London is the capital city of England and the most popular vacation destination in the whole of the United Kingdom. Most tourists flock to the city to see the famous sights and, hopefully, catch a glimpse of the Queen or any of the other members of the British Royal Family. Many folk travel to London to indulge in shopping.
London is one of the main three cities of the world associated with serious shopping, the others being Paris and New York. Check any bottle of perfume and the city is bound to appear somewhere on the packaging and usually on the bottle itself. Virtually every company involved in the retail trade has it’s UK flagship store in one of the primary shopping districts of London.
London is amazing, it has virtually anything for sale all you have to do is go look. Places such as Knightsbridge, New Bond Street and Oxford Street feature extremely well known department stores and the likes. Usually shops selling similar items appear congregated in specific areas so if you are looking for anything in particular you just have to head for the shopping district associated with that product. You can easily spend a whole day looking through the many fashion shops, designer stores, boutiques, music shops, jewelry shops and bookshops.
Oxford Street And Knightsbridge
Harrods is, most probably, the most famous department store in England and you will find it, along with the superb Harvey Nichols and other stores, in Knightsbridge. Another incredibly famous department store is Selfridges department store found on Oxford Street. Oxford Street has lots of department stores and it has the reputation of being the busiest shopping street in Europe.
Bond Street
Gucci and Armani are just a couple of the luxury brands you should expect to see in Bond Street. If it is expensive, luxurious or unique then you will most probably find it here. Bond Street is famous for having the highest number of stores having a Royal Warrant (suppliers to the British Royal Family).
Covent Garden
If you find Bond Street a bit too expensive for your budget then you will find Covent Garden a pleasant alternative. This is where you will find most of London’s smaller independent fashion shops and shoe shops.
Other Shopping Areas In London
As well as Covent Garden, Carnaby Street is also great for buying fashionable items of clothing. Savile Row and Jermyn Street are also associated with clothing but more the old fashioned tailor type outlet. If you are looking for bookshops then the Charing Cross Road (and Covent Garden) is hard to beat. Hatton Garden, near Farringdon, is where to find long established jewellers.
You could write a book on the places to go shopping in London, and I suppose there are many to choose from. If you want to go looking for more places to visit take a look at the many London markets.
