page_title: Hamleys
section_title: Regent Street
hierarchical_section_title: Hamleys / United Kingdom stores / Regent Street
caption_attribution_description: English: London&#160;: Westminster - Hamleys Toy Shop Hamleys on Regent St from the top floor of the shop looking towards a spinning disk which says it's celebrating its 250th birthday this year.
context_page_description: Hamleys is a British multinational toy retailer, one of the oldest and largest in the world, owned by the Indian company Reliance Retail.
  It was founded by William Hamley as "Noah's Ark" in High Holborn, London, in 1760, it moved to its current site on Regent Street in 1881. This flagship store is set over seven floors, with more than 50,000 lines of toys on sale. It is consideredone of the city's prominent tourist attractions, receiving around five million visitors each year. The chain has 15 outlets in the United Kingdom and also has more than 90 franchises worldwide.
context_section_description: Hamleys expanded and moved its flagship store from No. 200 Regent Street to its current site at Nos. 188–196, Regent Street, in 1981, which is the largest toy shop in the world.
  Hamleys' flagship store has seven floors covering 54,000 square feet (5,000 m²), all devoted to playthings, with different categories of toy on each floor. The ground floor is traditionally for stuffed toys (including Steiff), and is decked out with a diverse array of stuffed animals, from regular teddy bears to more exotic plushes such as turtles and dolphins, and enormous life-sized giraffes and elephants.
  Public transit is available via the Oxford Circus underground station.
caption: Regent Street shop interior
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