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Shopping & Markets

Come to London and take advantage of the excellent shopping facilities for which London is famed.

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Kings Road

King's road is the most leisurely shopping street in London with hundreds of fashionable boutiques and a huge number of restaurants and bars. In the 1960s, King's Road was the epicentre of new wave fashion.

Piccadilly

The name Piccadilly derives from a game played in the 17th century or from the ruffs that courtiers wore and were manufactured near here. Now it is home to most famous and select food shop in the world, Fortnum & Mason, originally founded by a grocer to King George III.

Sloane Street

Sloane Street's style has much in common with Bond Street, but in a slightly less intimate fashion. But, leading as it does from Sloane Square in Chelsea to Knightsbridge at the Northern end, the street is still adorned with 'top end of the market' shops.

Brompton Road

At the heart of Chelsea lies Brompton Cross, where the emphasis is on chic boutiques and restaurants for 'ladies who lunch' and the 'in' set. It is a very charming area, and with a number of good brasseries to ease the burdened shopper.

Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is an area of elegant, upmarket fashion boutiques and top-notch department stores such as Harrods and Harvey Nichols. The latter is a huge store housing nearly every important name in the world of fashion (and many lesser ones besides), as well as an excellent and highly rated restaurant.

Savile Row

If you really want to cut a dash in the finest bespoke rig pop to Savile Row, the home of fine tailoring. Many of the tailors here have been around for generations and have clothed statesmen, peers and dignitaries throughout the ages.

St James's & Pall Mall

Two of the most famous wine merchants in the country, Berry Bros & Rudd and Justerini & Brooks, are to be found on opposing sides of St James's Street, whilst the world renowned wine expert, Hugh Johnson, has an excellent accessories business for the discerning oenophile.