The news that London's oldest fish market is facing permanent closure has shocked and saddened the tenants at Billingsgate ...
In the week after the City of London Corporation voted to close Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets for good, we publish Claudia Lesinger‘s portraits of the last porters of Billingsgate who were ...
A market has existed in Smithfield since the medieval period. It was revamped as a wholesale meat market in the 1860s and is ...
The City of London Corporation confirmed the 850-year-old fish and meat markets would be closing for good in 2028.
London's historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are set to shut after the City of London Corporation voted to withdraw support for them, bringing down the curtain on two establishments that have ...
The Smithfield site is particularly historic. Meat has been traded from the same spot since the 14th century. Billingsgate ...
The City of London Corporation has shelved plans to relocate Smithfield and Billingsgate fish markets to a £1 billion ...
The City of London Corporation must now submit a Private Bill with Parliament to finalise the decision to close the markets ...
Two of London's oldest and most iconic markets, Billingsgate fish market and Smithfield meat market, are set to close, ...
Two of London's oldest markets, Billingsgate Market and Smithfield Market, are facing closure after a move to Dagenham was ...
The City of London Corporation has voted to withdraw its support for Smithfield meat market in Farringdon, and Billingsgate ...