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LONDON
HIGH
STREETS.
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NEW BOND STREET
Is
mainly designer clothes shops and Fenwick's department store. You
will also find some very expensive art galleries and Sotheby's down
here.
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NEARBY: |
Oxford St -Regent St |
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Bond
Street |
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OLD BOND STREET.
This part of the street is door to door with jewellery shops, which
include Aspreys (the Crown Jewellers) and Tiffany's.
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Oxford St -Regent St |
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Bond
Street |
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CHARING CROSS
ROAD.
Home of the book lover! This
street is full of many small bookshops.
Silver Moon who deal only with women's books-Zwemmer is for art.
Marchpane stock antique and rare books
Foyle's and Waterstones the major book stores are also down here.
Some of the shops can look pretty tacky, but it depends what you are
looking for.
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NEARBY: |
Oxford St -Tottenham Court
Rd |
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Leicester
Square |
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DENMARK STREET.
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Denmark Street is quite a short street
containing six or so shops specialising in musical instruments and
equipment. An excellent selection of guitars can be found down here. |
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NEARBY: |
Oxford St |
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Tottenham Court Rd |
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HATTON GARDEN.
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Hatton Garden is
the centre of the diamond trade.
Hatton Garden has a lot of history behind
it, but today it is known for the large number of jewellery shops. It is
the centre for the diamond trade in London. The shops in Hatton Garden are
one of the few places where you can haggle over the price and come away
with a good piece of Jewellery. |
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NEARBY: |
Smithfields - Bartholomew's |
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Chancery
Lane |
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JERMYN STREET
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Jermyn street offers a fine
selection of shops selling bespoke shirts and ties. The shaving tackle
shop has a very good window display. The cheese shop, although a bit out
of place, is one of the best in London. |
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NEARBY: |
Piccadilly-St James St -
Saville Row |
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Green
park - Piccadilly |
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This is a typical London
shopping high street, with a large number of shops. In close proximity to
Portobello Road, Kensington Church Street and the numerous nearby hotels.
Although not worth crossing London
for, it’s handy if you are nearby.
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NEARBY: |
Kensington Palace - Kensington Church Street |
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Kensington
High Street |
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KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET |
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Kensington Church Street
contains a large number of antique shops, along with a few 18th century
houses.
It is in close proximity to Portobello Road, which makes it an ideal place
to visit on a Saturday when the market is on. If you are hungry after all
that, try the Kensington Place restaurant. |
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Kensington Palace -
Kensington High Street |
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Notting Hill Gate |
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KINGS ROAD |
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The King’s Road got it’s name after Charles
II as it was his
private road to Hampton Court. The Road ceased to be private in 1830.
Today the street is full of small but expensive one off boutiques , It is
a lovely shopping street and you can always find that extra special gift
down there. |
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Royal Hospital - Chelsea Football Club |
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Sloane Square |
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KNIGHTSBRIDGE |
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This street runs from Hyde Park
Corner to Kensington Road.
Along
with boutiques, you have Harvey Nichols department store and Harrods.
Knightsbridge barracks is also on this
street and if you look up the stables are two floors up.
Royal Thames Yacht Club - French Embassy - Wellington Club. |
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Harrods - Hyde Park -
Apsley House |
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Knightsbridge |
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OXFORD STREET.
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This is one the main shopping
streets within London,
with many large department stores.
Although today there are many smaller shops .
DEPARTMENT
STORES:-
Mark & Spencer's. - D H
Evans - Selfridges - Debenhams - Virgin Mega Store - HMV Record Store -
Nikes -John
Lewis - British Home Stores. |
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Regent Street - Tottenham Court Rd |
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Oxford
Circus |
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REGENT STREET
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This street runs from
Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Street and has many of the one off department
stores and shops , along with some high street shops.
STORES:-Liberty
- Dickens & Jones - Hamley’s - Warner Brothers - Disney Store - Gap - Next
- Tower Records |
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NEARBY: |
Oxford Street - Piccadilly
Circus |
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Oxford Circus |
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If it’s a suit you are need then
Saville Row is where you must go. The bespoke tailors that occupy this
street are world famous with Kings, Presidents, film stars etc, etc,
amongst there customers.
Gieves and Hawkes is the most prominent shop.
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Piccadilly - Jermyn Street
- Museum of Man Kind |
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Piccadilly Circus |
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St. JAMES STREET |
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St James street has a wonderful
collection of shops, all of them unique.
Berry Brothers and Rudd (wine merchants)
Locks (hatters) have been here since 18th century.
J. Lobb (bootmakers and shoes) since 1850.
William Evans (gun makers). D.R. Harms (chemist) Robert Lewis (cigars)
A fine street to buy quality merchandise. |
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NEARBY:
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Piccadilly - St James
Palace |
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Green Park |
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TOTTENHAM
COURT ROAD |
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The shops down here mainly sell
computers, stereos, CD players, TV’S. and many other electrical goods.
Most of the shops are selling off old
stocks of computers and some of the shops look run down, but there are a
few shops that do sell good quality equipment.
Towards the other end of the street is the
furniture store Habitat and Heals. |
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NEARBY: |
Oxford Street - Charing
Cross Road |
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Tottenham Court Rd |
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