Petticoat Lane Market is a traditional street market located in London that has operated since the early 17th century. It originally sold second-hand clothes but later became a center for manufacturing new clothes. The market still sells a wide variety of goods today including clothes, household items, and collectibles. Camden Market, another famous London street market, offers global fashion, crafts, and food. It is popular among both tourists and locals.

1. Street Markets
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2. It is one of a History
number of
traditional markets Petticoat Lane Market By 1608, it had become a
commercial district where
located to the east
second hand clothes and
of the City of
bric-a-brac were sold and
London.
exchanged, known as
'Peticote Lane'.
From the mid-18th
century, Petticoat Lane
became a centre for
manufacturing clothes.
The market served the
well-to-do in the
City, selling new garments.
About 1830, Peticote
Lane's name changed to
Middlesex Street, to
record the boundary
between Portsoken
Ward, in the City of
London and
Whitechapel, which
coincided with the Lane.
But, the old name
continues to be
Jewish immigrants associated with the area
From 1882, a wave of
What can you buy entered the local garment Jewish immigrants'
in this market? industry and maintained fleeing persecution in
the traditions of the eastern Europe, settled in
Another information When is it open? Clothes for men, women and market. the area.
children, from street-cred clubwear
Petticoat Lane may be The market is held in to over-orders of designer goods and
London's biggest street and around Middlesex last year's must-haves.
jumble sale but for Street on Sundays from One of its specialities is leather wear
bargain hunting, with a 9am to 2pm, with a at the Aldgate East end and there's
bit of haggling thrown smaller market open on bric-a-brac, household goods, in fact
in, it's the original and Wentworth Street from everything you could possibly think
the best. Monday to Friday. of plus some other bits and bobs too.

3. Portobello Market
Portobello Market in West London is one
of the most famous street markets in the
world. It is a popular destination for
Londoners and tourists alike. Portobello
Road goes straight through the heart of
Notting Hill, the trendy area of London
made famous by the film.
Go to Portobello Market
Portobello Market takes
up most of what is
actually more properly
called Portobello Road, it
stretches for around two
miles, although on a
crowded saturday
afternoon it takes quite a
while to walk from end to
end.
Antiques Section - from Chepstow
Villas to Elgin Crescent
What can you Fruit and Veg - Elgin Crescent to
buy in this Talbot Road
market and New Goods - Talbot Road to the
where? Westway
Fashion Market - Street in General
and Westway

4. Mayfair and piccadilly markets To the south of Oxford
Flanking Green Park and to the
east is Piccadilly, which boasts
Street and bordering both
the Burlington
Hyde Park and Green Park
Arcade, Fortnum and Mason
is Mayfair, known for its
and Waterstone's bookshop –
bespoke tailoring and
formerly the Simpsons
upmarket fashion design.
department store.
Butler & Wilson
Shoe fanatics flock to South
Molton Street. Others visit British
jewellers Butler & Wilson, a shop
that sells vintage and modern
jewellery and accessories.
Students of jewellery design like
to pop by to look at their fake-
antique costume pieces. Burlington Arcade
The Burlington Arcade, to the north of
Fortnum and Mason Piccadilly, was built in 1819 and is one of
To the south of Old Bond Street is Piccadilly. Once Waterstone's London's oldest shopping arcades.
there, it's a five minute walk to Fortnum and To the east is Waterstone's Affluent customers visit the arcade for its
Mason, the official supplier of various goods to the bookshop. Five floors of cashmere classics, leather shoes and
Queen and Prince of Wales. books, cafes, fruit juice extensive selection of jewellery. Uniformed
Great emphasis is placed on their theatrical bars and restaurants make guards ensure visitors do not spoil the
window displays, in particular during Easter and it a unique browsing exclusive atmosphere by acting
Christmas. experience. singing, shouting and chewing gum.
disrespectfully

5. The Shops on Oxford & Regent Streets
Since 1908 Oxford Street has
been considered a shopping
mecca with the building of
Selfridges, a high-end
department store in high
competition with Harrod's.
The store is famous for its
exclusive collections of
merchandise.
Oxford Street is Europe’s
busiest shopping street and
one of the most magnetic
London attractions. Located
in the heart of London's West
End, Oxford St is filled with an
awesome three hundred
shops, spanning nearly one
and a half miles.
Timetibles
Most British high street shops open between 9.00am and Due to Oxford Street's prime West End
5.30pm, but the stores on Oxford Street open beyond location there are many other famous
those hours, with the majority opening late into the shopping attractions nearby, including the
evening. Some of the street's most famous shops include delights of Bond Street, Regent
Selfridge’s (one of the world’s great department stores); Street, Piccadilly Circus and Carnaby Street.
a huge HMV store (the UK's biggest record shop); There is also a good chance that you'll
Topshop's flagship store, which is noted for the young bump into a celebrity or two while you're in
female celebrity customers that frequent it; Marks & the area!
Spencer’s flagship store; and the huge John Lewis outlet,
which is the UK’s third largest department store.

