Shopping - One-Two-Go London: The Ultimate Guide to London 2014 - page 148

3 rd Shopping mall “Whiteleys”
This is London's first official department store considered the height of luxury when it was
opened in 1911 (the original Whiteleys department store in Westbourne Grove burned down
in 1897).
Today's largely mainstream tenants are at odds with the refined Edwardian structure - its
marble floors, huge glass atrium and impressive La Scala staircase mean the place some-
times gets used in film shoots (it features in both Love Actually and Closer). The mainly
mid-range high street shops include Zara, Dune, Muji and E&A Moda, and there's also an
eight-screen Odeon cinema and a branch of the upmarket bowling chain All Star Lanes.
The traditional Whiteleys department store