Shopping in London ★★☆
The best shops, markets, and places to get interesting souvenirs in London
The best shops, markets, and places to get interesting souvenirs in London
Quite possible the greatest museum gift store on the planet—perfect for souvenir and holiday shopping
The granddaddy of British antiques markets—though there's a little bit of everything
London's oldest toy store, opened in 1760 and brimming with eight stories of delights for all ages
This cobblestoned, glass-covered Victorian-era market built in 1881 now houses upscale retail shops
The East End bit-of-everything stalls is most bohemian of London markets
The main meat market of London, where the butchery happens in the wee hours of the morning
A guide to British retail therapy: shopping, VAT, haggling, customs, and souvenir-buying in the U.K.
Top shopping tips for a trip to the U.K. to help you bring home the best gifts and souvenirs from your British travels at the best price
I'm a size what? U.K. clothing sizes measures and shoe sizes and how to convert American clothes sizes to British (and European) ones
Pounds and kilos, grams and ounces, stone and tons (and tons, and tonnes)—Deciphering weights in the U.K.
I'm a size what? U.K. clothing and shoe size conversion charts and how to convert American clothes sizes to British (and European) ones
Everyone marvels at the sometimes ludicrously long escalators at some Tube stations. Most visitors experience those at Holborn (49m/161 feet), Knightsbirdge (40m/131 feet), or Westminster (32m/105 feet).
The longest is actually at Angel station, on the Northern line just east of Kings Cross, where the moving staircase stretches a whopping 60m (197 feet).
In close second place at 59m (194 feet) is Hampstead, also on the Northern line. Hampstead was built in 1907 and at 58.5m (192 feet) below street level is the deepest station in the system. If its escalators and 180-foot lift (elevator) are out of service, there is an emergency spiral staircase... of 320 steps.
(For the record: The shortest escalator runs just 4.1m./13 feet at Stratford station.)