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Foyles

  • Address: 113-119 Charing Cross Rd., Soho, London, WC2H 0EB | Map It
  • Phone: 020/7437-5660

Fodor's Review:

A quirky, labyrinthine, family-run business, this store was founded in 1903 by the Foyle brothers, after they failed the civil service exam. Today Foyles' five floors carry almost every title imaginable. One of London's best sources for textbooks, the store stocks everything from popular fiction to military history, sheet music, medical tomes, opera scores, and fine arts. Store-within-a-store Ray's Jazz has a cool café, and there's even a piranha tank on the children's floor. In 2005, a branch opened in the South Bank, followed by a concession within Selfridges department store and an outpost in St. Pancras International, home of Eurostar.

  • Tube: Tottenham Court Rd.
  • Other location: Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London, SE1 8XX, 020/7437-5660, Metro: Waterloo
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