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Stepping into Hamleys you are greeted by a colourful scene of frenetic activity. Miniature trains career under escalators, model planes circle above your head and mountains of soft toys spill across the floor. Famed as the one of the largest of its kind across Europe, Hamleys has been the leading toy shop for over 250 years. Founded by William Hamley in 1760, it first opened in a poky shop in Holborn before moving to Regent Street in 1881. Hamleys keeps up with the latest gadgets and trends as well as stocking the more time-honoured toys. On the lower ground floor there's the Harry Potter wizarding world where you can see a flying snitch, cast spells with a light up wand and see a giant Hagrid made out of LEGO. Upstairs, the fifth floor is dedicated to LEGO and guarded by royal guards made out of bricks. Kiddies can feast their eyes on over 40,000 different toys. There is something for every price range, however don't be surprised by some of the wildly steep price tags. Adults and children swarm around the store, eyes shining with excitement. The experience alone is worth a visit. Many of the toys are out of the boxes and can be endlessly tossed, shaken, driven, built or cuddled. With seven floors of fun your raucous bunch can charge from floor to floor with glee.
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London > Apartment > Apartment
5 Maddox Street, W1S | 1 minute from Hamleys
Edgy, urban and very hip, these distinguished apartments are a shopper's seventh heaven. Located near Regents Street, Maddox Street is a stylish sanctuary of tranquility offering ... More
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel
19 - 21 Great Marlborough Street, W1F | 2 minutes from Hamleys
A swimming pool, spa, fitness room and a range of meeting rooms have been sympathetically accommodated within this historic 5-star Soho hotel. A Grade II listed ... More
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel from £408 39% off
68 Regent Street, W1B | 5 minutes from Hamleys
Café Royal is a 160-bedroom 5-star luxury hotel on Regent Street, in London's city centre overlooking Piccadilly Circus. The hotel has conference facilities, a cafe, bar ... More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 13th February 2020 to 2nd January 2021
Hamleys, 16 Denman Street, W1D | 5 minutes from Hamleys
Everyone's favourite Hollywood love story comes alive on the London stage this February when Pretty Woman: The Musical transfers from Broadway to the West End with ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 31st March 2016 to 1st November 2020
Hamleys, 218-223 Piccadilly, Piccadilly Circus, W1V | 6 minutes from Hamleys
Mischief Theatre, creators of The Play That Goes Wrong - winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy - and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, have ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 6th November 2017 to 29th August 2020
Hamleys, 29 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D | 6 minutes from Hamleys
Tom MacRae's musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie transfers to London's Apollo Theatre after an acclaimed run at the Sheffield Theatre. Despite being openly gay and confident ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
8 Argyll Street, Soho, London W1F | 2 minutes from Hamleys
For those who owned televisions in the 1950s and 1960s, the London Palladium is quite simply the most famous variety theatre in the world. Stars who ... More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Walker's Court, W1F | 5 minutes from Hamleys
Fawn James, granddaughter of entertainment impresario Paul Raymond, who opened the original Boulevard Theatre as the Revuebar in 1958 ... More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London W1D | 6 minutes from Hamleys
From the outside, the Gielgud Theatre is an impressive sight, towering four storeys over Shaftesbury Avenue, its height further emphasized by the turret on top. The ... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
21 Conduit Street, W1S | 2 minutes from Hamleys
Mayfair art gallery owned by Omer Tiroche , considered one of London's most exciting young dealers. The focus is on modern, post-war and contemporary ... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
14 St George Street, Mayfair, London W1S | 3 minutes from Hamleys
Three decades after opening her first gallery in Cork Street, Victoria Miro returns to Mayfair to open a third space in October 2013. The gallery, designed ... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
16-18 Ramillies Street, Soho, London W1F | 3 minutes from Hamleys
The Photographers' Gallery - Britain's leading centre for contemporary photography - emerged from a 3.6 million pound redesign in May 2012 revealing the work of Irish ... More
London > Restaurants > South American restaurants
Kingly Court, Oxford Circus, Soho, London W1B | 1 minute from Hamleys
Billed as 'a playhouse of food, fun and cocktails', Senor Ceviche brings a taste of Peru to Kingly Court. ... More
London > Restaurants > Italian restaurants
15 New Burlington Place, Mayfair, London W1S | 1 minute from Hamleys
Downtown Mayfair is located between two of the most well known shopping streets in London, Savile Row, famous for its bespoke tailors and Regent Street. Its ... More
London > Restaurants > Indian/South Asian restaurants
22 Kingly Street, W1B | 1 minute from Hamleys
