If you're planning to visit for your first pair of handmade shoes (after which your wooden "last," or foot mold, is kept), take note: this shop has a waiting list of six months plus. As well as plenty of time, you will need to have plenty of money: around £1,500. But this buys a world of choice -- from finest calf to exotic elk -- and they will be your finest pair of shoes ever. Tube: Piccadilly Circus.