Question: How do I buy shares on the UK Stock Market, please?

Do I have to go there, or can I buy them on the internet?

Answer:

Market timing is everything, you can buy shares in a good blue chip company in 2012, and the day you buy can make a huge difference to your overall return.
Timing is everything with shares, even if you want to hold for the longer term, take Aviva for example in 2011 they were as high as 470 pence and as low as 280 pence a share with no company statements to suggest that any fundamentals of the business had changed, of course all shares in 2011 had a volatile time due to the Euro.
Hence remember that buying shares is risky and they can go down as well as up, even in good solid business’s.
TD Direct Investing are a well respected online and offline share and investment company.
You can set prices to automatically buy or sell shares at so for busy people who haven’t got the time to keep a daily eye on the markets or individual shares TD Direct Investing is a good choice.
A TD Direct Investing trading account lets you trade in UK equities, bonds and gilts, investment trusts, unit trusts & OEICs and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) as well as international equities on 17 international exchanges.
TD Direct Investing offer investor information like the professionals use however you need to trade on a regular basis otherwise you pay £12.50 a trade.
The Share Centre (http://www.share.co.uk) is one of the cheapest players around for both one-off share buying and regular trading.
It has a basic share-dealing service that charges 1% of the value of the shares you're buying or selling.
There is a minimum charge of £2.50 for buying and £7.50 for selling.

go to alpari UK official website
then open an real account
you'll need to download MT4 platform, its free