London experts/shopping question
 

London experts! Can you please let me know how practical this plan is & if there are any additions or omissions we should make for our shopping day in London??<BR><BR>We plan to tube to the Knightsbridge stop. Go through Harrod's, browse down Sloan Street, turn & browse down Kings Rd. (all the way to Rococo Chocolates at #321 Kings Rd.)<BR><BR>Are there plenty of little shops along our route? Any additional streets we should put in -- or a better route to take? We'll have to make our way to some tube stop eventually to return to our hotel. Any suggestions?<BR><BR>Thanks!

Hi<BR>Do you have a particular kind of shopping (besides the chocolate) in mind: clothes, antiques, household goods, etc?

Elaine --<BR><BR>We're up for pretty much anything. I guess the top of our list would be beauty/bath supplies, tea/coffee, accessories, china teapots & cups, Peter Rabbit anything!, children's clothing & toys, bookstores.... Any shop that looks interesting we'd wander into.<BR><BR>I also forgot to mention we want to make a trip to Burberry -- and I have to look up where the store is located. I don't know if that can be worked into our shopping day.<BR><BR>:-D

Hi, shopper!<BR>I hope you have General Trading Company on that agenda! They will have most of what you are looking for in one place, it is great fun shopping there.Sloan St is fun,as is Kings Road, go off the main roads into the small streets, there you will find small shops full of treasures.I did this once and discovered David Linleys shop-the loveliest furniture.Also, go to Antiquarius...wonderful antiquing and you can sit and have tea with the dealers...which is quite fun when they start chatting among themselves~

Yes...kate has it just right! And try Beauchamp Place..just down the road from harrod's..<BR><BR>personally I find Harrod's overwhelming and prefer the smaller shops, unless I have something specific in mind...and of course I have to do the food halls, even if all I buy is a few oysters at the bar!<BR><BR>Antiquarious is a must on my list! And for teapots check out reject china shop!

Aahhh Jody, a fellow shopper I think~<BR>Harrods does have that knack for making a person feel all turned around..I prefer Harvey Nichols and loooove Beauchamp Place...There used to be the best Thai restaurant on Beauchamp, had lunch there all the time~<BR>Now if you really want to do some antiquing, I personally love finding estate jewelry..there is a place called Alfies off Edgeware Rd..the whole street is antique stores and Alfies is like Antiquarius - a big building with lots of dealers.You can sit and have a light lunch or tea on the top floor, on a nice day they open the doors and you can see over the roof tops...I need to go back to London soon, getting homesick~

It's been eons ago, but I remember finding a lot of wonderful things in the China Reject Shop near Harrods, I believe on Beauchamp Street. A very popular place as I remember. You would never know that there was anything wrong with most of the pieces. Lots of china dinnerware, crystal and decorative pieces.

I was just at that Reject China shop a few weeks ago. xxx, it's on the corner of Brompton Road and bettyk says Beauchamp, but you can't miss it. As you're walking on Brompton Road towards the V & A museum, it's on the left side.<BR>Since Reject China sort of merged with Chinacraft shops, they carry both<BR>"seconds" as well as perfect items. I bought some items to have shipped <BR>(shipping costs are significant so really only a large order makes it worth it) and I mixed and matched perfect item with seconds. Can't tell the difference! <BR>Also on Brompton Road, between Harrods and where Brompton Road merges with Sloan Street (the tube stop) but closer to Harrods and on the same side of Brompton Rd is a store called Accessories. I saw several of them in London. They have inexpensive hand bags, scarves, hair accessories, etc. for all ages.<BR>They were just getting in items in summer colors and I went crazy with the bright colors and the straw bags.

Forgot to say, xxx, take notes, I'd love to hear how you do and what shops you like.

Take time out for a drink in the fifth floor bar at Harvey Nichols. It's expensive - about &pound;3.50 to &pound;4 for a glass of wine - but the people watching you can do there is fantastic! Just nurse the wine carefully...

A few more things...<BR>Harvey Nicks' cafe is also a great place to people watch on Sunday morning-walk through the food court and order a cappucino. Try to get a table by the window. <BR>Don't forget that Harrod's is closed on Sundays.<BR>There's also a Reject China shop in Covent Garden.<BR>More to come from others who love London, I'm sure!

Kate ,<BR>I go to Alfie's every trip!! have you tried Gray's , run by the same people, near the Bond street metro stop..go out the side door and it's to your right in a triangular shaped building..lots of jewelry, and an excellent silve shop ( my weakness!)

Grey's ! been there! bought a Victorian wedding ring..big and heavy- loved it!<BR>We are definitely kindred shopping spirits,Jody:)