Roman Road Market
A market of over 150 years in Bow, with stalls selling clothes, homeware, flowers, fruit and veg and hot food, alongside long-established family-run shops on Roman Road.
- Market
- Price: Free
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Did you know
The market began informally in the mid-19th century and was legally established in 1888.
Local tip
It trades on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The council lists 8am-6pm but local guides give roughly 10am-3.30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9am-4pm on Saturdays, so late morning is the safest time; the third Saturday of the month has a retro-themed extension.
Finding it
- Address
- Roman Road, Bow, London E3
- Nearest station
- Bow Road (Tube), 656 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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- Victoria ParkEast London's big Victorian people's park, with boating lakes, a Chinese pagoda, the Burdett-Coutts fountain and canal-side paths, all busy with joggers, skaters and picnickers.
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- The Palm TreeA Grade II-listed 1930s pub standing alone in Mile End Park near the Regent's Canal after wartime bombing and later demolition cleared the streets around it, with a cash-only bar and regular live jazz.
- Tower Hamlets Cemetery ParkA 19th-century burial ground that has reverted to woodland, with tilting Victorian monuments among the trees. It is a 33-acre local nature reserve close to Mile End.