Quirky shopping guide

With details of more than 150 independent, unusual and quirky shops in East London, Tower Hamlets' Quirky Shopping Guide is the ultimate guide if you're shopping for something out of the ordinary or unique.

There's a great choice of cutting edge, retro and vintage fashion, design, gift and jewellery stores. Most stores stock products which are individually designed and made locally.

Great collections of vinyl, ukuleles and mandolins, a perfume blending service, surfing and scuba diving equipment and retro scooters are just some of the more unusual things you can find

These retail experiences are spread across the borough, with concentrations near the borough's many vibrant markets - Brick Lane, Spitalfields, Columbia Road Flower Market and Roman Road.