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Old Spitalfields Market

A covered market in Spitalfields with independent stalls, shops and restaurants, on a site where a market has traded for over 350 years.

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Old Spitalfields Market, a covered market in Spitalfields with independent stalls, shops and restaurants, on a site
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Did you know

The market was re-founded in 1682 by King Charles II to feed a growing new suburb, and in 1991 it gave its name to the wholesale New Spitalfields Market in Leyton.

Local tip

Its own site lists Monday to Wednesday and Friday 10am-8pm, Thursday 8am-6pm, Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am-5pm. Wikipedia notes a vintage market on Thursdays and a vinyl fair on some Fridays.

Finding it

Address
16 Horner Square, Spitalfields, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, E1 6EW
Nearest station
London Liverpool Street (National Rail), 459 m away

Details change, so check with the place before you set off.

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  • Christ Church SpitalfieldsLandmark · 100 m awayNicholas Hawksmoor's towering English Baroque church on Commercial Street, restored in 2004 and free to step inside when open.
  • Poppie's Fish & ChipsFood · 100 m awayA 1950s-styled chippy in Spitalfields serving classic fish and chips in a genuinely retro dining room.
  • Sandys Row SynagogueHidden gem · 200 m awayLondon's oldest surviving Ashkenazi synagogue, in a building erected by Huguenots in 1766 as a church, and the last fully functioning Jewish community in Spitalfields.

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