John Lewis on Oxford Street has exactly one late night, and it is Thursday.
Monday to Wednesday and Friday to Saturday it closes at 8pm. Thursday it closes at 9pm. One hour, one day a week, and nothing in the shop tells you which day it is.
If you work and want an hour in a department store without a crowd, that hour exists and it is Thursday between eight and nine.
The hours in full
Monday to Wednesday: 10am to 8pm.
Thursday: 10am to 9pm.
Friday and Saturday: 10am to 8pm.
Sunday: 11.30am to 6pm, with browsing only from 11.30 to midday.
That Sunday pattern is the same one Fortnum & Mason and Liberty publish: large shops in England and Wales may trade for six consecutive hours on a Sunday, so the doors open half an hour early and the tills start at twelve.
The telephone number does not reach the shop
Worth knowing before you waste a call. The number published for the Oxford Street store is 0345 608 0677, and John Lewis states plainly that calls are handled by its contact centre, and that if you want to speak to someone in the shop it is best to visit.
So the published number cannot tell you whether a specific item is on a specific shelf. Few retailers admit this as directly.
What is in the building
300 Oxford Street, W1C 1DX, near Oxford Circus.
Facilities listed by the shop: a café and restaurants, baby changing, a parents’ room, Click and Collect, free Wi-Fi, lifts, and accessible toilets.
The parents’ room and baby changing are the reason this is the practical department store on Oxford Street rather than the glamorous one. If you are shopping with small children, this is the building that has thought about it.
The shop also runs a programme of events, masterclasses, beauty treatments, styling sessions and tech demonstrations in branch, which it publishes on its own What’s On rather than advertising on the floor.
Where it sits among the others
Three department stores are within ten minutes of each other and they close at different times, which is the only comparison that matters at six in the evening.
John Lewis: 8pm, or 9pm on Thursday.
Selfridges: 10pm, Monday to Friday.
Liberty: 8pm, rising to 9pm from late November.
So Selfridges is the one that is still open when the others have shut, every weekday, by two hours.
How to plan it
After work: Thursday, the only night it runs to nine.
Sunday: arrive 11.30 and browse, buy from midday, and remember it closes at six.
With a baby: this one, for the parents’ room.
Checking stock: do not ring, because the number is a contact centre. Use the website or go.
John Lewis Oxford Street
- Address
- 300 Oxford Street, London W1C 1DX
- Nearest
- Oxford Circus or Bond Street
- Hours
- Monday to Wednesday 10am to 8pm. Thursday 10am to 9pm. Friday and Saturday 10am to 8pm. Sunday 11.30am to 6pm, with browsing only until midday
- Booking
- None. Events, masterclasses and styling sessions are published on the branch What’s On
- Price
- Free to enter
- Standing
- The practical department store on Oxford Street, with a parents’ room, café and restaurants
How to get in
Thursday is the only late night, closing at 9pm. The published telephone number, 0345 608 0677, reaches a contact centre rather than the shop, which John Lewis states openly.
Where to go next
Selfridges is ten minutes west and open two hours later every weekday, and Liberty is five minutes south.
Oxford Street covers the whole road, and shopping in London covers the wider picture.
Questions we get asked
What time does John Lewis Oxford Street close?
8pm Monday to Wednesday and Friday to Saturday, 9pm on Thursday, and 6pm on Sunday. Thursday is the only late night, and the Sunday opens at 11.30am for browsing with trading from midday.
Is John Lewis Oxford Street open late?
Only on Thursdays, when it closes at 9pm instead of 8pm. Selfridges, ten minutes west, closes at 10pm Monday to Friday.
Can you phone John Lewis Oxford Street?
The published number, 0345 608 0677, goes to the John Lewis contact centre rather than the shop. John Lewis says directly that if you want to speak to someone in store, it is best to visit.
Does John Lewis Oxford Street have baby changing?
Yes, along with a parents' room, a café and restaurants, Click and Collect, free Wi-Fi, lifts and accessible toilets. It is the most practical of the Oxford Street department stores for anyone shopping with small children.
Where is John Lewis on Oxford Street?
300 Oxford Street, London W1C 1DX, close to Oxford Circus.
Written by Robert J Wills, no. 245 in the guide.
Last checked 5 October 2026 against the venues' own published information. Nobody pays to appear here and we take no bookings.
