo. F. Trumper","s":"geo-f-trumper","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":14},{"n":"St James's Piccadilly","s":"st-jamess-piccadilly","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":24},{"n":"Redemption Roasters","s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":29}],"near_same":[{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":39},{"s":"floris-london","m":65},{"s":"waterstones-piccadilly","m":69},{"s":"hatchards","m":111},{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":122},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":223}]},{"slug":"john-lewis-oxford-street","name":"John Lewis Oxford Street","area":"Fitzrovia","address":"300 Oxford Street, W1C 1DX","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":3,"lat":51.515425,"lng":-0.145208,"hours":[[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[11.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 10:00-20:00; Th 10:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:30-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.johnlewis.com/our-shops/oxford-street","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-09","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.johnlewis.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/45405645","types":["department","mid","popular"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The flagship of a shop owned by the people who work in it.","note":"John Spedan Lewis handed the business to its staff in stages from 1929, and everyone who works here is a partner with a share of the profits. The Oxford Street store was gutted by bombing in 1940 and rebuilt in the fifties; the haberdashery is the part people come across London for, and the rooftop has a garden and a bar in summer.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/john-lewis-oxford-street.jpg?v=2f17920b","thumb":"/img/john-lewis-oxford-street-480.jpg?v=d1dd6f61","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"The name John Lewis in gilt letters across a plain Portland stone front between two rows of windows, with a black street lamp in front.","caption":"The lettering on the Oxford Street front.","credit":"Photo by Edwardx, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lewis,_Oxford_Street,_London,_March_2016_01.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":[{"src":"/img/john-lewis-oxford-street-2.jpg?v=5502fbf2","thumb":"/img/john-lewis-oxford-street-2-480.jpg?v=154f57c0","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"John Lewis's 1960 front on Oxford Street from across the road: a grid of tall windows in concrete frames above the shop's fascia, a young tree in front and shoppers on the pavement.","caption":"John Lewis on Oxford Street.","credit":"Photo by Matt Brown, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lewis,_Oxford_Street_2026-04-01.jpg","thumb_width":480}],"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"John Lewis Oxford Street, 300 Oxford Street, W1C 1DX, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Market Halls Oxford Street","s":"market-halls-oxford-street","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":58},{"n":"Winged Figure","s":"winged-figure","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":59},{"n":"Annely Juda Fine Art","s":"annely-juda-fine-art","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":119}],"near_same":[{"s":"oxford-street","m":122},{"s":"liberty-london","m":396},{"s":"hamleys","m":459},{"s":"carnaby-street","m":526},{"s":"selfridges","m":532},{"s":"regent-street","m":535}]},{"slug":"kings-road","name":"King's Road","area":"Chelsea","address":"King's Road, SW3","station":"South Kensington","walk":10,"lat":51.48706,"lng":-0.169837,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","district","home","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Fashion since the sixties, and the interiors shops that followed.","note":"Mary Quant opened Bazaar here in 1955 and the street stayed the place for clothes through punk, which was born at Vivienne Westwood's shop at number 430. It is calmer now: fashion chains at the Sloane Square end, interiors and design showrooms towards World's End, and the Saatchi Gallery in the Duke of York's Headquarters halfway along.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"King's Road, SW3, London","in_area":{"slug":"chelsea","name":"Chelsea"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bob Marley","s":"bob-marley","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":299},{"n":"Carlyle's House","s":"carlyles-house","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":327},{"n":"Venchi King's Road","s":"venchi-kings-road","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":452}],"near_same":[{"s":"peter-jones","m":950},{"s":"chelsea-design-district","m":1255},{"s":"brompton-road","m":1348},{"s":"sloane-street","m":1357},{"s":"harrods","m":1435},{"s":"harvey-nichols","m":1764}]},{"slug":"liberty-london","name":"Liberty London","area":"Soho","address":"Regent Street, W1B 5AH","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":3,"lat":51.513835,"lng":-0.140075,"hours":[[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/information-hub/","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":"Sunday browsing from 11:30. Bank holidays 10:00 to 20:00.","runs":null,"website":"https://www.libertylondon.