Shopping in London
8 places from the A Reason to Stop library. Pick one to see what makes it worth a stop, then take the whole list with you in the free app.
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- Berry Bros & RuddA wine merchant trading since 1698, now in a purpose-built Pall Mall shop where you can taste from card-operated machines and browse a climate-controlled fine wine reserve.
- Burlington ArcadeA covered Regency shopping arcade of jewellers and boutiques opened in 1819, still kept in order by beadles in top hats and frock coats.
- Coal Drops YardTwo Victorian coal-drop sheds beside Regent's Canal, linked by Thomas Heatherwick's twisted 'kissing roof' and now home to independent shops, restaurants and bars.
- Daunt Books MaryleboneAn Edwardian bookshop from 1912 with long oak galleries and a skylight, where books are shelved by country so guides, fiction and history sit together.
- Fortnum & MasonA Piccadilly grocer and department store founded in 1707, known for its food hall, hampers and afternoon tea, and for a facade clock with bowing founders.
- HarrodsEurope's largest department store, a Knightsbridge landmark of 1905 with over 330 departments and Food Halls decorated with Art Nouveau tiles.
- HatchardsA five-floor Georgian bookshop on Piccadilly, founded in 1797, with mahogany tables, shelves of signed editions and royal warrants from the King and Queen.
- Liberty LondonA Tudor Revival department store on Regent Street, built in 1924 with the timbers of two ships and known for its beauty hall, homeware and Liberty print fabrics.
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