Old Camera Dealers of London

Here is an incomplete list of old half-decent camera dealers in London. Most of these shops have closed down, but a few, very few, remain! If you recall any other old camera dealers in London, please let me know.

  1. Calumet Photographic (Merged into Wex, Drummond Street store sadly gone. Previously P+C/KJ then KJP West One, then Calumet Photographic. Still going in Germany just fine.)
    • 93-103 Drummond Street
    • London
    • NW1 2HJ
    • 020 7380 1144
  1. Camden Camera Centre
    • 28 Parkway
    • Camden Town
    • NW1 7AH
    • 020 7485 7247
  1. Camera Craft
    • 17 Topshield Parade
    • Crouch End
    • London
    • N8 8PT
    • 020 8340 2410
  1. Camera Craft
    • 446 Green Lanes
    • London
    • N13 5XE
    • 020 8866 6828
  1. Camera World Ltd (Still going, moved down the same road but same phone number, same website, same email! est. 1999)
  1. Chiswick Camera Centre (Still going, same address, same website, same phone number! est. 1980)
  1. College Cameras (Still going via their eBay store. est. 1979)
  1. Fixation (Still going, over in Kennington and Manchester, est. 1988)
  1. Gemini Photographic
    • 222 Fortis Green Road
    • Muswell Hill
    • N10 3DU
    • 020 8883 6152
  1. Ivor Howell Cameras
  1. Jacobs Photo
    • 74 New Oxford Street
    • 020 7436 5544
  1. Jessop City
  1. Jessop City
  1. Jessop City
  1. Jessop City
  1. Jessop City
  1. Jessop City
    • Unit 28
    • Whiteleys of Bayswater
    • Queensway
    • W2 6LS
    • 020 7221 1784
    • www.jessops.com
  1. Jessop Classic
  1. Kamla Electronics
    • 251 Tottenham Court Road
    • W1T 7RB
    • 020 7323 2747
  1. Kingsley Photographic (Sadly missed, closed in 2011, could not compete with high rents and online competition. Great service, wonderful shop.)
  1. Leonard Moore & Co
    • 4 Springbridge Road
    • W5 2AA
    • 020 8567 9024
  1. London Camera Exchange (Still Going at the same address, many branches same phone number, same website! est. 1956)
  1. N A Gale & Co Ltd / Gales Cameras
    • 145/147 High Road South
    • E18 2PA
    • 020 8504 4008
  1. Paul Hancock Photographic
    • 2 Bank Building
    • The Avenue
    • E4 9LE
    • 020 8527 7821
  1. Percival Cameras
    • 207 High Street
    • London
    • SE9 1TX
    • 020 8859 7696
  1. Photo Optix PLC
  1. Photo Optix PLC
  1. Photo Optix PLC
  1. Photo Optix PLC
  1. Photo Optix PLC
  1. Photo Optix PLC
  1. PhotoCraft
    • 4 Heath Street
    • NW3 6TE
    • 020 7435 9932
  1. Process Supplies (Still going, still at the same address, same website, same phone number! est. 1928)
  1. RG Lewis (Retired and closed in 2015, alas)
  1. Richard Caplan (Retired, alas)
    • 11 Princes Arcade
    • SW1Y 6DS
    • 020 7287 0690
  1. RK Photographic
    • 161 Ballards Lane
    • N3 1LG
    • 020 8349 4568
  1. Spectrum TCR Ltd
    • 127-129 Tottenham Court Road
    • W1P 9HP
    • 020 7388 3535
  1. Teamwork Ltd (Still Going, but elsewhere!)
  1. The Jessop Group
  1. The Jessop Group Ltd
  1. The Jessop Group Ltd
  1. The Jessop Group Ltd
  1. The Jessop Group Ltd
  1. The Jessop Group Ltd
  1. The Jessop Group Ltd
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  1. Vic Oddens
    • 4 London Bridge Walk
    • SE1 2SX
    • 020 7378 6149
  1. Vic Oddens
    • 5 London Bridge Walk
    • SE1 2SX
    • 020 7407 6833
  1. Vic Oddens Professional
    • 4 London Bridge Walk
    • SE1 2SX
    • 020 7378 6149
  1. West Base Electronics
  1. West End Cameras (Still Going!)
  1. York Cameras
    • 18 Bury Place
    • WC1A 2JL
    • 020 7242 7182

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