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'You can't wipe out Billingsgate Fish Market overnight'
"There will always be a place to buy fish from in London. It might not be here and it probably won't be called Billingsgate but it will continue." The news that London's oldest fish market is facing permanent closure has shocked and saddened the tenants at Billingsgate Fish Market.
Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets to Close After More Than 850 Years of Trading
Two of London's oldest markets, Billingsgate Market and Smithfield Market, are facing closure after a move to Dagenham was abandoned
Smithfield And Billingsgate Markets To Close Forever
The Smithfield site is particularly historic. Meat has been traded from the same spot since the 14th century. Billingsgate boasts similar antiquity, but its ancient home near London Bridge was closed in 1982 in favour of a larger site in the Docklands.
Smithfield And Billingsgate Markets Will Soon Close Permanently – Within A Matter Of Years
The Smithfield And Billingsgate Markets were originally due to be relocated to Dagenham, but will now close permanently.
London’s historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are closing for good
The City of London Corporation has voted to withdraw its support for Smithfield meat market in Farringdon, and Billingsgate fish market in Canary Wharf, meaning they could both be gone within four years. Traders have been offered compensation and the corporation has said it will help them find new premises to operate on.
Two of London's historic markets - Smithfield and Billingsgate - set to close
The City of London Corporation has shelved plans to relocate Smithfield and Billingsgate fish markets to a £1 billion development in Dagenham. | ITV News London
London's 900-year-old food markets to close
Billingsgate is the largest inland fish market in the UK, with an average of 25,000 tonnes of fish and fish products sold there every year. The original market traded in Lower Thames Street in the City for 900 years, before moving to its current site in Poplar, east London, in 1982.
Futures of Smithfield and Billingsgate markets uncertain as City of London Corporation pulls plug on Dagenham Dock site
Billingsgate Fish Market, another historic market that has operated since 1327, also faces an uncertain future. Originally located on Lower Thames Street, it moved to its current site in Poplar in 1982. The site has been earmarked for housing development following its closure.
London’s historic fish and meat markets to close, ending 1,000 years of tradition
Two of London’s most famous markets — one selling fish, the other meat — are set to close in the coming years, bringing an end to traditions stretching back to medieval times.
Landmark fish and meat markets in London to close, ending 1,000 years of tradition
On Wednesday, the City of London Corporation, the governing body in the capital city's historic hub, is set to present a bill to Parliament to bring an end to its responsibilities to operate the Billingsgate fish market and the Smithfield meat market,
Smithfield meat Market to close after 800 years - everything we know so far
Billingsgate Fish Market is also set to close, and it could be as early as 2028. After more than 800 years of trading, London’s iconic Smithfield Market, the oldest wholesale meat market in the UK, is set to close.
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London's Historic Markets Face Closure
Two of London's iconic markets, Billingsgate and Smithfield, will close in the coming years, ending centuries-old traditions.
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Havering reacts to Billingsgate and Smithfield Dagenham move axe
Havering Council has said it is "pleased" Romford will no longer be impacted by the plans to relocate Smithfield and Billingsgate markets to Dagenham after the move was cancelled. The relocation ...
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Smithfield and Billingsgate: plans to move historic London markets put on hold
Back in 2022 it was announced that London’s historic Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets, two of the city’s oldest meat, poultry and fish vendors, would be moving out of their centrally ...