Where to go shopping locally?

[ratty]

Bromley rocks! I live here now!

[Dog duck]

Go to bloody Paris or somewhere! Jeez...

[Sue]

ratty Wrote:

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> Bromley rocks! I live here now!

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I take it all back! I no longer lose the will to live when I go to Bromley! I feel the ratty vibe all around :))

[LouiseC]

Morleys in Brixton has most major cosmetics brands (including Mac, without the Selfridges queues) there is also an independent further down on Northcross Rd (called Madme Butterfly, I think....) which sells some good skincare brands and cosmetics if my memory serves me correctly.

[Bic Basher]

For the basics, like Boots and Superdrug, I shop in Peckham along with the Argos store there.

Otherwise I go to Westfield Stratford City which has M&S, Primark, John Lewis and most if not all of the trendy fashion stores which is around a 25/30 mins train trip changing at Canada Water on the London Overground for the Jubilee line or Oxford Street.

I've given up on the local South London high street shopping areas such as Bromley, Croydon and Lewisham. There isn't the range of shops or stock in comparison to Westfield or Oxford Street.

[Jeremy]

Dog duck Wrote:

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> Go to bloody Paris or somewhere! Jeez...

Typical constructive comment from DD.

What do you even mean by that?

[ED - NAGAIUTB]

Is there still a (small) Boots in Forest Hill?

[ellieaness]

In ED - for cosmetics there's Dr Boo on North Cross Road, which is excellent and I have bought some clothes from Ed before too.

For me, I do love a bit of online shopping but here's where I'd go:

Superdrug/Boots/Argos (actually bought something from Argos last week, for the first time in ages!) - Peckham

Brixton has Morleys which has a little Topshop, cosmetic brands, M&S, a Body Shop, New Look and H&M.

Oxford Street (East end) for well know high street chains, that side of the street tends to be a teeny bit quieter and you can nip into Soho for a drink or a bite to eat.

Spitalfields has an Urban Outfitters, All Saints, Whistles and a couple of other independent boutiques in and around the market, though there are also lots of menswear stores.

If you want a non-mental branch of Topshop try the one at One New Change near St Pauls.

Kings Road has a big Zara in Duke of York Square, a big Anthropologie and lots of other shops too.

[simonethebeaver]

I'm another that just goes to Bluewater. I've got there in just over 30 minutes on a good day, the parking is free (unlike Bromley) and it has pretty much everything, including three department stores. Not to say that central London doesn't feel like a more interesting shopping trip, but the trip in and out is quite wearing with small children.

[lozzyloz]

There's a little East Dulwich gem of a shop called http://capturedontherye.com/ in Pellatt Rd (opp the Mag). Awesome stuff created by local artist Lou Smith - T-shirts, cushions, lampshades, housewares etc and Coffee that rocks! Keep East Dulwich special, shop local.

[Claire-T]

Through the Trees on Zenoria St (off Lordship Lane co-op side) if a great shop with affordable and cute clothing, really recommend it.

[Chick Pea]

Well OK, let's say the OP is genuine (and not an attempt to get you all thinking there is a real need for a local shopping mall prior to the submission of a planning application to build one on a public park just up the road from here) I would say if you're after homogenous highstreet experience and don't want to travel far then Bromley is best. There are all the usual high street suspects and plenty of parking. The mall is no longer called The Glades, more info here http://intu.co.uk/bromley/centre-information

Easy journey from ED to Bromley at the moment but that will change if Boris flogs the top of Crystal Palace Park to ZhongRong Holdings - the daily traffic impact of the ZhongRong Centre's deliveries, services and staff will overwhelm local single lane routes and dont forget to add the thousands of daily visitors the centre needs to attract to turn a profit for its shareholders.

Of course happy shoppers will be delighted to know that Westfield are coming to town, Croydon, that is and no parks or green spaces will be destroyed during it's construction. Westfield Croydon is expected to be ready by 2017.

"DEVELOPERS behind the ?1 billion revamp of the Whitgift Centre have started negotiations with more than 200 businesses who will be uprooted to make way for the scheme.The Westfield/Hammerson Partnership has already lodged its formal application for the redevelopment, which includes 1.4 million square feet of shops as well as leisure facilities and housing."

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Westfield-s-milestone-announcement-Whitgift/story-19561984-detail/story.html

[Bic Basher]

I haven't been to Bluewater, but a travel tip is if you go by rail, go from Denmark Hill or Peckham Rye and ask for a ticket to Bluewater. This will give you not just your train ticket (changing at Dartford) for Greenhithe, but also the short bus trip on FastTrack to the shopping centre to/from the station.

[Bic Basher]

ED - NAGAIUTB Wrote:

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> Is there still a (small) Boots in Forest Hill?

Yes, but has a very limited range of goods. Does have a pharmacy though.

