The Camden Markets - An Exclusive London Favourite!
We absolutely love the Camden Markets! They full of weird and wonderful furniture and trinkets and funky-fresh fashion items and what’s best of all, everything is very affordable.
As with most market places, you are able to negotiate quite a bit at some of the stalls, especially if you are buying a number of items.
Camden market is divided into several markets/streets: Camden Buck Street Market, Inverness Street, Camden Canal Market, Camden Lock Market, and Stables Market.
The art of finding a real bargain is to investigate every nook and cranny of all of Camden’s markets and have a really good rummage. The markets are a real maze of treasures and just when you thought there was no more to see, you walk a little further and find another great shop or stall offering more great things! If you have a real eye for fashion and style, you should be able to visit a number of stalls and put together a really chic and original outfit.
Wembley Stadium Market
Stadium Way
Wembley
HA9 0WS
Open: Sun, 9am-3pm,
Nearest tube station: Wembley Park
This market is held in the car park opposite Wembley Stadium and has rows and rows of market traders and sellers. There are over 500 stalls here at the weekend, selling everything from women’s wear, menswear, shoes, lingerie and all the accessories ever needed - belts, bags and tons of costume jewellery.
Brick Lane Market
Brick Lane, Cheshire Street and Sclater Street
London E1
Open: Sun 8am-2pm
Nearest tube station: Liverpool Street/Aldgate East/Shoreditch
Sundays are the best days to visit this lively market, as this sees the arrival of hundreds of stalls selling clothing, fabrics, jewellery bric-a-brac and leather goods.
Leather Lane Market
Leather Lane
London EC1N
Open: Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Nearest tube station: Chancery Lane/Farringdon
This Hatton Garden market stretches all the way along Leather Lane (between Greville Street and the Clerkenwell Road) and it sells everything from clothes and shoes to jewellery and handbags.
Covent Garden Market
The Piazza,
Covent Garden,
WC2E
Open: Mon-Fri, 10.30am-7.30pm,
Nearest underground station: Covent Garden
A variety of unique and handmade crafts, jewellery, clothing and antiques are sold in the colonnaded North Hall of Covent Garden. New to Covent Garden is the Food Lover's market held on the second Friday of each month with quality vetted producers selling a variety of fresh and seasonal British produce. Take time out to also explore the speciality shops, a welcome alternative to the high street, and watch some of London's best street entertainment in the Piazza.
Petticoat Lane Market
Middlesex Street and Wentworth Street
Aldgate
London E1
Open: Mon-Fri 10am-2:30pm, Sun 9am-2pm,
Nearest tube station: Liverpool Street/Aldgate East
Petticoat Lane is one of the East End's most famous, oldest and biggest markets, comprising of well-over a thousand stalls. Taking up an area in and around Middlesex St/Wentworth St, Sunday is arguably the best day for bargains on fashions, Asian fabrics, textiles and jewellery.
Roman Rd Market
Roman Road
London E3
Open: Tue/Thu/Sat 9am-5.30pm
Nearest tube station: Bow Road/Mile End
Roman Road market is a traditional East End with stalls selling all manner of goods, including beauty products, shoes, clothes and lots of accessories.
Spitalfield Market
Commercial Street
London E1
Open: Mon-Fri 11am-3:30pm, Sun 10am-3pm,
Nearest tube station: Liverpool Street/Aldgate East/Shoreditch
An Exclusive London favourite for fashion jewellery and clothing. Sunday is a great day to visit this fab market as you can also visit Brick Lane market too, which is not too far away.
Walthamstow Market
Walthamstow High Street
London E17
Open: Mon-Sat 8am-6pm,
Nearest tube station: Walthamstow Central/St James's Central
With many stalls selling a large variety of clothing, shoes and costume jewellery, Walthamstow Market is Europe’s longest street market and very popular with Londoners.
Whitechapel Market
Whitechapel Rd
London E1
Open: Mon-Sat, 8am-6pm
Nearest tube station: Aldgate
This market is one of the best Asian markets in London, as it boasts a wide-range of Indian jewellery, clothing, fabrics and fine silk/cotton saris.
Portobello Road Market
Portobello Road
London W11
Open: Sat 8am 3pm
Nearest tube station: Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill Gate
Portobello market is HUGE! It has more than one and a half thousand stall holders and some enclosed arcades too. Although the market is primarily associated with the antiques trade, it is also a great place to find great clothes and second-hand records.
Greenwich Market
Greenwich,
SE10
Open: Thurs - Sun from 930am-5.30pm
Nearest station: Greenwich or Cutty Sark (DLR)
In the heart of historic Greenwich, the arts and craft market in College Approach sells a range of traditional handmade craftwork and original artwork. While in Greenwich High Rd, there is an antiques market selling pre-1960 antiques on Thurs from 0900-1700.
Brixton Market
Electric Avenue,
Pope's Road,
Station Road and The Concourse,
London SW9
Open: Mon - Sat 9am to 6pm, except Wed when it's open 9am to 3pm.
Nearest underground stations: Brixton
Brixton Market is mainly for ethnic foods, fruits and vegetables. You can find odd merchandise, like wigs, rare records, homeopathic root cures. |