London - Burlington Arcade

Burlington Arcade is a very attractive and very expensive Regency-style shopping arcade lying in the heart of the West End.

Its character is indicated by the old regulations, which specified that the arcade was intended for the sale of haberdashery, clothing and other articles which offended neither sight nor smell, and prohibited whistling, singing, playing a musical instrument, carrying a parcel and putting up an umbrella within its precincts. The patrolling "Beadles" enforce these regulations.

Burlington Arcade is one of the earliest glass arcades in Europe.