Walthamstow Market
A street market stretching about a kilometre along Walthamstow High Street, with food, clothes and household goods stalls plus cafes serving pie and mash, jellied eels and Caribbean curried goat.
- Market
- Price: Free
Open in A Reason to StopFree on the App Store. iPhone, iOS 26 or later.
Did you know
Trading since 1885, the council bills it as Europe's longest outdoor street market, though Rome's Porta Portese, at about 2 km, is longer.
Local tip
Open Tuesday to Friday 8am to 5pm and Saturday 8am to 5.30pm; closed Sunday and Monday. Come hungry, as the cafes along it serve pie and mash, jellied eels and curried goat.
Finding it
- Address
- High Street, Walthamstow, London E17 7JX
- Nearest station
- St James Street (London) (Overground), 231 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Etles Uyghur RestaurantA small, family-run Uyghur restaurant on Hoe Street in Walthamstow, known for chewy hand-pulled noodles, lamb skewers and offal dishes such as kidney kebabs.
- William Morris GalleryA free Georgian house in Lloyd Park, Walthamstow, where the Morris family lived from 1848 to 1856, now holding the most comprehensive collection of William Morris's work and Arts and Crafts design.
- God's Own JunkyardA warehouse crammed with vintage neon signage salvaged from old cinemas, shops, and film sets, with a café in the middle of it.
- Walthamstow WetlandsA Thames Water reservoir complex built between 1853 and 1904 and opened to the public in 2017, with bird hides, a visitor centre and a cafe in the restored Marine Engine House.