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| Fitzroy Street Barbershop |
Fitzrovia barbers was proclaimed best
London district to live in by the Sunday Times in 2016. We wouldn’t disagree.
It’s home to a branch of Pall Mall Barbers at 45 Fitzroy Street. That’s
technically on the border of north-west London, but just around the corner from
Great Portland Street, meaning it’s just as easy to get from west London to
your appointment with one of our fantastically-talented barbers (who are also
the best in Barbers Tottenham court road London, if we do say so ourselves). Wherever you’re coming from,
here are our favourite things to do in Bayswater, Notting Hill, Kensington,
Earl’s Court, Russell Square and Bloomsbury.
Queensway is the lively, bustling
heart of Bayswater’s cultural melting pot. The W2 Barbers postcode is where communities
of Greek, Arab and Brazilian expats live side-by-side, making it the perfect
place to sample a new cuisine or pick up exotic ingredients for a recipe. By
some twist of fate, it’s also home to not one but two bowling alleys. Queen’s,
the larger of the two, offers twelve lanes plus an ice rink, plus its own
branch of MEATLiquor. Up the road in Whiteley’s Shopping Centre is a branch of
All-Star Lanes. It’s a bit smaller but what it lacks in size it makes up for
with the burgers, buttermilk chicken and truffled macaroni cheese from a huge American-style
diner.
Hop on the District Line at
Bayswater Station and it’s just fifteen minutes to our Fitzrovia barbershop and
some of the best Fitzrovia barbers around. We’re at 45 Fitzroy Street, less than five
minutes’ walk from Great Portland Street Station. You can book here, or download our app on
iOs or Android.
Take exit three at Notting Hill
Gate Station and you’re at the bottom of Portobello Road, and possibly the most
famous street market in the world. The antique and second-hand shops lining the
way are open all week, but it’s best to come on Saturday for the full
experience. We think it’s worth braving the crowds to check out the huge spread
of collectables, vintage fashion, costume jewellery and leather accessories on
the stalls. Once you’ve worked up an appetite, wind your way towards Westbourne
Park Road and make a beeline for the Barber shop Goodge Street food market. The menu changes from
week to week, but there’s a pretty good chance of finding paella, fish and
chips and all kinds of curry no matter when you turn up.
Westbourne Park is the closest
station to the northern end of the market. From there, it’s five stops on the
Circle or Hammersmith and City Line to Great Portland Street and our barbershop
at 45 Fitzroy Street. You can book here, or download the
Pall Mall Barbers app on iOs or Android.
If you can wear it, sit on it, or
hang it on a wall, you’re likely to find a priceless example of it at the
Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington. Endless galleries showcase
masterpieces of the decorative arts from 1920s eveningwear to Chinese ceramics
to mid-century modern furniture Barbers Tottenham court road. The museum has made a splash recently for
sold-out retrospectives of David Bowie and Alexander McQueen, so keep a close
eye on the events calendar and get in quick.
If your tastes run more towards
dinosaurs and spaceships, you’ll find both the Natural History and Science
Museums just over the aptly-named Exhibition Road. If you’d prefer not to
compete with schoolchildren for a glimpse of the T-Rex, help is at hand. Both
museums host regular adults-only evenings of talks, flight simulations and even
the occasional sleepover for the still young at heart.
It’s an easy journey from South
Kensington Station to our Fitzrovia barbers. Change from the Circle to
Victoria Line at Victoria, and it’s just three stops from there to Warren
Street. You’ll find our team of barbers just around the corner at 45 Fitzroy
Street. You can book here,
or download our app
on iOs or Android.
18th century London coffee houses
were lively centres of gossip and commerce, and a favourite gathering spot for
businessmen and entrepreneurs. It was in the same spirit of community and
conviviality that The Troubadour was founded in 1954. It’s difficult now to
imagine Brompton Road as a frontier in the burgeoning counter-culture scene,
but it was The Troubadour where Bob Dylan played his first show in London and
the Black Panthers met in the late 60s. Times have changed, but the legendary
basement club is still one of the best venues in Barber near Russell square to check out
up-and-coming musicians or relax with a glass of wine at weekly jazz evenings.
The café upstairs serves breakfast, lunch and dinner from a reliable menu of
British favourites and roasts with all the trimmings on Sunday.
Just around the corner on Earl’s
Court Road, Evans & Peel Detective Agency offers up another bit of retro
fun for cocktail enthusiasts. Step through the “secret” bookcase and into an
intimate, candlelit bar decked out as a 1920’s speakeasy of booze, burlesque
and jazz.
It’s a quick journey from Earl’s
Court Station to our Barbers Fitzrovia. Take the District Line four stops to
Victoria and change. From there, it’s just three stops to Warren Street on the
Victoria Line. You’ll find us just around the corner at 45 Fitzroy Street,
under the red and white striped barbers pole. Book your appointment here, or download
the app on iOs or
Android.
Booklovers will be in paradise on
Marchmont Street, just opposite Russell Square Station next to the Brunswick
Centre. The quiet road boasts no less than three independent bookshops, all
within metres of each other. Start at the northernmost end, where you’ll find
arts and humanities specialist Judd Books at number 82. The basement is stacked
ceiling-high with social science, history and philosophy titles, while upstairs
is devoted to beautifully-illustrated art texts and a small selection of
fiction.
Cross over Tavistock Place to
find Gay’s the Word. At nearly forty years old, it’s the oldest shop in the UK
exclusively dedicated to LGBTQIA books. Most of the titles are fiction, but
there is a small, carefully chosen selection of pop culture and history near
the front.
The delightfully chaotic Skoob
Books are the last stop on our literary crawl. Don’t go in looking for anything
specific – although the shop is roughly divided into sections, you’re on your
own after that. What won’t fit on the shelves gets stacked on the floor, so
mind your step. Keep an open mind and you’re bound to be delighted.
It’s a twenty-minute walk from
there to our Fitzrovia barbershop, but if that’s a bit much, the 30 or 205
buses from the British Library will do the job just as well. Jump off at Warren
Street and we’re just on the corner of Fitzroy Street. Book your
appointment on our website,
or download the Pall Mall Barbers app on iOs or
Android.
The first recorded mention of
Bloomsbury is in the 1086 Domesday Book, which helpfully noted that it had
enough vineyards and woods for 100 pigs. It’s better known these days as the
historical centre of London’s literary and educational institutions. In the
heart of it, all is the British Museum. Over eight million objects from every
continent and civilisation can be found behind the Greek Revival façade on
Great Russell Street, spanning human history in its entirety Barbers Oxford street
. Visiting the galleries is completely free, so you really have no excuse not to be one of the six million who pass through each year.
. Visiting the galleries is completely free, so you really have no excuse not to be one of the six million who pass through each year.
Nearby on Gower Street sits the
often-overlooked Grant Museum of Zoology. You’d be hard-pressed to spend more
than an hour here, but it’s a delightful diversion if you happen to be passing
by. Pretty much every living species is represented in the floor to ceiling
display cases, and even a few extinct ones as well. If you’re not sure where to
start, there’s a handy leaflet pointing out the ten “must-see” items in the
collection.
A twenty-minute walk back up
Tottenham Court Road gets you to 45 Fitzroy Street and into the expert hands of
our Fitzrovia barbers. You’ll know you’re there when you spot our red and white
striped barbershop pole above the door. You can book here, or download our app
on iOs or Android.
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