Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
London is famous for its shopping. The best and most convenient shopping streets are
in the West End and West London (roughly between Soho and Hyde Park). You'll find
midrange shops along
Oxford Street
(running east from Tube: Marble Arch), and fancier
shops along
Regent Street
(stretching south from Tube: Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Cir-
cus) and
Knightsbridge
(where you'll find Harrods and Harvey Nichols, described later;
Tube: Knightsbridge). Other streets are more specialized, such as
Jermyn Street
for old-
fashioned men's clothing (just south of Piccadilly Street) and
Charing Cross Road
for
books.
Floral Street,
connecting Leicester Square to Covent Garden, is lined with fashion
boutiques.
The second half of my West End Walk chapter is designed to connect several
shopping areas, including Regent Street and Jermyn Street; even if you're not taking
the entire walk, consider riding the Tube to Oxford Circus, walking south two blocks to
