Activities In London

Burlington Arcade

Walk up Piccadilly towards Piccadilly Circus until you come to Burlington Arcade on your left. An early 19th Century arcade of exclusive shops ‘guarded’ by top-hatted beadles. Here you will find cashmere, china and crystal, pearls and pewter, paintings and pipes, silver and ...

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Fortnum and Mason

Cross back over Piccadilly to Fortnum and Mason. If you arrive on the hour, look up - Mr Fortnum and Mr Mason will appear from the clock to the strains of the Eaton Boating Song. Fortnum’s ground floor grocery department, with its chandeliers and tail-coated shop assistants ...

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Swaine Adeney Briggs & Sons

Swaine, Adeney, Briggs & Sons, fashionable supplier of umbrellas, luggage, shooting and riding equipment.

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Hatchards

Hatchards is London’s oldest bookshop, with all the latest hardbacks and paperbacks as well as established favourites.

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Jermyn Street

Behind the Victorian shopfront of Harvie & Hudson are striped and plain, cotton and silk custom-made shirts and a wide range of menswear. Paxton & Whitfield stocks around 300 varieties of cheese. You are encouraged to sample before buying an unfamiliar name. Flor ...

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Alfred Dunhill

Dunhill on the corner of Duke Street sells tobacco, pipes, menswear and has a good selection of leather briefcases, wallets and holdalls. Web: Dunhill

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King Street

Christie’s on King Street, world famous auctioneers, who hold regular sales of works of art, coins, wine and other collectables. A list is available inside. Next door is Spink & Son, founded in 1666 and specialists in coins and medals, pictures, silver and Oriental art. ...

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St James’s Street

Lobb, bespoke shoemakers, dates from the 19th Century. There is a wonderful smell of leather in the shop, where a fitter measures your foot and a ‘clicker’ selects a suitable skin. James Lock & Co, one of THE places to buy a hat, was established in 1686. They invented t ...

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Truefitt & Hill

Truefitt & Hill, established in the same year as Nelson’s victorious battle at Trafalgar in 1805. Staff at Truefitt & Hill have been serving members of the royal family since George III and clients have included Charles Dickens amongst many others.

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