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Tax-Free Shopping in London: There Is No VAT Refund — Here's What Actually Works
Visitors cannot claim the 20% VAT back on shopping in London and have not been able to since January 2021. What replaced it, which shops take the VAT off at the till, what duty free is actually worth, and what you pay when you get home.
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Shopping in London: Every Street, Market and Store Worth Your Time
Where to shop in London by what you actually want to buy — department stores, streets, markets, arcades and malls — with real price guides, and the two rules that catch every visitor out.
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London's Best Markets: 17 Compared
A banana-ripening warehouse full of food traders, a flower market that only exists on Sundays, and a fish market trading before dawn — London's markets by what they sell.