Home   About   Rooms & rates   Reservations   History & location   Planning your trip   Guest comments Getting about  Places to visit   Museums & galleries   Days out   Shopping   Entertainment   Restaurants   Afternoon tea   Sports   Shopping London is a veritable shopping heaven. It's easy to see why. From antique markets where you can hunt for bargains to world-famous department stores and chic boutiques, labyrinthine bookshops and vast music emporiums, London has it all. Covent Garden Former fruit and veg market which now has small market stalls selling clothes, antiques, art and street entertainers. Surrounded by trendy bars and restaurants. Covent Garden Fortnum and Mason Old fashioned, elegant store for gifts, small food hall and cream teas and pre-theatre suppers available. T: 020 7734 8040 Picadilly Circus Hamleys Regent Street Countries most famous toy store with 5 floors of toys. T: 020 7240 4646 Oxford Circus Harrods Harrods has become a national institution with over 4.5 acres of floor space. Swish but amazing. T: 020 7730 1234 Knightsbridge John Lewis/Peter Jones Posh, but homely, excellent for linens and fabrics. Affordable shopping. T: 020 7730 3434 Oxford Circus and Sloane Square Kings Road Chic boutiques, Pavement cafes, smart restaurants. Hit with the youngsters. Sloane Square Liberty Tudor-style building, good fashions and their own print fabrics. T: 020 7734 1234 Oxford Circus Marks and Spencer Durable fashions at affordable prices - popular with local Londoners. T: 020 7935 7954 Oxford Circus and numerous London locations Selfridges Recently refurbished. Grand departmental store with a vast range of goods on offer. T: 020 7629 1234 Bond Street Wedgwood A name that is surrounded by tradition in pottery manufacture, invoking visions of heritage and elegance. www.wedgwood.co.uk Markets Bermondsey Market For avid antiques collectors. Essential to be up early as all bargains will be snapped up by 5am. Open 4am-1pm Fri. London Bridge or Borough Borough Market A weekly fine food retail market and a number of shops specialising in food retailing. Open Fridays 12pm to 6pm and on Saturdays 9am to 4pm. London Bridge Camden Market Popular tourist attraction, combining several markets. Open daily. Camden Columbia Road Colourful flower market. Open 8am-2pm Sun. Old Street Greenwich Market Compromises 3 markets, one antiques, a covered craft market and a sprawling central market selling second-hand clothes, furniture and books. Open morning to late afternoon each weekend. Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich (DLR) or Greenwich Station Kingston Antiques This antiques market has everything from art deco items and antique furniture to Star Wars collectables. Open: Mon-Sun 10am-6pm; Sun 11am-6pm Address: 29-31 London Road Telephone: 0208 549 2004 Portobello Market Antiques silver and vintage clothes galore. Although bargains are harder to come by nowadays. Open 4am-4pm Sat Notting Hill Gate Back to top