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Bayswater Road Market

Every Sunday Bayswater Road in London W2 is transformed into the world's liveliest open-air art show. Fine art - old and new paintings, drawings, caricatures, hand-made jewellery and sculptures.

Bayswater Road W2. Sundays 10:00-18:00.

Tube: Lancaster Gate, Bayswater Road, Queensway. Bus: 12, 88, 94.

Berwick Street Market

A small market, mainly foodstuffs - probably the cheapest in the Capital. Also music discs and records.

Berwick Street, Soho W1. Daily 9:00-17:00 except Sunday.

Tube: Piccadilly. Bus: 3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 38, 53, 88, 94, 139, 159

Bermondsey Market

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Billingsgate Fish Market

Fresh fish delivered daily at the UK's biggest Fish Market. Worth a visit -

or more if you like fresh fish!

Borough Market

Flowers, fresh frut, vegetables, juices, cheeses - everything for the gourmet in this ancient market, founded before the Romans came!

Tube: London Bridge. Bus: 17, 21, 35, 40, 43, 47, 48, 133, 149, 343, 381, 501, 507.

Rail: London Bridge. Boat: London Bridge City Pier

Brick Lane Market

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Brick Lane - Jack the Ripper

A review of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in London in 1888

Brixton Market

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Camden Lock Market

All sorts of clothes and junk at one of London's busiest markets. Antiques, jewellery, arts, crafts, new and second-hand clothes, food and ethnic food stalls, fruit juices...

Camden Lock Place, Camden, NW1. Saturday and Sunday 10:00 - 18:00.

Tube: Camden Town (no entry Sunday from 13:00 - 17:30), Chalk Farm.

Bus: 24, 27, 29, 31, 88, 134, 168, 214, 253, 274, C2.

Camden Passage

Antiques, silverware, jewellery, watches, books and bric-a-brac.

Camden Passage, N1. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday

Tube: Angel. Bus: 4, 19, 30, 38, 43, 56, 73, 153, 214, 274, 341, 394

Chapel Market

A local market selling clothes and leatherware, household, fish, fruit and vegetables.

Open: Tue-Wed, Fri - Sat : 09:00-15:30, Thu, Sun: 09:00-13:00, closed Mon

Tube: Angel. Bus: 4, 19, 30, 38, 43, 56, 73, 153, 214, 274, 341, 394

Charing Cross Collectors' Fair

A small market for collectors of antiques, stamps, medals, coins, other articles.

Villiers Street WC2. Saturday only, 8:30-17:00.

Underground, Rail: Charing Cross

Bus: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24, 29, 53, 77a, 88, 91, 139

Chelsea Antiques Market

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Church Street Market

Church Street, Paddington NW8 - W2. Tuesday to Saturday, 09:00-17:00

Columbia Road Flower Market

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Covent Garden

One of the most exciting places in London. Originally a fruit and vegetable market, now a trendy piazza. Jewellery, clothing, silverware, pottery, household. There's always something going on - don't miss it!

Covent Garden WC2. Every day, 10:00-19:00

Underground: Covent Garden. Bus: 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 77a, 91, 176

Covent Garden Life

Website of the Covent Garden Community.

Courtyard (The), St Martin-in-the-Fields Church.

This market runs along the eastern side of Trafalgar Square and has about 200 stalls selling jewellery, fine art, clothes, ceramics.

Tube, Rail: Charing Cross

Bus: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24, 29, 53, 77a, 88, 91, 139

East Street Market

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Gray's Antique Market

Antique jewellery, watches, medals, coins, stamps.

38 Davies Street, (Oxford Street-South Molton Street).

Every day 10:00-18:00

Tube: Bond Street.

Bus: 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 23, 73, 94, 98, 113, 137, 159, 189

Greenwich Market

(pronounced "gren-ich", not "green-witch"!)

A covered market in the centre of Greenwich, once for wholesale fruit and vegetables, now sells antiques, jewellery, books, collectables, pictures, furniture, farm produce.

Very near the famous ship, the "Cutty Sark". Weekdays and weekends.

Train: Greenwich. Docklands Light Railway: Cutty Sark

Boat: From Charing Cross Pier and Westminster Pier.

Bus: 177, 180, 188, 199, 286, 386.

Hampstead Market

A small market for fruit and vegetables, antiques, crafts, second-hand books, food.

78 Hampstead High Street NW3. Saturday 10:00-18:00

Tube: Hampstead Buses 46, 268

Leadenhall Market

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Leather Lane

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London Silver Vaults

Mainly for silverware merchants, this market is hidden behind huge safe doors. Enormous range of goods, including delicate jewellery and cutlery.

Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane WC2.

Monday to Friday, 9:30 - 17:00, Saturday 9:00-13:00

Tube: Chancery Lane

Nags Head

An indoor market inside an old market hall, selling electrical goods, discs and records, clothes, fruit and vegetables.

22 Seven Sisters Road N7

Monday - Saturday 8:00-17:00, Sunday 07:00-14:00

Tube: Finsbury Park. Bus: 4, 17, 29, 43, 91, 153, 259, 271, 279.

North End Road

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Notting Hill Gateway

A Site for London's Notting Hill Community

Petticoat Lane Market

Although the name is Petticoat Lane, the market is in Middlesex Street, Wentworth Street, and other streets off these. This is probably London's most famous market, and has been here for well over a hundred years. Find almost anything here!

Middlesex Street and Wentworth Street, Aldgate E1.

Mainly Sunday 09:00-14:00, but many stalls open Monday-Friday 10:00-14:30

Tube: Liverpool Street, Aldgate. Bus: 26, 35, 42, 43, 47, 48, 78, 100, 133, 141.

Portobello Road Market

Portobello Road, the world's largest antiques market, with over 1500 dealers selling every kind of antique and collectable. Open every Saturday, while shops are open six days a week. Market days start gradually around 5.30am with trading between dealers from the UK and overseas. Most stall holders have arrived by 8am and the market is in full swing for the rest of the day, with collectors and visitors from all over the world.