Historical version 6 of John Lewis, Oxford Street (view current version)
- (020) 7629 7711
- Oxford Street (map of this place)
- johnlewis.com/info/cor...
- 9:30am-7pm Monday-Saturday (late opening till 8pm on Thursday)
The John Lewis chain of department stores grew from a haberdashery opened in Oxford Street by the 28-year-old John Lewis, in 1864. More history on the John Lewis website.
The Oxford Street branch of John Lewis still has a fairly decent haberdashery, with a selection of yarns - Debbie Bliss, Noro, Jaeger, Rowan, Wendy, etc - plus crochet hooks, knitting needles and miscellaneous accessories such as feathers, ribbons, elastic and so on. A good range of buttons too. Many folders of knitting patterns but only a few crochet patterns, mostly in books. The prices are reasonable but its a bit soulless.
OS X co-ord:
528807
OS Y co-ord:
181201
(Latitude:
51.514548
Longitude:
-0.143490)