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Any good electronics shops left in London zones 1/2 ?

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theHWcave:
Being normally stuck in the province and reliant on online purchases of electronic parts, & gear, I have the opportunity to be in London this Thu,Fri and Sat with some time to spare while my significant other is shopping for cloths. I was wondering if there are any shops left selling this stuff. Think Maplin but hopefully better. Any recommendations would be great.

Howardlong:
I live in zone 1.

There's nothing left that I can think of I'm afraid. I notice that even Henrys has disappeared.

When Maplins was around, at one time there were about half a dozen branches a few minutes' trip away, some located in seriously prime retail areas like Kensington High Street and Oxford Street.

I always found it remarkable that I could still buy a resistor in such places. When you can buy complete resistor kit on Amazon Prime for same day delivery for less than the price your return Zone 1 tube fare, regrettably the writing was on the wall.

Sal Ammoniac:
What happened to all of the electronics stores on Tottenham Court Road?

themadhippy:
I think the days when the bottom of the edgware road or tottanham court road  were  meccas for component shops has long gone,if you can escape a bit further afield cricklewood electronics  https://www.cricklewoodelectronics.com/  in zone 3 maybe worth a look .

artag:
++ for cricklewood electronics.

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