[Chick Pea]

Bic Basher Wrote:

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> I haven't been to Bluewater, but a travel tip is

> if you go by rail, go from Denmark Hill or Peckham

> Rye and ask for a ticket to Bluewater. This will

> give you not just your train ticket (changing at

> Dartford) for Greenhithe, but also the short bus

> trip on FastTrack to the shopping centre to/from

> the station.

The OP did not want to know how to get to Bluewater and Westfield, the question was is there a shopping mall or proper high street in the area.Here's a reminder,

"This sounds random but I have moved to ED from somewhere with a lot of local high street shops, and wondered where people recommend as the closest place to go for general high street stuff like boots, topshop, h&m, zara, or even a department store like debenhams etc...it would be great if there was a small mall or highstreet close by somewhere with this kind of thing when you want to do a bit of shopping at the weekend without going to oxford street or westfield?"

EmED where did you used to live?

[Lowlander]

Each to their own, but why you would go to somewhere like Croydon or Bromley (I too feel the life being sucked out of me in these places) when you live in zone 2 and central London has everything you could possibly want?

If you have a lot to carry back, take a minicab...

[Jeremy]

Chick Pea Wrote:

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> The OP did not want to know how to get to

> Bluewater and Westfield, the question was is there

> a shopping mall or proper high street in the

> area.

And that question has already been answered. So what is your point?

[alldownhillfromhere]

Just a point EmEd, why did you move from, well, wherever it is you moved from, if you want an area with the sort of high street that features all the usual shops you get in Everytown UK? ED is a very different sort of area, one that a lot of folks move to precisely because it doesn't have the sort of high street you seem to want. To be honest, there's something ringing not quite true about your post...

[Alan Medic]

Chick Pea, if you're not SJ I'll eat my pants!

[Chick Pea]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Chick Pea Wrote:

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> > The OP did not want to know how to get to

> > Bluewater and Westfield, the question was is

> there

> > a shopping mall or proper high street in the

> > area.

>

> And that question has already been answered. So

> what is your point?

Despite the question being answered recommendations were still been given to out of town shopping malls, my point was to remind people that this was not what EmED was asking. I am surprised that went over Jermey's head!

alldownhillfromhere Wrote:

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> Just a point EmEd, why did you move from, well,

> wherever it is you moved from, if you want an area

> with the sort of high street that features all the

> usual shops you get in Everytown UK? ED is a very

> different sort of area, one that a lot of folks

> move to precisely because it doesn't have the sort

> of high street you seem to want. To be honest,

> there's something ringing not quite true about

> your post...

Spot on ^

[alieh]

I agree with Dr Boo for makeup - completely love their stuff and it lasts for ages.

For clothes I've found some good gems in ED, the Mrs Robinson clothes shop down by the butcher, Fenton Walsh on Bellenden Road has some lovely clothes and very good value sales at times.

Often find beautiful things in the Give and Take shop on Lordship Lane near the EDT.

If you like vintage/second-hand the little shop on Upland Road (just further up from North X Rd) called Chi Chi Ra Ra has some great stuff. Same for the ED Warehouse on Zenoria Road.

Primark in Peckham on Rye Lane for clothes basics. And Boots/Superdrug/Argos for other basics on Rye Lane.

[Voyageur]

One of the pleasures of living in places like ED or Crystal Palace is that they are not crammed with the usual high street crud, and long may that continue! Bromley is close'ish and has plenty of high street crud, but the 'decent'ish stores have long gone (Alders/Habitat). Croydon is a concrete hell but has more of the main high street crud outlets.

[louisiana]

EmED Wrote:

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> Thanks very much...very helpful! I will definitely

> check out the pharmacy on NorthCross for make

> up...that is a good tip! :) There are hardly any

> shops near my work either so great to find out

> what we have nearby.

>

> Thanks again!

"There are hardly any

> shops near my work either."

Either?

I think you're taking the rise. This is not the Old Kent Road.

We have more good shops within walking distance than most other neighbourhoods in London. And that's not just meat, fish, but clothes, accessories, wine...

I met someone this week who works in the West End and travels here from Croydon where she lives, to go out to eat (Toast, for example).

So often, I get questions from people asking me where I bought certain things that they love. The answer is always somewhere on Lordship Lane.

If you want a "department store like Debenhams", go to Debenhams. It's not rocket science.

[JohnL]

I loved Allders in Croydon but something new is opening there now

http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Man-new-store-Allders-reveals-plans/story-19512199-detail/story.html#axzz2fMByYhfk

Voyageur Wrote:

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> One of the pleasures of living in places like ED

> or Crystal Palace is that they are not crammed

> with the usual high street crud, and long may that

> continue! Bromley is close'ish and has plenty of

> high street crud, but the 'decent'ish stores have

> long gone (Alders/Habitat). Croydon is a concrete

> hell but has more of the main high street crud

> outlets.

[alldownhillfromhere]

Yeah, there's two women at work who live in Bromley and Beckenham, but come to CP and ED at the weekend to eat and/or buy stuff?