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/48180840","types":["clothes","department","home","luxury","popular"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"A mock-Tudor department store built from two warships, and the printed fabrics that carry its name worldwide.","note":"Arthur Lasenby Liberty opened in 1875 selling ornaments, fabric and objects from Japan and the East, and the shop became the commercial engine of the Arts and Crafts movement and then of Art Nouveau - which in Italy is still called Stile Liberty.\n\nThe Great Marlborough Street building went up in 1924 from the timbers of two broken-up ships, HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan, around three light wells with galleries running round them. The fabric department upstairs is the reason to come: Liberty's own prints, sold by the metre, and a haberdashery that has no equal in London.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/liberty-london.jpg?v=5bf68dd5","thumb":"/img/liberty-london-480.jpg?v=8466f8dd","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Beautiful department store","caption":"","credit":"Photo by habitatgirl, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liberty_of_London.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/liberty-london","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/liberty-london/"}],"maps_q":"Liberty London, Regent Street, W1B 5AH, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Venchi Great Marlborough Street","s":"venchi-great-marlborough-street","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":53},{"n":"Department of Coffee and Social Affairs","s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":78},{"n":"Antidote Wine Bar","s":"antidote-wine-bar","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":103}],"near_same":[{"s":"hamleys","m":103},{"s":"carnaby-street","m":133},{"s":"regent-street","m":203},{"s":"savile-row","m":292},{"s":"john-lewis-oxford-street","m":396},{"s":"bond-street","m":436}]},{"slug":"lock-co-hatters","name":"Lock & Co. Hatters","area":"St James's","address":"6 St James's Street, SW1A 1EF","station":"Green Park","walk":4,"lat":51.505727,"lng":-0.138203,"hours":[[9.5,17.5],[9.5,17.5],[9.5,17.5],[9.5,17.5],[9.5,17.5],[9.5,17.5],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 09:30-17:30; Su off","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.lockhatters.com/pages/contact-us","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.lockhatters.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/276075215","types":["clothes","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The oldest hat shop in the world, trading from the same premises since 1676, where the bowler was invented.","note":"James Lock's shop has been on St James's Street since the seventeenth century and still measures heads with a conformateur - a Victorian device of hinged wooden keys that traces the exact shape of a skull onto card. Nelson bought a hat here and had an eye patch built into it.\n\nThe bowler was made here in 1849 for a customer who wanted a hard hat his gamekeepers could wear without knocking it off on branches. Lock called it the Coke, after him, and everyone else called it after the Bowler brothers who made it.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/lock-co-hatters.jpg?v=f201e246","thumb":"/img/lock-co-hatters-480.jpg?v=d13911b7","width":1024,"height":740,"alt":"Lock & Co, St James","caption":"","credit":"Photo by a_marga, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lock_%26_Co_6_St_James%27s_Street_2013-08-26.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/lock-co-hatters","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/lock-co-hatters/"}],"maps_q":"Lock & Co. Hatters, 6 St James's Street, SW1A 1EF, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Truefitt & Hill","s":"truefitt-hill","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":38},{"n":"Christie's","s":"christies","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":64},{"n":"Stern Pissarro Gallery","s":"stern-pissarro-gallery","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":74}],"near_same":[{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":21},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":208},{"s":"floris-london","m":277},{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":278},{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":296},{"s":"hatchards","m":305}]},{"slug":"marylebone-high-street","name":"Marylebone High Street","area":"Marylebone","address":"Marylebone High Street, W1U","station":"Baker Street","walk":5,"lat":51.521942,"lng":-0.151593,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["books","clothes","district","food","home","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"A village street in the West End, Daunt Books at its heart.","note":"The Howard de Walden Estate kept the chains at bay and the street reads as a village: Daunt Books in its Edwardian galleried shop, La Fromagerie, the Conran Shop, independent clothes and homeware, and a farmers' market in the car park behind on Sundays. Chiltern Street, parallel to it, has the tailors and the Chiltern Firehouse.