This pharmacy is my local one but it is worth noting because it's open until 10 o'clock every…read moreevening. Our GP practice has an arrangement with them such that, if you have regular prescriptions, at the time of requesting a repeat prescription, this gets taken over to Lloyds so you only have to visit Lloyds to pick up your medicines. They have the usual pharmaceutical items and always have a range of interesting healthcare items on sale.

I really love this pharmacy. There is free parking close by and several buses stop in the area…read morewhich makes the store accessible to most people. The shop is mainly used by local people to collect their prescriptions and to pick up the odd items that they might need. The shop is quite small although very tidy with well stocked shelves. This pharmacy runs some fantastic promotions that are often advertise in the national newspapers. The staff are happy to put things by if you are unable to get to the shop for a few days. I have bought some amazing things from here.slow cooker £7.99 blood pressure monitor £9.99, Food steamer £7.99 to name a few. Always worth dropping in to see what's on offer

Convenient local pharmacy. Being handily next to Francis Road Medical Centre, I tend to use…read moreSafedale to collect my prescriptions on the unfortunate occasions I get unwell. Their prescription service is standard, with the waiting time pretty good. They've got one or 2 chairs to rest on as your prescription is filled. I also tend to use here for buying travel sweets for my car, which have helped me many times on the way home from shift work when the eyelids get heavy. The only negative is that they're not always open particularly early, on occasions they've not been open around 09:30 when I've needed to collect a prescription before going to work.

Shilling Pharmacy is a great little pharmacy just a 2 minute walk from the Southside shopping…read morecentre. The pharmacy is pretty tiny but it's right next to the Garratt Lane medical centre too which makes it super handy. They sell all the usual things here and the staff are particularly nice at this little pharmacy - I always find the staff a little dull / brain dead in these places but they're particularly cheerful here. Highly recommended and lucky if you live near by...

Small but useful pharmacy with helpful staff.read more

Apex Pharmacy is unremarkable except for one thing: it's the only place in the whole of Shoreditch,…read moreit seems, where you can buy Epsom Salts. That great, inexpensive cure-all which should doubtless be stocked in every chemist. An independent pharmacy just near the post office at Old Street, Apex Pharmacy stocks a good range of vitamins and minerals, essential oils, some cosmetics and hair dyes and other beauty essentials. Staff are friendly and very helpful. This may not be the most attractive chemist in London but it is very, very useful, and for that I give Apex three stars.

Golden Cross Pharmacy is situtated in local shopping parade. Excellent service when taking in…read moremonthly prescription. Always advised if medication not in stock and given ticket for collection of outstanding medicines. Convenient parking with disabled spaces at front entrance. Automatic door opening but step into premises.

Dinky little pharmacy but very efficient and very close to the neighbourhood surgery. Seems like a…read morewinner to me if you just want your prescription filled no fuss no bother.

This is a small, but excellent pharmacy. It's a family business and this creates a nice atmosphere…read morethat shines through whenever you stop by - the staff is always friendly, helpful and 100% competent at their jobs. Considering that it's such a small pharmacy in an otherwise not very lively street (there area few small shops and Pennine Drive Surgery doctor's office nearby, but that's it), I think the opening hours are quite good - during the week, they stay open until 7pm, and on Saturdays, they are open until 1pm. If you are a patient of the Pennine Drive Surgery, when you ask for prescriptions, you can just tick a box asking for the prescription to be delivered straight to this pharmacy, and pick your medication straight there. As the surgery is not open on Saturdays, but the pharmacy is, this has saved me many times when I needed a prescription urgently.

Haggerston Road holds one of those little, struggling rows of local shops you find all over the…read moreplace. Some closed down, some changing all the time. Only the best survive year after year. This chemists is one of them. It's a medium sized shop with a good range. I go in for prescriptions and my Potter's herbal cough remedies (expensive, but worth it in my view), but you can also get the usual medicines, baby formulas, perfumes etc. The staff are friendly and get to know you pretty fast. The shop always looks clean and neat. You can see into the area where they keep the prescription medicines, and that's just as light and neat. They also do a few special services: free delivery of prescriptions for those that need it, flu jabs, passport photos, and more. They might not be able to compete with the big guys like Boots on sheer size and range, but as a local chemist you'd be hard pressed to find better.