Kingshield Dispensing Chemists

Great local pharmacy — I can’t believe I’ve been in Brixton a year without knowing about this place! Well, there is a Boots just at the end of my street so. Excellent range of Pukka, Yogi and other herbal teas. Lots of vitamins and that, and load of ankle/​knee/​wrist support things — more than I’ve seen anywhere else! Very friendly and helpful staff and reasonable prices.
There’s also apparently a really good arts supply/​stationery store upstairs that I’m really happy to have found out about as I’ve been at a loss for where to go for some bits and bobs for making cards and that. I had to dash back to work but will investigate further and report back on what’s upstairs.
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This shop is an Alladdin’s cave. Great variety of high quality pro materials as well as inspiring stuff for creative children. Reasonable prices, friendly staff. Mouth wateringly various stock.

This is one of Brixton’s hidden treasures in my opinion. Downstairs is a fairly typical pharmacy, which does everything you would expect of a traditional pharmacy, all the medicines and cosmetics, photo development, passport photos, as well as selling scholl footwear, so far, so bog standard. But upstairs is one of the best fitted out art shops I have ever been in. Everything is of the highest quality, every king of paper you could be lookin for is catered for, I had been looking high and low for some quality layout paper, this was the only shop out of nine I visited to stock it. Their paints, pens and canvas supplies are all top notch, there is no filler here, it’s all quality. If you want a cheap art set go to Smiths, but if you want to have the best, come here, pay the few quid extra and you’ll get the best. Why can’t the bigger chains have such good stock?