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is home to a wealth of covered, outdoor and
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s. Many specialise in a particular type of goods or sell different things on different days. Most open very early in the morning and close early or late afternoon. Markets in London have their origins in the
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and ancient charter; set up to serve the population of the
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. Over time, some emerged as
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serving specific market segments — such as the sale of vegetables, meat, or fish. With an expanding metropolis in the 18th and 19th centuries, street markets were set up to meet the needs of the new suburbs. With the introduction of
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s on the streets of London, these were moved (sometimes forcibly) into neighbouring side streets, or new covered markets.''Off street markets''
(20th century London,
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) accessed 30 September 2009
The modern markets are regulated by the City and 32
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s. Many have become 'general markets' proffering a range of goods.


Wholesale markets

These markets have ancient origins and connections with the
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. Some have moved from their original locations within the city boundaries but most continue to be operated by the
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. Their previous sites have : *
New Covent Garden Market New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms, London, is the largest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market in the United Kingdom. It covers a site of and is home to about 200 fruit, vegetable and flower companies. The market serves 40% of the f ...
is the largest fruit, vegetable and flower market in the UK. With over 200 businesses, employing over 2,500 people, the Market supplies 40% of the fresh fruit & vegetables eaten outside of the home in London and is used by 75% of London florists. With a large range of food businesses, including traditional wholesalers, wholesale distributors and food processors, NCGM serves many of London's best restaurants and hotels, cafés and bars, schools, hospitals and work places as well as independent retailers and street markets. *
Borough Market Borough Market is a wholesale and retail market hall in Southwark, London, England. It is one of the largest and oldest food markets in London, with a market on the site dating back to at least the 12th century. The present buildings were bu ...
is located in The Borough, just south of
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. The market was established on
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and is first recorded in 1014. It has been in several locations, but moved to its present site in 1870. It was owned by the City Corporation and was transferred to an independent trust in 1999. It still operates as a wholesale market, but when this closes it sells a wide range of sundry food items. *
Old Billingsgate Market Old Billingsgate Market is the name given to what is now a hospitality and events venue in the City of London, based in the Victorian building that was originally Billingsgate Fish Market, the world's largest fish market in the 19th century. ...
, a fish market, relocated in 1982 to Billingsgate Market, Poplar. The original elegant building facing the river is now used as a hospitality and events venue. *
Leadenhall Market Leadenhall Market is a covered market in London, located on Gracechurch Street but with vehicular access also available via Whittington Avenue to the north and Lime Street to the south and east, and additional pedestrian access via a number o ...
, a food-centred market, continues to operate with many of the market spaces converted to retail outlets. *
Smithfield Market Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England. Smithfield is home to a number of City institutions, such as St Bartho ...
is a meat market that was originally a live cattle market. *
Spitalfields Market Spitalfields Market is a traders' market as well as a food and art market located in Spitalfields, Central London. Traders began operating around 1666, after the Great Fire of London, where the market stands today. The Spitalfields regeneration prog ...
, a food market which relocated in 1991 to New Spitalfields Market,
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. The original market site is still used as a market selling fashion, art and design, food and vintage goods and is part of a revival of the surrounding area.


