Markets & Shopping Spots In London

Posted on | February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The capital city of England, London, is nearly as famous for its incredible shopping opportunities as it is for its interesting history and fascinating culture. Folk from all ’round the globe take city breaks in London to take advantage of the immense selection of specialist markets, boutique stores and department stores. With the weak Pound and strong Dollar visitors from America will discover goods are nowhere near as costly as they can be, the same can be said for those visitors traveling from other countries in Europe because the UK Â£ is also finding it difficult against the Euro.

Famous Stores In London

Possibly the most well known of London’s department stores is Harrods of Knightsbridge the largest department store on the planet having about 18,000 m2 of floor space. The motto of Harrods department store is “all things for all people, everywhere” or ‘Omnia Omnibus Ubique’. Most folk associate Harrods with exclusivity and luxury and their food hall and toy department are world renowned

Selfridges is another department store worthy of a mention. situated on Oxford Street, the department store opened for business in 1909. Named after, and constructed by the businessman Gordon Selfridge Selfridges was especially designed so that the goods were more easily accessible to the buyers which was a drastic departure from the common practices of the day.

London Shopping – The Best Places To Go

Covent Garden has become very well known for its unusual and specialist shops and is generally accepted as a trendy place to frequent. As well as the fantastic shops you will also find a small number of restaurants and eating places in Covent Garden.

Another London market place which is well worth a mention is Camden Market. Although there have been a variety of markets in Camden at various times the present market only appeared in 1974. The market is actually a number of various adjoining markets altogether providing an amazing variety of wares.

Famous Shopping Streets In London

The main high street in Chelsea is the Kings Road which is one of London’s most chic and stylish streets on which to shop. The Kings Road was popular for clothes in the Sixties and Seventies and is closely associated with the Punk movement, these days the Kings Road is more subdued but still well worth visiting.

Sloane Street is another London road with a strong association with shopping which is named after Sir Hans Sloane who owned much of the surrounding land in the eighteenth century.

Staying In London

Getting to London is incredibly easy, being the nation’s capital transport links are superb and the London underground rail network makes everywhere very easy to get to.

London accommodation appears everywhere and is very easy to find but annoyingly it can beÂ a bit expensive. It is usually best to book your London Hotel online where you will discover a broad range of accomodations.