Where to Shop in Covent Garden

From a 150-year-old perfumer to the world's largest map shop, here's where to spend an afternoon browsing.

Covent Garden’s shopping runs from designer flagships on the Piazza to small independents tucked down side streets like Neal’s Yard and Monmouth Street. These five have been trading here longer than almost anything else in the neighbourhood, and are worth seeking out over the bigger chains.

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    Stanfords

    The world's largest map and travel bookshop - worth a browse even if you're not buying anything.

    7 Mercer Walk, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9FA

  2. 2

    Penhaligon’s

    A British perfume house holding royal warrants dating back to Queen Victoria's reign.

    41 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 7BN

  3. 3

    Neal’s Yard Remedies

    The organic beauty brand that gave this colourful courtyard its name back in 1981.

    Covent Garden, London

  4. 4

    Monmouth Coffee Company

    Buy beans roasted just days earlier at the original Covent Garden shop, trading since 1978.

    27 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9EU

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    Neal’s Yard Dairy

    An independent cheesemonger maturing British and Irish farmhouse cheeses on-site.

    Covent Garden, London