Market shopping in London
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Camden Market
Although – or perhaps because – it stopped being cutting-edge several thousand cheap leather jackets ago, Camden market gets a whopping 10 million visitors each year and is one of London's most popular attractions.
What started out as a collection of attractive craft stalls by Camden Lock on the Regent's Canal now extends in various shape or form most of the way from Camden Town tube station to Chalk Farm tube station. There are four main market areas, Buck Street Market, Lock Market, Canal Market and Stables Market, although they seem to blend into one with the crowds snaking along and the 'normal' shops lining the streets. You'll find a bit of everything: clothes (of…
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Roman Road Market
This market along Roman Rd between St Stephen’s and Parnell Rds has pretty standard fare on offer, though some people rave about the low prices.
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Spitalfields Market
One of London’s best markets, with traders hawking their wares here since the early 17th century. The covered market that you see today was built in the late 19th century, with the more modern development added in 2006. The market is open six days a week, with a particular focus on each day, but the best days to come are Thursdays (for antiques), Fridays (fashion) and Sundays, when the market is at its bustling best and filled with fashion, jewellery, food and music stalls.
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Brixton Market
A heady, cosmopolitan blend of silks, wigs, knock-off fashion, Halal butchers and the occasional Christian preacher on Electric Ave. Tilapia fish, pig’s trotters, yams, mangoes, okra, plantains and Jamaican bullah cakes (gingerbread) are just some of the exotic products on sale.
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Sotheby’s
The oldest auction house in Britain, Sotheby’s has sold some unique treasures in its time, including Picasso’s Garçon á la pipe and one of the seven printed copies of JK Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard, purchased by the owners of Amazon.com for a staggering £3.8 million.
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Riverside Walk Market
Great for cheap second-hand books long out of print, this is held in all weather outside the National Film Theatre, under the arches of Waterloo Bridge. In summer it helps the South Bank vaguely resemble Paris’ Left Bank. Occasionally, individual dealers set up during the week.
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Golborne Rd Market
During the week Golborne Rd is a busy shopping street for the local Moroccan community, but dealers in antiques, bric-a-brac and junk take over the entire street on Friday and Saturday – perfect if you need an empty picture frame or a mounted set of deer antlers.
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Bermondsey
Reputedly, it’s legal to sell stolen goods here before dawn, but late risers will find this market altogether upright and sedate, with cutlery and other old-fashioned silverware, antique porcelain, paintings and some costume jewellery.
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Christie’s
If you fancy an original Monet or Picasso to hang on the wall, just bring a cashier’s check for £40 million to Christie’s, Britain’s most famous auction house. There’s a second showroom in Knightsbridge.
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Leather Lane
South of Clerkenwell Rd and parallel to Hatton Garden, Leather Lane attracts local office workers with its suspiciously cheap DVDs, tapes and CDs, household goods and clothing sold by archetypal cockney stallholders.
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Bonhams
One of London’s most famous auction houses, Bonhams sees some real treasures going under the hammer, from paintings by old masters to Scottish broadswords. There’s a branch in Knightsbridge.
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Islington Farmers Market
London’s original farmers market, this one (behind Islington Town Hall) sells organic produce and other foodstuffs grown or reared within a 50-mile radius of the capital.
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Alfie’s Antiques Market
Alfie’s Market is an entire ex-department store, in an art deco building, dedicated to fab 20th-century furniture and rare 1920s to 1950s pieces. An absolute delight.
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Deptford Market
This colourful market takes place in the centre of Deptford three days a week, and comprises a vibrant flea market as well as food and clothing stalls.
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Camden Canal Market
Further north and just over the canal bridge, Camden Canal Market has bric-a-brac from around the world. If you’re pushed for time, this is the bit to skip.
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Chiswick Farmers & Fine Foods Market
Great Sunday farmers market with a large range of organic produce.
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Brick Lane Market
Takes over a vast area with household goods, bric-a-brac, secondhand clothes and cheap fashion. You can even stop off and play carrom.
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Petticoat Lane
The famous lane itself has been renamed Middlesex St. The market, however, soldiers on, selling cheap consumer items and clothes.
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North End Road Market
Great for fresh fruit and veg, cheap clothing and household goods.
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Bermondsey Market
Reputedly it’s legal to sell stolen goods here before dawn, but late risers will find this market altogether upright and sedate, with cutlery and other old-fashioned silverware, antique porcelain, paintings and some costume jewellery.
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