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Marylebone High Street, W1U, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Fischer's","s":"fischers","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":38},{"n":"Pierre Marcolini","s":"pierre-marcolini","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":136},{"n":"Hagen Marylebone","s":"hagen-marylebone","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":157}],"near_same":[{"s":"daunt-books-marylebone","m":174},{"s":"selfridges","m":810},{"s":"john-lewis-oxford-street","m":848},{"s":"oxford-street","m":878},{"s":"liberty-london","m":1203},{"s":"hamleys","m":1287}]},{"slug":"oxford-street","name":"Oxford Street","area":"Mayfair","address":"Oxford Street, W1C","station":"Bond Street","walk":2,"lat":51.514694,"lng":-0.146528,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","department","district","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Selfridges, John Lewis and the high street at its densest.","note":"A mile and a half from Marble Arch to Tottenham Court Road with the chains at their biggest, and two department stores worth the trip on their own: Selfridges near Bond Street station and John Lewis by Oxford Circus. The western half is the better end; east of Oxford Circus it thins into phone shops and sweet shops.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Oxford Street, W1C, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bonhams","s":"bonhams","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":119},{"n":"Marylebone Lane","s":"marylebone-lane","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":132},{"n":"Annely Juda Fine Art","s":"annely-juda-fine-art","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":136}],"near_same":[{"s":"john-lewis-oxford-street","m":122},{"s":"selfridges","m":434},{"s":"liberty-london","m":456},{"s":"hamleys","m":497},{"s":"savile-row","m":555},{"s":"regent-street","m":556}]},{"slug":"paxton-whitfield","name":"Paxton & Whitfield","area":"St James's","address":"93 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6JE","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":3,"lat":51.508272,"lng":-0.136902,"hours":[[10.0,18.5],[10.0,18.5],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.5],[10.0,18.5],[10.0,18.5],[11.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Tu 10:00-18:30; We 10:00-18:00; Th-Sa 10:00-18:30; Su 11:00-17:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk/pages/our-shops","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/4934948624","types":["food","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Cheesemonger to Jermyn Street since 1797, with a counter of British farmhouse cheese cut to order.","note":"The firm goes back to a market stall in 1742 and has been on Jermyn Street since 1797. Churchill's line - that a gentleman only buys his cheese at Paxton & Whitfield - is on the wall, and the shop is small, cold and smells exactly as it should.\n\nIt is the place for Stilton, Montgomery's cheddar and the territorial cheeses that are hard to find whole anywhere else. They will vacuum-pack for travel.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/paxton-whitfield.jpg?v=4ece6cc2","thumb":"/img/paxton-whitfield-480.jpg?v=f69078a0","width":1024,"height":604,"alt":"Cheesemonger Paxton and Whitfield of Jermyn Street in London","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Herry Lawford at flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paxton_%26_Whitfield_Jermyn_Street.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/paxton-whitfield","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/paxton-whitfield/"}],"maps_q":"Paxton & Whitfield, 93 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6JE, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Crockett & Jones","s":"crockett-jones","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":7},{"n":"Redemption Roasters","s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":21},{"n":"John Lobb","s":"john-lobb","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":29}],"near_same":[{"s":"floris-london","m":25},{"s":"jermyn-street","m":39},{"s":"hatchards","m":82},{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":87},{"s":"waterstones-piccadilly","m":106},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":184}]},{"slug":"peter-jones","name":"Peter Jones","area":"Chelsea","address":"Sloane Square, SW1W 8EL","station":"Sloane Square","walk":3,"lat":51.492255,"lng":-0.158938,"hours":[[10.0,19.0],[10.0,19.0],[10.0,19.0],[10.0,19.0],[10.0,19.0],[10.0,19.0],[11.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:30-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.johnlewis.com/our-shops/peter-jones","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-09","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.johnlewis.com/our-shops/peter-jones","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/28682626","types":["department","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"A wall of glass curving round Sloane Square, and one of the first modern buildings in Britain.","note":"William Crabtree's building of 1936 hangs its floors behind an unbroken curtain of glass that follows the corner - the first of its kind here, and still startling from the square. Inside it is a John Lewis department store, owned by its staff like the rest of the partnership, with a top-floor cafe looking over the rooftops of Chelsea.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/peter-jones.jpg?v=2adb7ca5","thumb":"/img/peter-jones-480.jpg?v=03f86300","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Peter Jones's curved glass front on Sloane Square: bands of windows in thin metal frames sweeping round the corner, the name in dark letters across the middle, and window displays at street level.","caption":"Peter Jones on Sloane Square, its glass wall of 1936.","credit":"Photo by Paul the Archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Jones,_Sloane_Sq,_London.