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Borough Market
Here in some form or another since the 13th century, 'London's Larder' has enjoyed an enormous renaissance in recent years, overflowing with food-lovers, both experienced and wannabes, and has become quite a tourist destination.
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Camden Market
What started out as a collection of attractive craft stalls by Camden Lock on the Grand Union Canal now extends most of the way from Camden Town tube station to Chalk Farm tube station to the north. You'll find a bit of everything but in particular a lot of tourist-oriented tat. It's completely mobbed at the weekend, and something preferably avoided on those days.
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King's Road
In the 17th century, Charles II set up a Chelsea love nest here for him and his mistress, an orange-seller turned actress at the Drury Lane Theatre by the name of Nell Gwyn. Heading back to Hampton Court Palace of an evening, Charles would make use of a farmer's track that inevitably came to be known as the King's Rd. The street begins at Sloane Sq, to the north of which runs Sloane St, celebrated for its designer boutiques.
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Leadenhall Market
Like stepping into a small slice of Victorian London, a visit to this dimly lit, covered mall is a minor time-travelling experience. There's been a market on this site since the Roman era, but the architecture that survives is all cobblestones and late-19th-century ironwork; even modern restaurants and chain stores decorate their façades in period style here. The market also appears as Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone .
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Smithfield Market
Smithfield is central London's last surviving meat market. Its name derives from it being a smooth field where animals could be grazed, although its history is far from pastoral. Built on the site of the notorious St Bartholomew's fair, where witches were traditionally burned at the stake, this is where Scottish Independence leader William Wallace was executed in 1305 (there's a large plaque on the wall of St Bart's Hospital south of the market).
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Sunday Up Market & Truman Brewery
The Old Truman Brewery was once London's largest, but since the early 1990s it has been home to a host of creative businesses. Today you'll find shops, bars and a Sunday barbecue along Dray Walk, bordering the building. Inside is the Up Market, housing many stallholders who lost plots in the main Spitalfields Market when the new retail development there moved in. It's more of the same young designer fashion, but with loads more space to breath between stalls.
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