London’s 850-Year-Old Smithfield Meat Market Is Set to Close
The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.
Sham urbanity dispatches Smithfield to the knacker’s yard
The City of London’s closure of the old meat market displays an insulting disrespect for trade and civic pride ...
London will have lost its soul when Smithfield is finally butchered
The trouble with capitalism is it has no soul. It only values what can be measured in currency, which means that less ...
Smithfield Market: chefs bemoan the coming closure of one of London's only 24-hour operations
Smithfield Market: chefs bemoan the coming closure of one of London's only 24-hour operations - Smithfield dates back to 1327 ...
London’s historic Smithfield meat market to close
The City of London Corporation has shelved plans to relocate Smithfield and Billingsgate fish markets to a £1 billion ...
London’s Smithfield Market at risk of closure after more than 800 years
London’s historic Smithfield meat market is at risk of being closed for good at a vote in the City of London. The City of ...
Historic London food markets that have operated for hundreds of years to permanently close
A pair of historic wholesale meat and fish markets in London will permanently close in the coming years. The Smithfield ...
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London’s historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are closing for good
The City of London Corporation has voted to withdraw its support for Smithfield meat market in Farringdon, and Billingsgate ...
‘Smithfield is British history – but we’re being kicked out so they can fill the space with cafes’
It is shortly after 4am in central London and a fleet of white transit vans is pulling into parking bays. Porters bent double ...
Landmark fish and meat markets in London to close, ending 1,000 years of tradition
Two of London’s most famous markets — one selling fish, the other meat — are set to close in the coming years, bringing an ...
Smithfield: last orders for London’s historic meat market
Just before midnight, floodlit rows of heavy lorries block the streets around Smithfield market in the City of London. Their open doors reveal rows of dangling pig carcasses waiting to be hooked on to ...