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":[{"src":"/img/peter-jones-2.jpg?v=2cee4e34","thumb":"/img/peter-jones-2-480.jpg?v=9cd6e6cf","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Looking down the shop's oval atrium from the top floor: escalators and galleries ringing the well, cosmetics counters on the floor far below, and a chandelier of wire stars hung down the middle.","caption":"The atrium at Peter Jones.","credit":"Photo by Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_atrium,_Peter_Jones_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3765413.jpg","thumb_width":480}],"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Peter Jones, Sloane Square, SW1W 8EL, London","in_area":{"slug":"chelsea","name":"Chelsea"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Percy Grainger","s":"percy-grainger","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":58},{"n":"David Mellor","s":"david-mellor","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":73},{"n":"Bread Ahead","s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":128}],"near_same":[{"s":"sloane-street","m":554},{"s":"harrods","m":826},{"s":"brompton-road","m":850},{"s":"kings-road","m":950},{"s":"harvey-nichols","m":1043},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":2067}]},{"slug":"portobello-road","name":"Portobello Road","area":"Notting Hill","address":"Portobello Road, W11","station":"Notting Hill Gate","walk":9,"lat":51.513461,"lng":-0.202987,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["antiques","bargains","clothes","district"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The antiques stretch, at its fullest on a Saturday morning.","note":"The market runs the length of the road: antiques at the Notting Hill end, fruit and vegetables in the middle, clothes and bric-a-brac under the Westway, with the antiques arcades and shops open through the week. Saturday is the day, from early. The rest of the week it is a street of shops and cafes with the stalls gone.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Portobello Road, W11, London","in_area":{"slug":"notting-hill-holland-park","name":"Notting Hill & Holland Park"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","s":"hermanos-portobello-road","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":78},{"n":"Opera Holland Park sings in Notting Hill","s":"opera-holland-park-sings-in-notting-hill","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":85},{"n":"Lajos Kossuth","s":"lajos-kossuth","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":185}],"near_same":[{"s":"westfield-london","m":1420},{"s":"brompton-road","m":3079},{"s":"harrods","m":3186},{"s":"harvey-nichols","m":3271},{"s":"selfridges","m":3475},{"s":"sloane-street","m":3538}]},{"slug":"regent-street","name":"Regent Street","area":"Soho","address":"Regent Street, W1B","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":5,"lat":51.512013,"lng":-0.139742,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","district","mid","toys"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The big names' flagships under one curved Regency facade.","note":"Nash's street of 1825 was rebuilt in the 1920s as a single composition, and the shops behind it are flagships: Hamleys, Apple, Burberry, and the fashion and sports chains at their largest. Liberty is round the corner on Great Marlborough Street, and the Christmas lights along its length are London's oldest.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Beautiful Streets","href":"/beautiful-streets/regent-street/"}],"maps_q":"Regent Street, W1B, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Sadie Coles HQ","s":"sadie-coles-hq","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":91},{"n":"Disrepute","s":"disrepute","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":95},{"n":"Kingly Court","s":"kingly-court","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":96}],"near_same":[{"s":"hamleys","m":100},{"s":"savile-row","m":110},{"s":"carnaby-street","m":136},{"s":"liberty-london","m":203},{"s":"bond-street","m":268},{"s":"burlington-arcade","m":335}]},{"slug":"savile-row","name":"Savile Row","area":"Mayfair","address":"Savile Row, W1S","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":6,"lat":51.511239,"lng":-0.140734,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","district","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The tailors' street, where a suit is cut for you and takes months.","note":"Henry Poole, Huntsman, Gieves & Hawkes and a dozen others cut bespoke suits here, and the workrooms are often in the basement below the shop, visible from the pavement. Most houses will show you cloth and explain how it is done without an appointment. The Beatles played their last concert on the roof of number 3.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/savile-row/"}],"maps_q":"Savile Row, W1S, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Henry Poole & Co","s":"henry-poole-co","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":23},{"n":"Sadie Coles HQ","s":"sadie-coles-hq","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":23},{"n":"Huntsman","s":"huntsman","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":55}],"near_same":[{"s":"regent-street","m":110},{"s":"bond-street","m":158},{"s":"hamleys","m":193},{"s":"carnaby-street","m":245},{"s":"burlington-arcade","m":250},{"s":"liberty-london","m":292}]},{"slug":"selfridges","name":"Selfridges","area":"Marylebone","address":"400 Oxford Street, W1A 1AB","station":"Bond Street","walk":3,"lat":51.514691,"lng":-0.152808,"hours":[[10.0,22.0],[10.0,22.0],[10.0,22.0],[10.0,22.0],[10.0,22.0],[10.0,21.0],[11.