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Historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets find new home in Docklands

todayDecember 3, 2025

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City of London corporation names Albert Island near City airport in Docklands for meat and fish markets

After almost eight centuries at the heart of life in the capital and a period where their future lay in doubt, the historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are to get a new home on a former industrial site in east London.

The proposal by the City of London Corporation – the governing body that runs both sites as well as the Square Mile financial district – would relocate the markets to Newham’s Royal Docks.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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