Dishoom pays loving homage to 1930s Bombay, when Iranian immigrants crossed the Indian ocean, setting up Irani cafes providing a cheap snack, a meal, ... More
London > Education > Cookery Courses
15B Little Portland Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W | 6 minutes from Hamleys
Awarded The Best City Cookery School 2013, the Cookery School at Little Portland Street has been teaching people to make simple, honest food for more than ... More
London > Education > Adult Education
19 Wigmore Street, Marylebone, London W1U | 8 minutes from Hamleys
Whether you're a Nigella or not in the kitchen, the L'atelier des Chefs cookery school can teach you something. Classes are given in the basement kitchens ... More
London > Education > Cookery Courses
118 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone, London W1U | 12 minutes from Hamleys
The Caldesi family first set up a cooking school in Giancarlo's native Tuscany. His 'Return to Tuscany' was captured by BBC cameras and dished up on ... More
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
Unit 2.4-2.6 Kingly Court, Soho, London W1B | 1 minute from Hamleys
On the second floor of the Kingly Court complex off Carnaby Street, Triyoga offers busy city people a refuge where they can centre themselves. One of ... More
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
1 Kingly Court, Soho, London W1B | 1 minute from Hamleys
All therapists at The Beauty Lounge in Kingly Court work in the media, fashion and beauty industry so when you go for a make-up leseson you'll ... More
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24-26 Maddox Street, W1S | 2 minutes from Hamleys
Named after the former USA Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, who famously said "There's a special place in hell for women who don't help ... More
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
77a Wells Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T | 6 minutes from Hamleys
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Burlington House, Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J | 4 minutes from Hamleys
Lord Burlington's spectacular London palace is home to the Royal Academy of Arts, a set of galleries that houses the country's premier art school and a ... More
London > Business > Venue Hire
195 Piccadilly, St James's, London W1J | 6 minutes from Hamleys
The home of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is also available to hire for your own event. The iconic building at 195 ... More
London > Business > Venue Hire
8-10 Dover Street, Mayfair, Mayfair, London W1S | 6 minutes from Hamleys
This long established night spot in Mayfair's Dover Street has been providing Londoners with a sophisticated setting to enjoy food, drink and live entertainment for 30 ... More
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Hotels Near Hamleys What's On Today Near Hamleys  Jan Svoboda: Against the Light Exhibitions | Until 7th June 2020 Photographers' Gallery 3 minutes walk from Hamleys Having hosted Jan Svoboda's first solo exhibition back in 1982, the Photographers' Gallery now presents Against the Light, the first ...More  Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2020 Exhibitions | Until 7th June 2020 Photographers' Gallery 3 minutes walk from Hamleys In spring each year The Photographers' Gallery in London shows an exhibition of work by the four artists shortlisted for ...More  Gauguin and the Impressionists Exhibitions | Until 14th June 2020 Royal Academy of Arts 4 minutes walk from Hamleys Hot on the heels of the Gauguin Portraits exhibition at the National Gallery, the French artist is the headline act ...More  Pretty Woman: The Musical Theatre | Until 2nd January 2021 Piccadilly Theatre 5 minutes walk from Hamleys Everyone's favourite Hollywood love story comes alive on the London stage this February when Pretty Woman: The Musical transfers from ...More  To Kill A Mockingbird Theatre | Until 31st July 2020 Gielgud Theatre 6 minutes walk from Hamleys Rhys Ifans, recently seen in On Bear Ridge at the Royal Court Theatre, takes on the lead role of small-town ...More  The Comedy About A Bank Robbery Theatre | Until 1st November 2020 Criterion Theatre 6 minutes walk from Hamleys Mischief Theatre, creators of The Play That Goes Wrong - winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy - ...More  Body Worlds Exhibitions | Until 11th September 2020 London Pavilion 6 minutes walk from Hamleys A fascinating exhibition which fuses science, art and health education, Body Worlds offers a unique insight into the human body. ...More  Beethoven 250 Concerts | Until 1st December 2020 Wigmore Hall 9 minutes walk from Hamleys December 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth and to celebrate the occasion Wigmore Hall presents its special season, ...More  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Theatre | Until 24th January 2021 Palace Theatre 9 minutes walk from Hamleys From the 36,000 retweets Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling got when she announced the ...More  Magic Mike Live Dance | Until 13th September 2020 The Hippodrome 9 minutes walk from Hamleys Picking up from where Dirty Dancing left off, Channing Tatum presents an adults-only dance and acrobatic spectacular based on the ...More New on LondonTown  London on Lockdown: The Best Online Theatre, Performances and Family Fun Feature Top London theatres and venues are helping to ...More 
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