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Although something of a London institution, Covent Garden Market is too commercial and generally too crowded to provide a particularly characterful retail experience. However, the colonnaded 19th-century building is impressive, and occasionally some of the performers and entertainers can even be worth watching. And while the market itself has mainly succumbed to chain stores and shops catering to the tourist trade, there are some worthwhile independent shops still holding their ground, such as Eric Snook's Toyshop, Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop, which specialises in traditional toy theatres made of card or wood, and the specialist tobacconist and cigar shop Segar & Snuff Parlour.
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