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City of London: Grand Avenue through Smithfield market This is one of the streets which go right through the Central Markets at Smithfield.
Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tudor and Victorian market buildings, beside St Bartholomew. Do not write a dawn wholesale visit as a daily certainty. Next is St Bartholomew the Great — do not also stack Borough Market the same day.
Analysis
Check the day before Smithfield. The market buildings are visible all day; wholesale hours follow official notices. Stalls are not there every day. Eat here once you arrive — do not also book a formal room. Leave via Farringdon.
Best time
See the buildings in daylight
How to go
Farringdon
Transit
On a market day Farringdon may switch exits or become exit-only. Read that day's station notice. Carry both cash and contactless.
Season window
Saturday and Sunday are not the same market at Smithfield. Rain cuts the stalls. Winter packs up early. Do not use a summer timetable.
Tips
- · Tickets: The exterior is free. Plan about 20 minutes.
- · A museum entrance sits below; check open days
- · Pavements at Smithfield are narrow. Wear the bag in front. Do not graze three stalls and then another district.
Nearby Michelin
Next stop
Where this line goes next
Walk or one Tube ride to the next stop. Do not rebound.
St Bartholomew the Great
Walk · 6min
Walk
Next is St Bartholomew the Great — do not also stack another market or a large museum the same day.
Temple Church
Walk · 12min
Walk
Next is Temple Church — do not also stack another market or a large museum the same day.
Visit moments
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