London’s 850-Year-Old Smithfield Meat Market Is Set to Close
The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.
London will have lost its soul when Smithfield is finally butchered
The trouble with capitalism is it has no soul. It only values what can be measured in currency, which means that less ...
London’s 850-year-old Smithfield meat market set to close
LONDON – For 22 years, John Burt has cut and trimmed steaks, chops and roasts in a butcher shop across the street from ...
Smithfield: last orders for London’s historic meat market
Just before midnight, floodlit rows of heavy lorries block the streets around Smithfield market in the City of London. Their open doors reveal rows of dangling pig carcasses waiting to be hooked on to ...
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London’s Famous Smithfield Meat Market Is Closing For Good
Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market in London are set to close and be turned into cultural and housing ...
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London's historic Smithfield Meat Market to close after more than 850 years
The Smithfield Market, near St Paul's Cathedral, started in 1327 and has operated from its current location since 1868. The ...
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Dagenham regeneration plan after Billingsgate and Smithfield move axe
"Regeneration" is still planned for a site in Dagenham previously earmarked for Billingsgate and Smithfields Markets.
Landmark fish and meat markets in London 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 ...
'800-year-old tradition' meat market closes in central London, UK
Smithfield Market, an 800-year-old meat market in the financial center of London, England, has disappeared into history.On the 26th, the City of London ...
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Billingsgate Market traders react to 'bombshell' closure plan
Billingsgate Market traders in Poplar have spoken out after the City of London Corporation announced plans to close the site.
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London’s Smithfield and Billingsgate markets to cease trading
The markets, which have been a vital part of the capital’s food and restaurant scene, are set to close in 2028 after the City ...