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ention the words shopping and England in the same sentence and London is likely to spring to mind. Being home to the bustling Oxford St and a variety of luxury department stores the shopping opportunities are world class.

Covent Garden and Carnaby Street cater for those with a slightly more alternative taste, allowing for some boutique shopping and swinging sixties chic. Brick Lane is a firm favourite for vintage classics.

The city also has an abundance of lively markets, such as Camden ,  Old Spitalfields Market and Borough , packed full with timeless bargains and time-old banter.

However England’s shopping gems are not merely confined to the capital. For a unique shopping experience head to the Shambles in York, where you’ll find the perfect mix of designer, high street and independent shops all set within the atmospheric city walls.

Birmingham may not be on the tip of every shopaholic’s lips, but a recent revitalisation of the shopping area has seen it blossom into the shopping capital of the Midlands.

Bang in the centre is the Birmingham Bullring , with over 160 shops to explore, including Selfridges, it’s a shoppers’ paradise.

In the North West, Liverpool and Manchester offer everything from glittering malls to obsessively run record stores. And in nearby Southport , located on the Sefton Coast, lies the famous shopping Mecca of Lord Street.

Here the splendour of its preserved Victorian architecture is matched by the incredible array of goods turning a shopping trip into something special.