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Shopping With Children

The best shops in London to take children shopping.
Best Shops for Children
It can be a chore taking children shopping with you, particularly in a big city, as they can get easily bored. Keep them stimulated by adding a few of these shops into your day.
Hamleys
Hamleys has seven floors of toys at its Regent Street shop in London.
Green Baby
Green Baby is the leading eco-friendly baby and children's brand. Green Baby offers a range of natural, organic, environmental and fair trade products including baby underwear, organic cotton seasonal clothing, baby accessories and much more.
Oh Baby London
Oh Baby London is an independent kid's wear brand created in Brick Lane in the heart of London's East End. Eccentric, bold design and irreverent truths like 'Been Inside for Nine Months' are the essence of Oh Baby London.
Niketown
Niketown in London is a great sports store, actually on Oxford Circus - the heart of the Oxford Street shopping area.
The Trocadero
The Trocadero in Piccadilly, London has shopping, restaurants, cinemas, bowling, virtual reality rides, coffee shops, nightclubs, and bars.
Mystical Fairies
Mystical Fairies is a little girl's dream! Mystical Fairies is full of fairy and princess dresses, as well as lots of accessories including wings, wands, and tiaras! Boys are not left out, as there are lots of fun dressing up costumes for them, such as pirates and wizards.
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet comic shop in London is the world's largest and best-known science fiction, fantasy, and cult entertainment retailer, and the largest UK stockist of the latest comics and graphic novels. They also stock action figures, books, DVDs, toys, and merchandise from movies and television.
Children's Book Centre
The Children's Book Centre in London stocks around 15,000 titles, and claims to be the largest children's bookshop in London. There are books for tiny tots right up to age 16, plus an excellent selection of audio and videotapes, gifts, cards, and toys. The service and advice is second-to-none -- they know what will suit the child you're buying for, so just ask.
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