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 10:00-22:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:30-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-09","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.selfridges.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/39814415","types":["department","luxury","popular"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The store that invented the shop window as entertainment, at the end of Oxford Street nobody wanted.","note":"Harry Gordon Selfridge arrived from Chicago and opened here in 1909, at what was then the wrong end of the street. He moved the perfume counter to the door so the smell reached the pavement, lit the windows after closing so the displays could be looked at all evening, and let people handle the stock instead of asking an assistant for it - all of which is now simply what a shop is. The building behind the Ionic columns is protected. Louis Bleriot's aeroplane was put on show here four days after he crossed the Channel, and eighty thousand people came to see it.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/selfridges.jpg?v=ac9a82ec","thumb":"/img/selfridges-480.jpg?v=985f0a15","width":1024,"height":682,"alt":"Selfridges' long stone front on Oxford Street: giant Ionic columns rising through three storeys of windows, flags along the parapet, and buses, taxis and shoppers on the street below.","caption":"Selfridges on Oxford Street, the front of 1909.","credit":"Photo by Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selfridges_on_Oxford_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2190127.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Selfridges, 400 Oxford Street, W1A 1AB, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Arome Bakery","s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":101},{"n":"Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar","s":"simon-bolivar","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":157},{"n":"Attendant","s":"attendant-mayfair","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":161}],"near_same":[{"s":"oxford-street","m":434},{"s":"john-lewis-oxford-street","m":532},{"s":"daunt-books-marylebone","m":638},{"s":"marylebone-high-street","m":810},{"s":"liberty-london","m":886},{"s":"bond-street","m":893}]},{"slug":"seven-dials","name":"Seven Dials","area":"Seven Dials","address":"Seven Dials, WC2H","station":"Covent Garden","walk":3,"lat":51.514,"lng":-0.127,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["beauty","clothes","district","food","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The seven streets off the sundial: independent fashion, beauty and the Neal's Yard shops.","note":"Seven streets meet at the Dials column, and the shops along them are small: independent fashion, sneakers, beauty and skincare, with Neal's Yard's painted courtyard off Monmouth Street and its cheese shop and dairy.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Seven Dials, WC2H, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Seven Dials Sundial Pillar","s":"seven-dials-sundial-pillar","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":25},{"n":"Monmouth Coffee Company","s":"monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":42},{"n":"Seven Dials & Monmouth Street","s":"seven-dials-monmouth-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":50}],"near_same":[{"s":"charing-cross-road","m":179},{"s":"foyles","m":213},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":315},{"s":"cecil-court","m":367},{"s":"carnaby-street","m":813},{"s":"waterstones-piccadilly","m":829}]},{"slug":"sloane-street","name":"Sloane Street","area":"Hans Town","address":"Sloane Street, SW1X","station":"Knightsbridge","walk":6,"lat":51.497238,"lng":-0.158998,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","district","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The fashion houses' other row, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square.","note":"Chanel, Dior, Prada and their neighbours line the Cadogan Estate's street between Harvey Nichols at the top and Sloane Square at the bottom, in small shops, one label to a shopfront. Pavilion Road, behind it, is a lane of food shops and a cookery school.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Sloane Street, SW1X, London","in_area":{"slug":"belgravia","name":"Belgravia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Pierre Herm\u00e9","s":"pierre-herme","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":206},{"n":"Rococo Chocolates Belgravia","s":"rococo-chocolates-belgravia","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":291},{"n":"Harrods Food Hall","s":"harrods-food-hall","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":356}],"near_same":[{"s":"harrods","m":356},{"s":"brompton-road","m":464},{"s":"harvey-nichols","m":490},{"s":"peter-jones","m":554},{"s":"kings-road","m":1357},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":1718}]},{"slug":"turnbull-asser","name":"Turnbull & Asser","area":"St James's","address":"71-72 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6PF","station":"Green Park","walk":3,"lat":51.507482,"lng":-0.139247,"hours":[[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.5,18.