6. Charing Cross Road and Camden market
For all those who love second hand or
antiquarian books, the charming collection
of old bookshops on and near Charing
Cross Road is a must. Many can be found
in Cecil Court near Leicester Square
Station and have only survived as they are
charged a miniscule (peppercorn) rent.
They are certainly a welcome addition to
the West End - and to find true
bargains, spend a while scouting around
their musty cellars! There are a number of
new bookshops nearby too - Foyle's is the
biggest, with a stock of over 7 million titles
What kind of things can you
Timetibles find in Camden Market? Trading At the Market
Open from Monday Camden Market is one of London's most popular If you're a designer, craftsperson or an artist that wishes to
through to weekend tourist attractions, offering fashion and open a market stall at Camden Market, it's not that hard to
Sunday, 10am - 6pm crafts; a mix of people and foods from every do. First though we recommend that you visit Camden
Camden Market is corner of the world. The area has been made Market at the weekend and to find the market area that
open every days of the famous by films such as 'Withnail & I', pop icons best suits what you are selling. For example, artists will find
year, including all bank 'Madness' & Oasis, and historic writers such as that Market Hall is the most popular place to display
holidays except for George Orwell, Mary Shelley and Charles works, while Buck Street Market has always been popular
Christmas day. Dickens. with clothes designers.

7. Harrods Harvey Nichols Sloane Street and King's Road
Harrods, on Brompton Road in Wedged between Knightsbridge and Sloane For more exclusive retail therapy walk down
Knightsbridge, first opened in 1849 as a Street is Harvey Nichols, which began in 1813 Sloane Street, towards the south. It houses
humble grocery store. Today, it's a lavish when Benjamin Harvey opened a linen shop. In haute couture from many of the classics, such
department store – probably Britain's most 1820, in partnership with Colonel Nichols, the as Christian Lacroix, Hermes and Dior as well as
famous. The Food Hall is known for its exotic shop began trading in Oriental carpets, silks and younger labels such as MaxMara and Prada.
range of foodstuffs, the quality of the luxury goods.
produce and the extravagant way in which Over time "Harvey Nicks", as it is fashionably Sloane Street comes to an end at Sloane Square
it's displayed. called, has turned into a full-merchandise and the legendary King's Road, in Chelsea, the
On the lower ground, at the base of the department store, visited for its food hall and centre of daring fashion in the 60s. It was
Egyptian escalator, is the Memorial to Diana crowd-stopping window displays. These feature here, from her boutique Bazaar, that designer
Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed, son of creative works by artists and graphic designers Mary Quant revolutionised fashion by launching
the stores' Egyptian owner Mohammed Al exploring themes as diverse as Egyptian cinema the mini skirt and bold, sexy cosmetics.
Fayed. Thousands of visitors come here to posters, environment and architecture.
pay their respects to the couple who Patrons also go to Harvey Nicks because it's a The punk rock movement was also launched on
tragically died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. showcase for many hip designer labels, the likes King's Road, from a shop called Sex run by
The department store has a strict dress code of Paul Smith, Yohji Yamamoto, Alexander Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren.
which was introduced in 1989 and bans McQueen and Comme des Garçons. McLaren became the manager of the punk rock
unsuitable attire. Dress sensibly; you may be band Sex Pistols, which in 1977 created an
escorted out of the building by the security alternative National Anthem. It said, "God Save
guards if you don't. the Queen, the fascist regime…"
It spans seven floors. Although it stocks
practically everything – from pianos and fine Buying in Westwood still has a shop on 430 King's Road.
jewellery, to cigars and humidors – food is
still at its heart.
Knightsbridge, Kensingt It's called World's End and its backward
spinning clock has become something of an icon
on & Chelsea in London's fashion scene.