Notable markets

These are other wholesale markets and those popular with tourists, mainly in
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: * Bermondsey Market is located on Tower Bridge Road in
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, South London, and deals primarily with
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, originally sold under the rules of '' market overt''. Hours: 4am - 12 noon Friday. * Brick Lane Market, at the northern end of
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and along Cheshire Street in East London. The market developed in the 17th century for fruit and vegetables. With the arrival of Jewish immigrants, it began to operate on Sundays. Today, it sells food and general bric-a-brac, on Sundays. * Broadway Market, Hackney, modern revival of ancient market (Saturdays). * Brook Green Market and Kitchen, based at Addison Primary School in Brook Green, Kensington and Olympia, the market founded in 2014 is like a traditional Farmers Market but with certain innovative additions including Interactive Cookery Masterclasses, Live Music and craft alcohols. * Camden Lock Market and several others comprise a complex often referred to simply as "Camden Market". Camden Lock Market is close to
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, and gets its name from its location at Camden Lock on
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in
Camden Town Camden Town (), often shortened to Camden, is a district of northwest London, England, north of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, it is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Camden, and identified in the London Plan as ...
, northwest London. All the markets sell general goods, music, collectables, military-surplus, jewellery, incense, clothing and a wide variety of fast-food. * Camden Passage Market, on Islington High Street and Camden Passage, has its origins in the 1960s when small shop and stall holders banded together to form the market. Two markets deal in antiques and collectables. Wednesdays and Saturdays are good to visit for the antiques, Thursday is the book market, more recently fashion/accessories stalls come on Fridays and mixed craft/fashion/antiques on Sundays. * Columbia Road market originated in the 19th century. It became a flower market to sell produce on Sunday - left over from nearby Spitalfields. It is between
Bethnal Green Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road. By ...
and
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in East London. Hours: 9am - 12noon Sunday. * Inverness Street Market, near Camden Town Tube station, was for over 100 years a traditional street market, with stalls selling fruit and vegetables. The last food stall closed in 2013, and it is now similar to the other Camden markets there. * Leather Lane Market, located in
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, central London. Sells clothing, fruit, vegetables, general goods, and street food. Used mainly by office workers during lunchtime. *
Covent Garden Market Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site ...
located in the West End, was originally a flower market, now relocated to
New Covent Garden Market New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms, London, is the largest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market in the United Kingdom. It covers a site of and is home to about 200 fruit, vegetable and flower companies. The market serves 40% of the f ...
,
Vauxhall Vauxhall ( ) is a district in South West London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Vauxhall was part of Surrey until 1889 when the County of London was created. Named after a medieval manor, "Fox Hall", it became well known fo ...
in south London. The original building is now a shopping and tourist area with some shops, and there is an indoor market containing stalls selling jewellery, speciality soaps, tourist souvenirs, etc. * Greenwich Market, located in
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, southeast London, deals in antiques, arts, and crafts. *Jubilee Market at The Piazza,
Covent Garden Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site ...
, is at the Jubilee Hall, which houses the market, and has a wide variety of arts and crafts stalls, jewellery and clothing, antiques and general market items. *
Petticoat Lane Market Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market in Spitalfields, London. It consists of two adjacent street markets. Wentworth Street Market is open six days a week and Middlesex Street Market is open on Sunday only. The modern market ...
is located on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street in east London, and sells clothing, luggage and a wide range of cheap consumer items. * Piccadilly Market was established in 1981 and operates six days a week in the courtyard of
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. * Portobello Road Market sells antiques, fruit and vegetables, and general goods, and is located in the
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area of West London. Hours: Primarily Saturday, with lower levels of activity on Friday and Sunday, and a few stalls throughout the week. *
Old Spitalfields Market Old Spitalfields Market is a covered market in Spitalfields, London. There has been a market on the site for over 350 years. In 1991 it gave its name to New Spitalfields Market in Leyton, where fruit and vegetables are now traded. In 2005, a r ...
is located on Commercial Street in east London. In 2005, a regeneration programme saw the creation of
Spitalfields Market Spitalfields Market is a traders' market as well as a food and art market located in Spitalfields, Central London. Traders began operating around 1666, after the Great Fire of London, where the market stands today. The Spitalfields regeneration prog ...
, located in 56 Brushfield Street, a connected market on the western end of the site which includes the new public areas of Crisping Place and Bishops Square."Spitalfields Market"
(Spitalfields E1 Official website) accessed 23 March 2021
The two Spitalfields Markets are one of London's busiest areas on Saturdays and Sundays with hundreds of market stalls specialising in fashion, art, crafts, design and food. The Markets are located in the original, historic Victorian Market Hall built in 1887. * Islington Farmers' Market was the first Farmers' Market in London. Having had a number of different locations since it first opened, it is now held every Sunday at the Penton Street end of Chapel Market, N1, close to Angel tube station.


