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John Lewis - Oxford Street or online.


Locally: Lordship Lane - no department stores, but M&S Food, interesting shops for food, clothing, housewares etc. See also Northcross Rd - good shops and market. Have a google for local postcodes SE22, SE5, SE15, SE26 etc. to see what is available in our area (Camberwell, East Dulwich, Dulwich Village, Forest Hill etc.). Also local farmer's markets at Horniman Museum, Dulwich Village etc.


Brixton: Morleys opposite the tube station - a more traditional department store with electrical, furniture, homewares, carpets etc. Fantastic outdoor and indoor markets.


Clapham Junction: Good shopping area with department store, Waitrose and high street stores.


Welcome to our neck of the woods.

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Easy to get to Oxford Street for John Lewis, M&S, Selfridges, Debenhams, House of Fraser etc and Tottenham Court Road for Heals, Habitat etc.


No parking (at least not easily) but you can get stuff delivered.


Will make you lose the will to live, but so will shopping in Croydon, Bromley or the Purley Way :)


Although IKEA and Wyevale garden centre are on the Purley Way :))

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When I moved here I felt just the same- everything is a little bit further away than I wanted! Now I've been here 4 years I have come to terms with it! Local shopping is just wonderful but sometimes you need the big stuff.


The Bell Green retail park is very helpful- a quick drive to a large Next with a home and kids section.


For everything else I either go to Bromley and park in the Glades, or more preferably, Bluewater.

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Growlybear Wrote:

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> Dbrskh Wrote:

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> > We've got a few home bits to pick up and we were

> sent to Old

> > Kent Road...This is not the kind of shopping I

> had

> > in mind...ugh.

>

> How rude! Surely I'm not the only one to find

> this a really offensive comment?


I don't find it offensive at all (lived locally my whole life). If you're looking for somewhere like John Lewis and get sent to the Old Kent Road (B&Q, McD's, Asda etc) you're going to be disappointed aren't you? I find OKR 'urg' even though I know it well!

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If you're after a John Lewis another option is to go to Peter Jones at Sloane Square, train to Victoria then the tube, bus or a nice 20 mins walk through Belgravia. I work in Victoria so use it often, nice area to shop as less busy than Oxford Street. There's a Zara at Duke of York Square that has a Home section and then the Kings Road with India Jane, that has some lovely stock, and a Habitat.

http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/kingsrd/kr_intro.htm

http://www.dukeofyorksquare.com/stores

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Vik Wrote:

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> Growlybear Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Dbrskh Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > We've got a few home bits to pick up and we

> were

> > sent to Old

> > > Kent Road...This is not the kind of shopping

> I

> > had

> > > in mind...ugh.

> >

> > How rude! Surely I'm not the only one to find

> > this a really offensive comment?

>

> I don't find it offensive at all (lived locally my

> whole life). If you're looking for somewhere like

> John Lewis and get sent to the Old Kent Road (B&Q,

> McD's, Asda etc) you're going to be disappointed

> aren't you? I find OKR 'urg' even though I know it

> well!


I didn't mean to be rude or offend anyone with my comment so apologies of you were. Thank you Vik, that's exactly why I felt how I felt, not what I was expecting since I didn't ask for B&Q, Asda or Argos.


Thank you everyone for the suggestions. Hubby and I have got some exploring to do!

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