2. Regents Street
• Regent Street is a major shopping
street in London located in the West
End.
• A festival is held annually in Regent
Street Christmas lights are part of a
London tradition.
3. • New Street Nash looked like
a clear dividing line
between Soho, which was
considered less than
respectable, and modern
squares and streets of
Mayfair. Among the most
important fashion shops are
United Colors of Benetton,
Tommy Hilfiger, Burberry,
Lacoste, Swarovski, Tous,
Zara, Armani Exchange,
Banana Republic, Calvin
Klein and Mango.
4. NOTTING HILL & PORTOBELLO ROAD
• Notting Hill is a suburb of London. It is located on the west
side of town, near the northwest corner of Hyde Park. It is
within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
• There are many music stores, and items for sale in Notting Hill
gate, and there are areas of social exclusion.
• Notting Hill is known for the location of the annual Notting
Hill Carnival, which takes place in August. This is a huge street
and celebrate the Caribbean culture, focusing on colorful
parades. The carnival was originally set in the decade of the
1960.
5.
6. PORTOBELLO
• Notting Hill is also known for Portobello Market, which has
become a tourist attraction of the first order.
• Portobello Road in west London on Saturday home to
Portobello Road Market, one of the most famous street
markets of London, known for second-hand clothes and
antiques.
7. MAYFAIR & PICCADILLY
• The Mayfair emerged in the
eighteenth century as a
peripheral residential area.
What at that time were
farmers' houses today has
evolved to the current
district full of embassies,
offices, modern hotels and
luxury apartments. Mayfair
can delimit the area
between Piccadilly, Hyde
Park, Oxford Street and
Regent Street.
8. PICCADILLY CIRCUS
• Piccadilly Circus takes to the head of London as a center of the
city.
• The main attraction here is the statue of Eros, initially called
the Shaftesbury Monument. Built in 1893 by Alfred Gilbert.
• Also look at the Criterion, a prominent London theater with
an “Art Nouveau” design.
9. CHARING CROSS ROAD
• Charing Cross Road is a street in central London running
immediately north of St Martin-in-the-Fields to St Giles Circus and
then becomes Tottenham Court Road. It is so called because it
serves Charing Cross railway station.
• 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 . There are a number of new bookshops nearby too -
Foyle's is the biggest, with a stock of over 7 million titles.
• Whilst already very famous, the road was made more so by the
book '84 Charing Cross Road', which was also made into a film
starring Anthony Hopkins. Cecil Court, a side street just off the main
road, is filled with antique book and map shops.
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11. CAMDEN MARKET
• Camden Town still manages to draw heaps of visitors keen to
sample its vibrant market and underground music scene.
Indeed, the market now draws in 100,000 every weekend and
sells virtually anything that can be placed on a market stall.
The quality of goods varies, but you may well find a genuine
bargain.
• If the crush of the market gets to you, wander down to the
canal and jump onto a barge for a trip through the attractive
residential area of Little Venice with its grand Victorian villas.
The barge also travels as far as Regent's Park where you can
be dropped in the middle of the famous London Zoo.
• Amy Winehouse lived in Camdem Town.
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13. KNIGHTSBRIDGE, KENSINGTON &
CHELSEA
• Knightsbridge is everything you would suspect of London’s
poshest neighbourhood: snooty, superficial and over the top.
Designer boutiques, five star hotels and expensive restaurants
compete for space, however unbelievably it is possible to find
the odd cosy pub randomly tucked away from the main
thoroughfares. It is also a great place to people watch, from
the wannabe IT girls queuing to get into Vendome to the
hapless rich men trying to entice them.
14. KNIGHTSBRIDGE, KENSINGTON &
CHELSEA
• Kensington
• This market sells retro clothing primarily. It was previously
located in Kensington High Street but has recently moved to
Queensway, Bayswater and can be found near the ice skating
rink at the Kensington Gardens end of Queensway.
15. KNIGHTSBRIDGE, KENSINGTON &
CHELSEA
• Chelsea
• It's busy, it's large, it's world famous, it's the Chelsea Antique
Market—a great place for finding unusual antiques. Despite
being in one of London's most ritzy neighbourhoods, bargains
abound. Open Monday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm.
• Situated in London's West End in a nineteenth century
teracotta building, this market was established in 1964 and is
internationally acclaimed. A variety of goods are offered here.
• Antiquarius houses a load of different antiques dealers selling
a wide range of collectables including art, furniture and
ceramics.
16. PETTICOAT LANE
• More than a thousand stalls spread
over two streets make up Petticoat
Lane Market. This East End market
which has been operating since the
1750's or earlier, is named after the
petticoats and lace once sold there by
the Huguenots who came to London
from France. The street was renamed
Middlesex Street in 1830 by the
Victorians who wanted to avoid
references to women's underwear,
but the name had stuck. The market
specialises in new goods ranging from
running shoes to kitchen utensils.
• There are more than 1000 little shops
where you can buy whatever you
want.
17. WORK DONE BY: LUIS FELIPE DURÁN VINUESA
JOSÉ PABLO HIDALGO MAÑERO