Other markets

These markets tend to be less visited by tourists but are used regularly by local residents. Some are of a comparable size to the more renowned markets: * Archway market, which sells general goods on Thursdays and goods and food on Saturdays, is located near Archway Station. * Balham Farmers' Market, a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Barking Market, Takes place Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday on East Street. * Battersea High Street market, which sells food and general goods, is located in
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. * Bermondsey Square Farmers' Market * Berwick Street Market is a small general goods market in the heart of
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, central London. * Blackheath Farmers' Market, a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Market. * Bloomsbury Farmers' Market, a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Market. * The Blue is the central Bermondsey market selling food and clothes. * Brixton Arts & Craft Market, first Sunday of the month, with a focus on artists and designer/makers, located in
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, south London. *
Brixton Market Brixton Market comprises a street market in the centre of Brixton, south London, and the adjacent covered market areas in nearby arcades Reliance Arcade, Market Row and Granville Arcade (recently rebranded as 'Brixton Village'). The market sell ...
, which sells food, is located in
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, south London. * Brixton Farmers' Market a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Broadgate Market run by Shepherds Markets in Finsbury Avenue Square,
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* Brockley Market, Saturday market in London, SE4, offering locally sourced fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and poultry, plants and flowers. * Camden Passage Sunday Market * Chalton Street Market, a general goods market, is located in Camden, north London. *
Chapel Market Chapel Market is a daily street market in London. The market is located on a street of the same name near Angel, and sells fruit, vegetables and fish, as well as bargain household goods and cheap clothes. It is open every day except Monday, oper ...
, a food and general goods market, is located in
Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the a ...
, north London. * Chatsworth Road Market, a small boutique food and general goods market, is located in
Lower Clapton Clapton is a district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Hackney. Clapton is divided into Upper Clapton, in the north, and Lower Clapton to the south. Clapton railway station lies north-east of Charing Cross. Geography and origi ...
, east London. * Chrisp Street Market, a general goods market, is located in Poplar, east London. * Church Street Market, a general goods market of over 200 stalls operating Monday to Saturday, is located off the
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. * Crystal Palace Food Market, supplies a good range of sustainably farmed produce and locally produced hot food, cakes and deli items. * Deptford Market, which deals in food and antiques, is located in
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, southeast London * Ealing Farmers' Market a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Market. * Earlham Street Market, selling T-shirts, clothing, and food products, near Seven Dials in central London. * East Ham Market Hall is a covered market in
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, off High Street North. * East Street Market, a market that sells food and sundry goods, is located in
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, south London. * Enfield Town Market has been running since the medieval period. It is located in the market square in the centre of
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. * Exmouth Market, located in
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in east-central London, sells food and crafts on Fridays and Saturdays. It is one of London's newest markets * Goldborne Road is a side street off the north end of Portobello Road market (above) with stalls selling bric-a-brac, vegetables, and household goods. * Goodge Place Market, in central London, is a small 5–6 stall market catering mainly for office workers during lunchtime *Hampstead Artisan Market - An eclectic mix of arts, crafts, jewellery, clothes and handcrafted wares. * Hay's Galleria Market is a small market established in 1987 with its own resident artist, selling jewellery, souvenirs, tourist apparel and art. * Herne Hill Market is a vibrant Sunday market packed with stalls selling locally produced food, arts and crafts. * Hildreth Street market is a food and general goods market, located in
Balham Balham () is an area in south London, England, mostly within the London Borough of Wandsworth with small parts within the neighbouring London Borough of Lambeth. The area has been settled since Saxon times and appears in the Domesday Book as ...
, south London. *
Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...
in southwest London has two markets. Kingston Market is open from Monday to Saturday and sells food and consumer items while the weekly Monday Market sells clothes and household items.
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. It is notable for vintage recycled goods, serving the local community, open every Sunday all year. *
