In London, that is world’s great metropolises you can purchase anything that is in your list of wishes. However, you need to know about possible places in London where you can purchase product of your choice and opinion. However, one thing is quite popular with perspective of shopping in London that hardly there is left out or remains any opportunity with respect to bargain as in high prices and high exchange rates. There are many popular streets in London with respect to shopping in the city of London.
- Soho and Chinatown: This area is quite famous for its bars and restaurants. It attracts a good number of crowds including especially on and during Friday and Saturday nights. During the noon time Soho is rather popular for coffee bars and cafes. Old Compton Street is Soho’s ‘High Street’ and also London’s most notable gay area. The area close to Leicester Square is London’s Chinatown.
- Carnaby Street: It is a cheerful pedestrianised region at north Soho at back of Regent Street. The area has witnessed rampant development during a last few years, especially during southern end of Carnaby Street, with addition to a good number of new stores with a passage through to Kingly Court with three floors of one towards the concept shops and studios in the region.
- Marylebone and St. Christopher’s Place: It is the area located at North of Oxford Street. It is a ten minute walk to the High Street from Bond Street station through pedestrian-only St Christopher’s Place. Chiltern Street is a comparatively quiet street there with having a good numbers of very special women outfits Marylebone High Street have many a time has received praise for its character and the better mix up of shops and restaurants.
- Portobello: Arranged around weekends this market is one of the prominent reason why most of the people tour around the Notting Hill. The portion of the market to the north of the flyover and is mostly bric-a-braq, where as clothes and food stall are situated at its middle section. Antiques and collectibles there are situated at the southern end, close to Notting Hill Gate tube station. Area there remains respectively peaceful during entire weeks.
- Islington: This famous antique shops and market is located a few minutes distance from Angel tube station, on the same side of the street going up towards Islington Green. For Chapel market (the local street market) and for the N1 shopping centre, cross over Upper Street on leaving the station, and walk down Liverpool Road. There one can have a good number of restaurants and bars. The Exhibition Hall thus is third noted center there.
- Fulham Road: Fulham Road goes out towards Fulham from South Kensington, running parallel to the King’s Road to the south. The area called Brompton Cross can be found at number1 on the diagram below. There are plenty of antique dealers and specialist interior furnishing stores which give Fulham Road a rather sedate atmosphere.
- Oxford Street: This is half a mile long shopping street in London and is one of the most famous shopping streets in London. Oxford Street has reputation for big stores like Selfridges and others departmental stores being located there. These departmental stores are located in between sections from Marble Arch to Oxford Circus, having name and companies from a very big multinationals. It is said to be the busiest shopping street in Europe.
- Regent Street: Regent Street divides swanky Mayfair to the West and trendy Soho to the East. The main shopping area in the street lies between Oxford Circus to the north, and Piccadilly Circus to the south that is a quarter to a mile. Regent Street shops also opens with same timings of Oxford Street.
- Bond Street: At Bond Street in Mayfair there exist a good number of elegant and most expensive shops in London. Designer cloths like Gucci and Armani; perfume; art and antiques; and more Royal Warrant holders are available in London. New Bond Street is a few minutes walk from Bond Street Station, connected by pedestrian-only South Molton Street, and Old Bond Street is the short section at the Southern end which joins Piccadilly.
- Piccadilly and Jermyn St: It is a wider street on a very busy main road that carries and leads to the Picccadilly Circus. There is situated The Ritz Hotel and the Fortnum and Mason department store that is at the same location for three hundred years. The Royal Academy art institute is on the northside of Piccadilly at Burlington House. Parallel to Piccadilly to the south, is rather peaceful Jermyn Street having menswear shops, precisely shirtmakers.
- Camden Town: It is famous for the four markets like Camden Market, Camden Lock Market, Camden Canal Market and Stables Market. These all market sales out vintage clothing, street fashion, antiques and arts and crafts. This market extremely busy at weekends is even nice place for body piercing too.
- Queensway: The area around Bayswater is popular for a good number of hotels and restaurants in the areas. So the Queensway market there, primarily caters to tourists as there in the region there are located a good number of souvenir shops, bureaux de change and fast food restaurants prominently close to the southern end. On the top side of Queensway there is located the huge Whiteleys shopping center with many high street names can be found out along with restaurants and a multi-screen cinema.