The most photographed street in East London, and still worth your time — if you get off the main drag and understand its rhythm. This is a guide to shooting it properly, not a tourist itinerary.

One of the largest outdoor markets in the region: over 150 covered stalls in the churchyard between St Mary's and the River Hiz. Unpolished, working, and almost no photographers ever shoot it — which is exactly the point.

The British seaside is one of street photography's great subjects, and the Essex coast is its most accessible stretch from London: the Golden Mile's arcades, the longest pleasure pier in the world, and the working boats of Old Leigh — all on one train line.

A square mile of density unlike anywhere else in Britain: markets, media, nightlife and the constant churn of people, all packed into narrow streets that keep the light and the crowds where you want them. If you have one afternoon in central London, spend it here.

Loud, crowded and self-consciously alternative — Camden is one of the most photographed places in London, which means the challenge is not finding subjects but finding frames that do not look like everyone else's. This is how to shoot it properly.

A few dense, lantern-strung streets in the heart of the West End that photograph like nowhere else in London: paifang gates, red lanterns overhead, restaurant fronts, and a constant crowd. Compact, atmospheric, and right beside Soho and Leicester Square.

Europe's busiest shopping street and a firehose of people — half a million a day. That relentless footfall is the whole opportunity: nowhere else in Britain gives you this volume of human traffic to work with, if you know where to stand and what to wait for.

The most visually loud city outside London, and one of the most rewarding to shoot in Britain: a constantly repainted open-air gallery of street art, a genuine covered market, a working harbourside and hillsides of coloured houses. If you shoot street beyond the capital, Bristol should be near the top of the list.

Seaside and city in a single afternoon: the full British seaside tradition along the front, and dense, characterful shopping lanes a few minutes inland. An hour from London, endlessly shootable, and one of the best day trips in the country for a street photographer.