MINI GUIDE | 08 January 2013
Mini guide to shopping in London
A row of dresses wait to be bought at London's Camden Market. (Jeff Overs/BBC)
Beyond the familiar axis of Oxford and Regent Streets, London plays host to a huge variety of shops, one-of-a kind boutiques and street markets.
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Food markets
Brixton Village has become one of the city’s most exciting and diverse places to eat. It’s home to some 20 eateries, selling food from Pakistani thalis and Chinese dumplings to Neopolitan pizzas and British charcuterie. Many sell homemade produce to take away (off Coldharbour Ln; 8am–7pm; cheeses from £4).
Brixton Village has become one of the city’s most exciting and diverse places to eat. It’s home to some 20 eateries, selling food from Pakistani thalis and Chinese dumplings to Neopolitan pizzas and British charcuterie. Many sell homemade produce to take away (off Coldharbour Ln; 8am–7pm; cheeses from £4).
London loves its railway arches, and one of the best conversions lies between Maltby Street and Druid Street in Bermondsey, where artisan food seekers come to pick up oven-hot loaves, preserves, free-range meats and wines from small-scale producers. There’s an offshoot of the market further east where the tracks cross Spa Road (Saturdays 9am–2pm; Barnsley chops from £22 per kg).
Tucked away in a car park behind Notting Hill Gate tube station and frequented mostly by locals, The Notting Hill’s Famers’ Market is a fine place to sample and buy fresh pies, meat, fish, veg, cheeses, fruit, eggs and juices (don’t miss the Chegworth Valley farm-pressed apple juice) – all the while cutting out the middlemen and supporting sustainable farming (Kensington Church Street; Saturdays 9am-1pm; 1 litre of Chegworth Valley apple juice £2.50).
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