Spitalfields Market

Just outside the City and owned by the City of London Corporation

Once a large thriving market, it has slowly been shrunk to a third of its size by development in the area. It features a good variety of clothing, crafts and food stalls/shops. Rather promisingly sellers have set up another market in a new space off Hanbury St nearby. Visit 66/68 Bell Lane nearby to see a wealthy merchant's house, rumour has it John Lennon once played on the roof of this building with Yoko Ono.

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Address

225 Central Markets, EC1A 9LH

Getting there

off Bishopsgate, tube:

Hours

Mon–Fri 10AM–5PM; Sat 11AM–17PM; Sun 9AM–5PM

Website

spitalfields.org.uk (opens in a new tab)