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, located between King's Cross station and Central St. Martins, it is a street food market that runs Tuesday to Friday. * Lewisham market, located in
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High Street, southeast London, sells fruit, vegetables and general goods * Lower Marsh Market sells general goods, and is located adjacent to Waterloo station, central London * Maltby Street Market is a weekend street food market in Bermondsey. * Marylebone farmers' market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets *
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is an arts and crafts market which runs every weekend with over 100 market stalls selling jewellery, clothing, art, toys and gifts. It is located on the A24 Merantun Way near Colliers Wood tube station * Myddleton Road Market is a community food and crafts market running on the first Sunday of each month. Closest transport is Bowes Park railway station and
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* Nine Elms Sunday Market, a market that sells sundry goods in Vauxhall, with over 1000 stalls * North End Road Market, a market that sells fruit and vegetables, food and other sundry goods, is located in
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, southwest London. * Notting Hill Farmers' Market is a certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Northcote Road market, located near
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,
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, south London, sells food and general goods. * Northcote Road Antiques Market, located a few doors away from Northcote Library near
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, south London, has 30 antiques dealers in this indoor market in SW11. * Old Spitalfields Designers/Makers Market, third Saturday every month - featuring UK Designers and craft practitioners. *
Spitalfields Market Spitalfields Market is a traders' market as well as a food and art market located in Spitalfields, Central London. Traders began operating around 1666, after the Great Fire of London, where the market stands today. The Spitalfields regeneration prog ...
Arts Market, every last weekend of the month - featuring ‘up and coming’ and established artists, offering a diverse mix of affordable art *
Spitalfields Market Spitalfields Market is a traders' market as well as a food and art market located in Spitalfields, Central London. Traders began operating around 1666, after the Great Fire of London, where the market stands today. The Spitalfields regeneration prog ...
Saturday Style Market, every Saturday, independent designers selling original clothing, accessories, homewares and ethical goods * Parliament Hill Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Parson's Green Farmers' Market, a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Market * Partridges Food Market. Held in the Duke of York Square every Saturday, with a variety of produce stalls and local and international stalls * Pimlico Road Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Plender Street Market, a general goods market in the
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area of North London * Queen Mary (Mile End) Farmers' Market, a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Market * Queen's Crescent Market, Gospel Oak, north London, Thursdays and Saturdays. Sells cheap electrical items, foods, and clothes * Queen's Park Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Queens Road Market located on Green Street, in Upton Park, east London, is a large market selling a variety of foods from all over the world, particularly the Indian sub-continent * Rathbone Market located beside the Somerfield in
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, east London, is a small Thursday morning market selling textiles and bric-à-brac. *
Ridley Road Market Ridley Road Market (known locally as Ridley Road) but often referred to as "Dalston Market" is the central marketplace in Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney. It is opposite Dalston Kingsland railway station, just off the Kingsland High ...
is located in
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, east London, and sells food (particularly fish) and general goods * Roman Road Market, located in
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(E3) is open Monday to Saturday and is known colloquially as 'The Roman'. *
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is located in
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, east London, selling food and general goods * Rosewood London Slow Food & Living Market, Holborn * Royal Arsenal Farmers' Market * South Kensington Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Swiss Cottage Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Sclater Street Stalls is a fortnightly food, art, vintage and handicraft market, located in
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near Shoreditch High Street railway station. * St John's Wood Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Shepherd's Bush Market sells food and assorted goods, and is located in
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, west London * Real Food Market at Southbank is located behind the
