Brick Lane Market

Open: Sun 8am-2pm
Looking for a general flea market then Brick Lane is an ideal having a vast number of stalls. Traders here sell everything imaginable: food, furniture, kitchen appliances and DVDs. If your're in the mood to eat Bangladeshi curry or Jewish bagels or even Indian kebabs, here is the place to visit. The place attracts lots of youngsters, in search of second-hand furniture, unusual clothes or any good bargain.
Nearest Underground Stations: Aldgate East (7 minutes), Aldgate (10 minutes), Liverpool Street (10 minutes)

Bond Street

No, it hasn't been named after the other Bond. Its suave and sophisticated shops are the ultimate in serious shopping. If you have the necessary bank balance, the choice of luxury jewellery here is extraordinary. Every jeweller worth its name like Tiffanys, Asprey, Bulgari, and Georg Jensen is here.

Carnaby Street (W1)

The birthplace of the fashion and cultural revolution of the Swinging Sixties, Carnaby Street is still home to some of the world's most exciting fashion and design talent. Filled with shops selling urban and street clothing, it's the place to go for a trendy atmosphere.
Nearest Underground Stations: Oxford Circus or Piccadilly Circus

Chapel Market

Open: Tues to Sun 9am-6pm
Chapel Market is a popular street market selling a wide variety of goods including fish, fruit and veg, household goods and clothes.

Covent Garden (WC2)

Covent Garden is a great place to shop, packed with speciality stores and quirky finds. You can stock up with the latest urban street wear or buy some gourmet food. Check out the arts and crafts at Covent Garden Market.
Try the stores in Floral Street, Monmouth Gardens, Shorts Gardens, Seven Dials and Neal's Yard for a taste of how hip the neighbourhood can be.
Nearest Underground Stations: Covent Garden or Leicester Square

Farmers Market

There are 15 farmers' markets across London, so you're never too far from fresh and tasty produce. Farmers' markets are unique to ordinary food markets because everything on sale has been home grown and is fresh.

• Ealing Farmers' Market
  London's only street market dedicated to farm produce.
  Open: Saturdays, 9am - 1pm
  Leeland Road, West Ealing, London, W13
• Notting Hill Farmers' Market
  One of London's largest farmers' markets with an excellent selection of stalls.
  Open: Saturdays, 9am - 1pm
  Car park behind Waterstones, access via Kensington Place, junction of Kensington Church Street, London, W8
• Wimbledon Farmers' Market
  This market is very popular with the local community. Combine your visit with a trip to the Wimbledon Village, which is home to some fantastic restaurants and boutiques.
  Open: Saturdays, 9am - 1pm
  Where: Wimbledon Park First School, Havana Road, London, SW19

Greenwich Market

Open: Thurs to Sun 9.30am-5.30pm
Greenwich Market could well be London's best source for handcrafted items, original art work, unique gifts, collectables and antiques. Come and visit the pretty undercover market in the heart of historic Maritime Greenwich.

Harrods

Open: Mon to Sat 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00
Britain's most famous store Harrods features on many tourist 'must-see' lists - and with good reason. Its humble beginnings date back to 1849, when Henry Charles Harrod opened a small grocery shop that emphasised impeccable service over value. Today, it occupies a vast site in London's fashionable Knightsbridge and boasts a phenomenal range of products from pianos and cooking pans to pets and perfumery. The store is well served with restaurants. At Christmas time, Harrods boasts an enchanting Santa's Grotto for the kids and an extensive range of festive decorations. The summer and winter sales are calendar events in the shopping year.
Nearest Underground Station: Knightsbridge Tube station 4 min

Petticoat Lane

Open: Mon-Fri: 10:00-14:30, Sun 9am-2pm
Probably one of the oldest of all London's street markets, established over 400 years ago when petticoats were sold here. Despite attempts to close down the market it is still flourishing and always crowded. Petticoat Lane Market is home to more than 1,000 stalls selling mainly y clothes and household goods. You can find cheap leather wear at the Aldgate East end.
Nearest Underground Stations: Aldgate East, Aldgate, Liverpool Street

Regent Street and Jermyn Street (W1 and SW1)

An impressive shopping street, Regent Street offers a good range of mid-priced fashion stores including some of the city's oldest and most famous shops. Historic Jermyn Street has long been renowned for its men's clothing shops, particularly bespoke shirtmakers.
Nearest Underground Stations: Piccadilly Circus

Oxford Street

Oxford Street is one and a half miles end to end. Most shops open 10am until 6 or 7pm. Some open Sunday 12 to 6pm with late nights on Thursday. Oxford Street is best known for Selfridges and the other big department stores which are all found in the section from Marble Arch to Oxford Circus, along with most of the big-name multinationals. It's more of the same as you continue towards Tottenham Court Road, but generally on a smaller scale. Oxford Street claims to be the busiest street in Europe.

Slip into a side street, however, and it's pretty easy to leave the crowds behind. Check out St Christopher's Place, South Molton Street and Berwick Street for some real treats.
Nearest Underground Station: Bond Street

Selfridges

Selfridges at Oxford Street is a huge (it just goes on and on) store for the highend shopper. The store has six floors offering ten acres of shopping space, eleven places to eat, two exhibition halls and countless services. Everyone from Stella McCartney to Dior is here. They also have personal shopping for those who don't like to wander round the store, of course for an extra charge though.
Nearest Tube: Bond Street

Southall Market

Open: Tues, Wed 9am-3pm, Fri 4am-1pm and Sat 9am-3pm
Southall Market is the only place in London where horses are auctioned in the street! The horse market takes place on Wednesdays, with poultry on Tuesdays and general stalls of fabrics and second hand goods Friday and Saturday.