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London’s best markets
London, United Kingdom (UK)
Spitalfields Market
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Last updated: 05 November, 2022
From fruit-and-veg stands piled high with produce to chatty antiques sellers, London has a long and proud tradition of regular, public markets.
Some are set within high-arched Victorian structures, others thrown together in an open-air jumble, but all will give you a taste of an older way of shopping: browsing, haggling, rooting around for a treasure.
Markets big and small pop-up all over town at different times of the week, month or year – selling everything from vintage records to artisan street food – but these are the most established, unmissable shopping spots.
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Minimum age: Any
Age suitable: +
When: All year around
When to do it
London’s markets are spread across different days, but all start early in the morning, which is when you’ll find the best stock, freshest food and vintage bargains. All of them – particularly Camden and Borough markets – are much busier on weekends, so try and aim for a weekday.
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Camden Market
London, United Kingdom (UK)
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One of the Insta crowd, Columbia Road blazes with colour every Sunday morning, when the flower market spreads out along the street.
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