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:30-18:00; Su off","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://turnbullandasser.co.uk/pages/jermyn","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://turnbullandasser.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/3092049267","types":["clothes","luxury"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The Jermyn Street shirtmaker, cutting bespoke on the premises since 1885 and holding a royal warrant for most of a century.","note":"The house is known for a full cut, a three-button turnback cuff and its own woven cottons, and it makes bespoke shirts in a workroom above the shop - a bespoke order starts at a dozen. Churchill's siren suits were made here; so were Sean Connery's shirts as Bond.\n\nThe shop itself is worth the visit for the tie wall alone, which runs the length of the room.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/turnbull-asser.jpg?v=704fa28d","thumb":"/img/turnbull-asser-480.jpg?v=4acee55e","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Turnbull & Asser on the corner of Jermyn Street","caption":"","credit":"Photo by No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turnbull_%26_Asser,_St_James%27s,_October_2021.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/turnbull-asser","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/turnbull-asser/"}],"maps_q":"Turnbull & Asser, 71-72 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6PF, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Colnaghi","s":"colnaghi","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":34},{"n":"Edward Green","s":"edward-green","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":39},{"n":"D. R. Harris","s":"d-r-harris","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":54}],"near_same":[{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":112},{"s":"hatchards","m":138},{"s":"floris-london","m":158},{"s":"burlington-arcade","m":182},{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":184},{"s":"lock-co-hatters","m":208}]},{"slug":"twinings","name":"Twinings","area":"Covent Garden","address":"216 Strand, WC2R 1AP","station":"Temple","walk":3,"lat":51.513267,"lng":-0.112842,"hours":[[11.0,18.0],[11.0,18.0],[11.0,18.0],[11.5,18.5],[11.0,18.0],[11.0,18.0],[11.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 11:00-18:00; Th 11:30-18:30; Fr-Su 11:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://twinings.co.uk/pages/twinings-flagship-store-216-strand","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://twinings.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/161420191","types":["food","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The oldest tea shop in London, nine feet wide, on the site Thomas Twining took in 1706.","note":"Twining bought Tom's Coffee House on the Strand in 1706 and began selling dry tea over the counter, which no coffee house did. The shopfront of 1787 with its golden lion and two Chinese figures is the oldest in London still used by the business that built it.\n\nThe shop is a corridor rather than a room, with a small museum at the back and a counter for tasting. It is the same doorway Twining's customers used.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/twinings.jpg?v=d20af019","thumb":"/img/twinings-480.jpg?v=5fb21d4f","width":708,"height":1024,"alt":"Entrance to Twinings Heritage Shop","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_twinings_09.03.2013_14-50-30.jpg","thumb_width":332},"figures":null,"from":"classic-british-shops/twinings","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/twinings/"}],"maps_q":"Twinings, 216 Strand, WC2R 1AP, London","in_area":{"slug":"holborn","name":"Holborn"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Royal Courts of Justice","s":"royal-courts-of-justice","c":"politics","cn":"Power & Politics","m":107},{"n":"Middle Temple","s":"middle-temple-hall","c":"politics","cn":"Power & Politics","m":138},{"n":"Temple Church","s":"temple-church","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":178}],"near_same":[{"s":"hatton-garden","m":803},{"s":"seven-dials","m":983},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":1031},{"s":"cecil-court","m":1064},{"s":"charing-cross-road","m":1111},{"s":"foyles","m":1196}]},{"slug":"waterstones-piccadilly","name":"Waterstones Piccadilly","area":"St James's","address":"203-206 Piccadilly, W1J 9HD","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":2,"lat":51.50899,"lng":-0.135875,"hours":[[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.waterstones.com/bookshops/piccadilly","hours_short":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-05","hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":"https://www.waterstones.com/bookshops/piccadilly","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/290321029","types":["books","free","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"The largest bookshop in Europe, eight miles of shelves in the modernist Simpson's building on Piccadilly.","note":"Joseph Emberton built Simpson's in 1936 as the most advanced department store in London - a curtain of glass and travertine, concealed lighting, an open plan on every floor - and it became a bookshop in 1999 with the bones intact. Six floors of books, with a floor for children built round a circus, a games flagship, first editions, a bar with a view over the rooftops on the fifth, and an events programme that runs from prime ministers to poets in the basement. The building is protected at the highest historic grade, and the lifts are the originals.