Chapel Market
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 Looking east on a Saturday afternoon in November 2005 | |
| Location | Islington, Greater London |
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| Coordinates | 51°32′00″N 0°06′33″W / 51.53342°N 0.10926°W |
| Address | Chapel Market |
| Management | Islington London Borough Council |
| Owner | Islington London Borough Council |
| Environment | Outdoor |
| Goods sold | General goods |
| Days normally open | Tuesday–Sunday |
| Number of tenants | 224 (87 permanent licensees) |
Chapel Market is a daily street market in London. The market is located on a street of the same name near Angel, and sells fruit, vegetables and fish, as well as bargain household goods and cheap clothes. It is open every day except Monday, operating in the mornings only on Thursday and Sunday. The market is 2-3 blocks long; many of the patrons are local, and food and wares for sale are primarily for daily use. It has capacity for 224 stalls.[1]
The ten-year-old Islington Farmers' Market relocated to Chapel Market in April 2010 and is held every Sunday at the Penton Street end.
Notable Chapel Market pubs include the Agricultural at the extreme east end, an old institution that got its name from the historic use of Upper Street as a livestock route south into London and specifically to Smithfield meat market. The Hundred Crows Flying, at the extreme west end of the market is a modern style pub catering more to a hip young crowd. In the middle of the market near to the corner of White Lion Street is The Alma Lounge, popular with an older crowd, and frequently full early in the day.
The street was also notable for M.Manze, a traditional Pie and Mash vendor whose first branch was established in 1902. The Chapel Market branch closed down in 2019.
The street was also used for filming street seller scenes in the TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses.[2]
In April 2024, it was reported that traders were worried that the market was at risk of "slowly dying" due to a lack of shoppers.[3]
Getting there
[edit]Nearest London Underground station:
The following street markets are also in Central London:
References
[edit]- ^ http://nmtf.co.uk/markets.php?id_mar=1115[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Only Fools and Horses filming locations - Chapel Street - Find That Location".
- ^ Lawrence, India (18 April 2024). "One of London's most old-school street markets could close unless more people shop there". Time Out London. Retrieved 19 April 2024.