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                                        John               S T R E E T
                 PORTMAN  WIGMORE ST  House of  Lewis  BHS  O X F O R D
                                    Fraser
                  SQUARE      Debenhams         Oxford
          SEYMOUR ST  ORCHARD  ST Selfridges S T R E E T  HANOVER  Circus MARLBOROUGH ST  POLAND ST  WARDOUR
                               Bond
                                                    GREAT
                               Street
                Marks &
           Marble  Spencer         MOLTON ST  SQUARE  STREET  R  Liberty
                                    SOUTH
            Arch  O X F O R D             HANOVER    CARNABY  BROADWICK  ST  STREET
                                                         BEAK  STREET
                                            MADDOX   STREET
                                                     Hamleys
        London’s West End Shops               CONDUIT    ST   GOLDEN  BREWER                                                ST
                                                        SQUARE
                                          NEW  BOND  STREET
        Oxford Street is sometimes called London’s High Street and   SAVILE  ROW
        many of the shops that line it are branches of national or inter­  Piccadilly
                                                STREET  E G E N T           S T R E E T
                                                              Circus
        national chains. The big department stores such as Selfridges
        and John Lewis line this street, as do smaller shops selling
        clothes and tourist souvenirs. On Regent Street, Piccadilly and   O L D   B O N D   S T R E E T  PICCADILLY
        Bond Street, prices rise and shoppers search for specialized   JERMYN   ST
                                                  ARCADE
                                                   BURLINGTON
        purchases among the designer clothes shops, jewellers
        and art and antique dealers, while Carnaby Street has a more   Fortnum &
                                                      Mason
        eclectic vibe.
                                                      Brick Lane Market
                                                      In this East End street,
                                                      everything from old
                                                      books to new trainers
       Bloomsbury
       and Fitzrovia                 Smithfield and   is on sale (see p335).
                                      Spitalfields
                  Holborn
          Covent
  Soho and       and the Inns
  Trafalgar   Garden   of Court
   Square  and the
          Strand                  The City
               S
               E                     Southwark
 Piccadilly,   M   South             and Bankside
 Mayfair and   A   Bank
 St James’s   H
              T

             R
   Whitehall   E
     and
  Westminster  V                                   Columbia Road
             I                                     Flower Market
             R                                     Lined with independent
                                                   art and antique shops,
                                                   Columbia Road hosts a
                                                   wonderful flower market
                                                   every Sunday (see p336).
                         Covent Garden and
                              Neal Street
                          Street enter tainers
                         perform in this lively
                         and historic market.
                         The specialist shops
                           of Neal Street are
                           nearby (see p119).
       Charing Cross Road
       Shops selling old and new
       books line this street and the
       nearby Cecil Court (see p326).
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