Hamleys located in United Kingdom is one among the biggest toy stores in the world. Now situated in London at Regent Street, it is committed to bring joy and excitement into the life of millions of children.
Hamleys was started in 1760 by William Hamley as Noah’s Ark. Then situated in High Holborn, William Hamley sold every type of toys popular in that period including tin soldiers and rag dolls. It soon developed into one of London’s landmarks, this ‘Joy Emporium’ of William, delighting all the children. They opened a store in Regent Street in 1881, and later Hamleys was bought by Walter Lines of Tri-Ang Company. The current five-storey showroom in Regent Street was opened in 1981. It was once considered as the biggest toy store worldwide and is a prominent tourist attraction of millions of children every year.
Hamleys is the holding company of numerous toy stores and had once held “The English Teddy Bear Company”, which was closed down later. They have an outlet store at Swindon Wiltshire in the retail village of Great Western and smaller shops in different airports of UK including London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport and the Stansted Airport. They also have departments in numerous large department stores of UK like House of Fraser at Birmingham, Frasers at Glasgow, Belfast, London Oxford Street and Manchester Deansgate. You can purchase all their products from
Hamleys Toy Store.
Different Products At Hamleys:
Their seven storey showroom has a diverse array of toys such as a variety of soft toys, stuffed animals including teddy bears, model railways, vehicles, remote controlled vehicles, Scalextric, model kits, action figures, dolls, dress up, hello kitty, science jigsaws, board games and also toys for smaller kids and babies.
Hamleys other products are arts and crafts, novelties, gadgets, trading cards, Lego and Game (retailer). In their huge store, they have separate sections for Marvin’s Magic, Build-A-Bear Workshop, a sweet shop and also one open cafe.
There are many games and tools to facilitate the creativity and the scientific and constructive bend of children in Hamleys. They have a night garden section with themed products “In the Night Garden” such as toys, scooters, vehicles, ready bed, blankets, glow torches and hide and seek game for small kids.
Other Attractions In Hamleys:
In Hamleys, they have theme based events. For instance, they hold many contests for Easter like “Hunt the Carrot” and “Golden Carrot”.
Hamleys hold tea parties for children with favourite rabbits like Peter Rabbit, Bugs Bunny, Roger Rabbit and White Rabbit of Alice in Wonderland. Other events include “Pin the tail of the Bunny”, a competition for tiny tots to win some delicious tiny treats and another contest called “Rabbit to the White Rabbit” for chatterbox kids to win the Hamleys voucher.
Hamleys has a unique venue to hold birthday parties in a fabulous magical setting for children belonging to all ages from 4-14, specifically tailored to suit the age groups. There will be party games, balloon modellers, magicians, face painters, a VIP Store Tour and even special goody bag for guests. They arrange the special birthday cake and the party food.
