Borough Market
Borough Market is one of London's oldest wholesale fruit and vegetable markets, established by Act of Parliament in 1756 and administered by 21 trustees who have to live in the local community. It covers an area of 4.5 acres.
Operating in the early hours of the morning, the streets used to be quiet and empty during the day. But not any more. Known in its heyday as London's Larder, the capital relied on Borough Market for its essential supplies. It is now being reborn as a retail centre of excellence in addition to the trade activities.
Nearest tube station:
London Bridge (264 yards)
Web: www.boroughmarket.org.ukOpen: Main retail market Thu 11am-5pm; Fri 11am-6pm; Sat 9am-4pm
News & features about Borough Market
- Bankside Mix tops the league on first day of Barclays Cycle Hire (2 Aug 2010)
- 17th-century Southwark bowls found at Borough Market go on show at Museum of London (12 Jul 2010)
- Bankside Urban Forest celebrated at London Festival of Architecture finale (5 Jul 2010)
- Rosie Boycott launches monthly Real Food Market on South Bank (4 Jul 2010)
- Nomadic Allotments arrive at Borough Market (7 Jun 2010)
- Big Dance Bubble in Potters Fields Park (21 May 2010)
- No Soul For Sale: international artists take over Tate Modern's Turbine Hall (15 May 2010)
- Tate Modern celebrates 10th birthday with procession and cake (12 May 2010)
- Historic Southwark Cathedral vault excavated for Thameslink reburials (12 May 2010)
- Interview: Nick Stanton, Southwark Liberal Democrat leader (3 May 2010)
- St George in Southwark Festival 2010: pictures (25 Apr 2010)
- 3-week-old lambs at Borough Market to promote Real Food Festival (1 Apr 2010)
- New London Bridge Bus Station could be ready by mid-2012 (24 Mar 2010)
- Tate Modern announces plans for 10th birthday celebrations (10 Mar 2010)
- London drawings liven up hoardings at Tate Modern building site (23 Feb 2010)
- Bermondsey Farmers' Market: it's "use it or lose it" time (22 Jan 2010)
- Knighthood for National Theatre boss Nicholas Hytner - plus other SE1 honours (31 Dec 2009)
- Southwark's town crier Peter Moore dies aged 70 (30 Dec 2009)
- Spanish Embassy launch for 'Tapas Brindisa' cook book (8 Nov 2009)
- Bermondsey Farmers' Market draws a crowd (8 Nov 2009)
- Apple Day celebrations in Southwark Cathedral and Borough Market (26 Oct 2009)
- Terry Gilliam's 'Doctor Parnassus' film: exclusive Borough Market pictures (6 Oct 2009)
- Designer bags still available after Borough Market Food with Thought show (6 Oct 2009)
- Borough Market has uncertain future warns 'founder' Henrietta Green (25 Sep 2009)
- Borough Market traders on the move as Thameslink demolition begins (31 Aug 2009)
Forum discussions about Borough Market
- Booths Fruit & Veg Leaving?
- Changing of Blackfriars station name
- Borough Market this morning
- Fresh Guava
- Supermarkets near Elephant & Castle?
- Take-away and Restaurant Chains
- Supermarket Shocker
- London 2012 Olympic Borough Market + Southwark Pin Badge!
- Bank Holiday parking
- Smoking outside London Bridge and surrounding streets
- Wine Bar with outside seating in Borough
- Borough Market Easter Times?
- Borough Market
- Never-ending 'streetworks'
- Tesco TBR
- Butcher near London Bridge
- Seville oranges
- Cranial osteopath
- London College of Communication to close?
- Where can I buy a Christmas tree?
Restaurants, pubs & bars close to Borough Market
- Maria's Market Cafe (14 yards)
- Bedales (24 yards)
- Patisserie Lila (24 yards)
- Tapas Brindisa (30 yards)
- Silka (32 yards)
- Hobbs (40 yards)
- The Globe Tavern (42 yards)
- fish!kitchen (46 yards)
- De Gustibus (46 yards)
- Applebee's Fish (48 yards)
- The Rabot Estate (52 yards)
- The Southwark Tavern (56 yards)
- Fish! (68 yards)
- The Wheatsheaf (70 yards)
- Stoney Street Cafe (72 yards)
- Pret a Manger (72 yards)