LONDON

SHOPPING
PETER JONES
Seven floors of retail heaven in this department
store, with clothes, cookware, accessories and
interiors. Sloane Square, SW1W 8EL. 020 7730
3434. peterjones.co.uk. Sloane Square. Off map.
PANDORA
Wide selection of jewellery from bracelets and
charms to rings, necklaces and pendants. 257-259
Oxford St, W1C 2DD (and branches). 020 7407
2007. pandora.net. Oxford Circus. Map B4.
SELFRIDGES
Landmark London department store that
is fantastic for fashion, beauty and food.
400 Oxford St, W1A 1AB. 0800 123 400.
selfridges.com. Bond Street. Map B4.
MALLS
LONDON DESIGNER OUTLET
Huge mall with around 70 high-street retailers
offering reductions of up to 70 per cent.
Wembley Park Boulevard, HA9 0QL. 020 8912
5210. london-designer-outlet.com. Wembley
Stadium Wembley Park Wembley
Central. Off map.
ST PANCRAS INTERNATIONAL
High-street shops and restaurants, with long
opening hours. St Pancras International Station,
Euston Rd, N1C 4QP. 020 7843 7688. stpancras.
com/shop. King’s Cross St Pancras. Map A6.
WESTFIELD LONDON
More than 300 luxury and high-street stores and
65 restaurants at this chic west London mall.
Ariel Way, W12 7GF. 020 3371 2300. uk.westfield.
com/london. Shepherd’s Bush. Map inset.
WESTFIELD STRATFORD CITY
London’s largest shopping centre boasts
270 shops, plus 70 great restaurants and bars.
2 Stratford Place, Montfichet Rd, E20 1EJ.
020 8221 7300. uk.westfield.com/stratfordcity.
Stratford. Off map.
FASHION
BICESTER VILLAGE
Outlet, with prices reduced all year. Mon-Sat
9am-9pm; Sun 10am-7pm. Bicester Village,
Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6WD. 01869 323 200.
bicestervillage.com. Bicester Village from
Marylebone. Bus: Shopping Express Village coach
service from London hotels (book online). Off map.
SPECIALIST STORES
BUCKINGHAM PALACE SHOP
Choose from a wide selection of royal souvenirs
(p. 70). 7 Buckingham Palace Rd, SW1W 0PP.
020 7839 1377. royalcollectionshop.co.uk.
Victoria. Map F6.
IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
Shop selling rock memorabilia, T-shirts, posters,
mugs, photographs and more. 230 Baker St,
NW1 5RT. 020 7224 0277. itsonlyrocknroll
london.co.uk. Baker Street. Map A3.
HAMLEYS
One of the world’s biggest toy shops, with seven
floors selling everything a child could dream of.
188-196 Regent St, W1B 5BT. 0871 704 1977.
hamleys.com. Oxford Circus. Map B5.
LONDON BEATLES STORE
London’s only Beatles shop stocks a great
selection of both new and original memorabilia,
including posters, T-shirts and mugs. 231/233
Baker St, NW1 6XE. 020 7935 4464. beatles
storelondon.co.uk. Baker Street. Map A3.
THE NICKELODEON STORE
Home to toys inspired by Nickelodeon characters.
1 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA. 020 3805 3460.
nickelodeonstore.co.uk. Leicester Square. Map C5.
TWININGS
More than 100 varieties of teas at one of the
oldest shops in London. It’s also home to a small
tea museum. 216 Strand, WC2R 1AP. 020 7353
3511. twinings.co.uk. Temple. Map C6.
THE WHISKY EXCHANGE
The biggest range of whiskies and fine spirits
in London, with more than 1,000 to choose
from. 2 Bedford St, WC2E 9HH. 020 7403 8688
thewhiskyexchange.com. Charing Cross. Map C6.
MATTHEW BOURNE is a choreographer and director of
Sleeping Beauty, which is showing at Sadler’s Wells
‘I love spending my spare time shopping at some of London’s great
bookshops, such as Foyles on Charing Cross Road or Daunt Books
on Marylebone High Street’
MATTHEW BOURNE © HUGO GLENDINNING
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