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. * Strutton Ground Market is located off Victoria Street, SW1, central London. * Surrey Street Market has a Royal Charter dating back to 1276 linking it to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It sells vegetables, meat and a range of other items throughout the week. Located in
Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive ...
, south London. * Tottenham Green Market located opposite Tottenham Town Hall * Tooting Market in
Tooting Tooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth and partly in the London Borough of Merton. It is located south south-west of Charing Cross. History Tooting has been settled since pre-Saxon times. Th ...
, south London, is a daily market selling food and a variety of household goods * Twickenham Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Sunday UpMarket is located on
Brick Lane Brick Lane ( Bengali: ব্রিক লেন) is a street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest ...
within the historic
Old Truman Brewery The Black Eagle Brewery is the former brewing plant of Truman's Brewery located around Brick Lane in the Spitalfields area, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Truman's subsequently became Truman, Hanbury and Buxton. By 1853, the Black Eagle ...
complex in east London near Spitalfields. This is a newer market focusing on products created by young designers and unusual international foods * Swiss Cottage Market, a street food market in
Swiss Cottage Swiss Cottage is an area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, England. It is centred on the junction of Avenue Road and Finchley Road and includes Swiss Cottage tube station. Swiss Cottage lies north-northwest of Charing Cross. ...
, North London that hosts a weekly FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets *
Walthamstow Market Walthamstow Market, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, is the longest (though not the largest) outdoor market in Europe. It occupies all but the last of Walthamstow's High Street. It is reputed to be a mile long, but in fact measures app ...
is located in
Walthamstow Walthamstow ( or ) is a large town in east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London and the ancient county of Essex. Situated northeast of Charing Cross, the town borders Chingford to the north, Snaresbrook and Sou ...
, east London. It is the longest market in Europe, and sells food, clothing, and assorted goods * Walthamstow Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * The Waste is a market held every Saturday morning along
Kingsland Road Kingsland Road is the name given to an East London stretch of the A10 road within the London Borough of Hackney in England. The A10 was originally a Roman Road better known as Ermine Street or sometimes the Old North Road. The name ''Kingslan ...
, between the old Metropolitan Hospital and Dalston Lane, east London. * Wimbledon Farmers' Market is a FARMA-certified farmers' market run by London Farmers' Markets * Well Street Market in Hackney, east London, sells fruit, fresh vegetables, clothing and general goods * Wembley Market in Wembley, north London, sells a wide variety of goods including fruit, vegetables, luggage, fabric and clothes * Whitechapel market in
Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London boroughs, London borough covering much of the traditional East End of London, East End. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropol ...
sells fruit, fresh vegetables, clothing and general goods. It is being further developed. * Whitecross Street Market is located in Whitecross Street, off Old Street, EC1. * Wimbledon - Monthly Market on the Piazza first weekend of every month March–November, predominantly artisan products. Food, homewares, art, crafts, clothing, jewellery, beauty and gifts. * Woolwich Market, daily market (except Sundays) at
Beresford Square Beresford Square is a pedestrianised town and market square in Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England. It was formed in the early 19th century and was named after the Anglo-Irish general William Beresford, Master-Gen ...
in
Woolwich Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained thro ...
, SE18


Former markets

* Club Row animal market, north of
Brick Lane Brick Lane ( Bengali: ব্রিক লেন) is a street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest ...
in
Bethnal Green Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road. By ...
, closed in 1983. * Farringdon Market (1829–1880) * Fleet Market (1736–1829) * Market Place, Finchley (late 17th century – 1973) *
Shepherd Market Shepherd Market is a small business-lined precinct featuring two small squares, one with a northern recess in Mayfair, in the West End of London, built up between 1735 and 1746 by Edward Shepherd on the open ground then used for the annual fair ...
, Mayfair, an old marketplace that was developed as a square between in 1735 and 1746. *
Stocks Market Stocks Market was a market in central London operating between 1282 and 1737 and for centuries was London's main retail meat and produce market. The market was located to the east of the Walbrook in the heart of the City of London. It was demol ...
(1282–1737), on the site of the Mansion House, was for centuries London's main retail meat and produce market.


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Article on Farmers' markets in London
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Markets In London Markets in London
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