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/waterstones-piccadilly.jpg?v=eec91716","thumb":"/img/waterstones-piccadilly-480.jpg?v=d07eaeed","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"The shop's entrance from the pavement: curved travertine steps with Waterstones Piccadilly set into the floor in dark letters, glass doors either side, and tables of books, a Christmas tree and a spiral staircase inside.","caption":"The doorway on Piccadilly, in December.","credit":"Photo by Matt Brown, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterstones_Piccadilly_2025-11-14.jpg","thumb_width":480},"figures":[{"src":"/img/waterstones-piccadilly-2.jpg?v=664791d7","thumb":"/img/waterstones-piccadilly-2-480.jpg?v=65f76207","width":768,"height":1024,"alt":"The 1936 Simpson's building on Piccadilly from across the road: six storeys of long ribbon windows between bands of pale stone, Waterstone's on the fascia and the old Simpson's name still by the door, a crowd on the pavement.","caption":"Simpson's of Piccadilly, Joseph Emberton's building of 1936, the bookshop since 1999.","credit":"Photo by Ewan-M, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterstone%27s,_Piccadilly,_W1.jpg","thumb_width":360},{"src":"/img/waterstones-piccadilly-3.jpg?v=f22d4743","thumb":"/img/waterstones-piccadilly-3-480.jpg?v=b70b7a39","width":894,"height":1024,"alt":"A chrome stair lamp with two white glass globes on a slender pole, against a sweeping staircase with a glass balustrade and a wall of fluted glass panels.","caption":"One of Simpson's original stair lamps, still on the stairs.","credit":"Photo by Freeaspirations, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simpsons_of_Piccadilly_light_fitting.jpg","thumb_width":419}],"from":"literary/waterstones-piccadilly","country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Literary London","href":"/literary/waterstones-piccadilly/"}],"maps_q":"Waterstones Piccadilly, 203-206 Piccadilly, W1J 9HD, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"St James's Piccadilly","s":"st-jamess-piccadilly","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":64},{"n":"Geo. F. Trumper","s":"geo-f-trumper","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":81},{"n":"Redemption Roasters","s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":90}],"near_same":[{"s":"jermyn-street","m":69},{"s":"paxton-whitfield","m":106},{"s":"floris-london","m":132},{"s":"hatchards","m":160},{"s":"fortnum-mason","m":179},{"s":"turnbull-asser","m":287}]},{"slug":"westfield-london","name":"Westfield London","area":"Shepherd's Bush","address":"Ariel Way, W12 7GF","station":"Shepherd's Bush","walk":4,"lat":51.5077,"lng":-0.2213,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","department","district","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Two hundred shops under one roof at White City.","note":"The largest shopping centre in London when it opened in 2008, with the chains on the ground floors, a run of designer shops in the Village, John Lewis and Marks & Spencer as anchors, and cinemas and restaurants on the upper level. It is the easy answer to a wet day.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Westfield London, Ariel Way, W12 7GF, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Badiani White City","s":"badiani-white-city","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":222},{"n":"Bush Theatre","s":"bush-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":434},{"n":"Sherlock: The Official Live Game","s":"sherlock-the-official-live-game","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":505}],"near_same":[{"s":"portobello-road","m":1420},{"s":"brompton-road","m":4006},{"s":"harrods","m":4142},{"s":"chelsea-design-district","m":4201},{"s":"kings-road","m":4237},{"s":"harvey-nichols","m":4315}]},{"slug":"westfield-stratford-city","name":"Westfield Stratford City","area":"East Village","address":"Montfichet Road, E20 1EJ","station":"Stratford International","walk":2,"lat":51.5435,"lng":-0.0068,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_short":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"runs":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["clothes","department","district","mid"],"deep":null,"scope":null,"scope_icon":null,"route":null,"venue_group":null,"geo":null,"geo_zone":null,"verdict":"Beside the Olympic Park, the other Westfield.","note":"Built for the 2012 Games at the edge of the Olympic Park, with the chains, John Lewis, a cinema and a casino, and the same plan of covered streets as its sibling at White City. Most visitors to the park arrive through it.","note_links":null,"reading":null,"figure":null,"figures":null,"from":null,"country":null,"country_name":null,"also":null,"years":null,"plaque":null,"maps_q":"Westfield Stratford City, Montfichet Road, E20 1EJ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Sadler's Wells East","s":"sadlers-wells-east","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":445},{"n":"V&A East Museum","s":"v-a-east-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":501},{"n":"The Music is Black: A British Story","s":"the-music-is-black-a-british-story","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":608}],"near_same":[{"s":"columbia-road","m":4721},{"s":"brick-lane","m":5097},{"s":"hatton-garden","m":7493},{"s":"twinings","m":8069},{"s":"coal-drops-yard","m":8309},{"s":"james-smith-sons","m":8802}]}]}