So many shops, so little time. London shopping is one of the main reasons people visit the city. Here we give you details of the many shopping areas of london, from Camden Passage, Camden Lock and Carnaby Street to Mayfair.

With the odd exception, London shopping is centred on areas or streets. Sloane Street, Kings Road, Oxford Street, Regents Street, Bond Street and Saville Row or Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Camden Lock (market), for example. You can also still find a few remnants of the past, such as real farmers markets and even the odd bargain at places like the Burberry Outlet store (which is out in the sticks a bit, in Hackney), if you know where to look.

The following links take you to a page with information on the various london shopping areas, the places to shop in london (the list is in alphabetical order). Before we get into the list, if you want a quick summary of London's markets, click on this London markets link:

Alfies Antiques Market - London's largest antique market is located in an historical street market in Church Street, Marylebone, minutes from the West End.

Borough Market - by night a working wholesale fruit and veg market, but on Friday afternoons and all day Saturday it becomes a fantastic fine food market.

Camden Passage Market - antiques and a farmers market on Sundays

Carnaby Street - fashion centre of the swinging 60's. Still has designer stores bars & food.

Christies Auction House - one of the top London auction houses.

Hatton Garden - the international diamond centre and home of fine jewellery

The Kings Road - designer clothing and shoes, home furnishing stores and antiques.

Leadenhall Market - a victorian market place with cobbled walkways. Once it specialised in poultry, fish and dairy, now it houses shops and eateries.

Oxford Street - huge department and high street stores (mass market fashion)

Petticoat Lane Market - a large Sunday market offering a variety of goods, with a bias towards clothing, particularly leather coats. There is a much smaller market in one street weekday lunchtimes.

Portobello Road Market - the world's largest antiques market with lots of antiques, Victoriana and pseudo-antiques. Go on a Saturday, early because it gets very crowded.

Regent Street - a little more exclusive (and expensive) than oxford street

Piccadilly - in London's Mayfair - smaller shops, more specialised (and much more expensive)

Bond Street - exclusive shopping (especially clothes and jewlers) and international auction houses

Harrods - something for everybody, sold in the famous green bags

London's best butchers - for the top cuts in london town, London's best butchers

London most popular markets - a quick summary of London's top markets