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Leadenhall Market

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About Leadenhall Market

A richly decorated former meat/poultry market that's been on this site for over 700 years.

The current building is Victorian and a classic of the style, and while the market has left, the shops are now filled with cafes, food, drink and up-market retailers.

The market streets are open all the time to wander around, although naturally, the shops are open normal hours.

Address

Leadenhall Market,
Gracechurch Street,
London,
EC3V 1LT


Link to Leadenhall Market's website


 

Frequently asked questions

Is the market free to visit

The market is free to visit and the streets that run through it are open all the time

When is Leadenhall Market open?

The shops and cafes within the market maintain normal retail hours, but the market building itself is open 24/7

Where was Harry Potter filmed?

The entrance to wizarding pub and inn, The Leaky Cauldron is an opticians in Bull's Head Passage, a smaller side street next to the market.

What's the nearest railway station to Leadenhall Market

The nearest station is Monument Tube Station which is 0.2 miles away.


Leadenhall Market - Latest News

Pollock’s Toy Museum popping up in Leadenhall Market
Pollock’s Toy Museum popping up in Leadenhall Market

The much loved and currently homeless Pollock’s Toy Museum is getting a temporary home this Christmas, in the City of London’s Victorian Leadenhall Market.

Monster tentacles to invade Leadenhall Market for Halloween
Monster tentacles to invade Leadenhall Market for Halloween

Beware of giant tentacles creeping out of the upper floors of Leadenhall Market in the run up to Halloween as Hoxton Street Monster Supplies opens a temporary store in the Victorian market.

Christmas drinks tastings at Leadenhall Market
Christmas drinks tastings at Leadenhall Market

Next month there will be a number of Christmas food and drinks tastings in Leadenhall Market, and tickets for them will be released next Friday (19th Nov).

Leadenhall Market to fill with tentacles for halloween
Leadenhall Market to fill with tentacles for halloween

Giant tentacles will be snaking their way out of Leadenhall Market’s Victorian windows ready to catch visitors unawares, as part of the Market’s 700-year anniversary Halloween celebrations.

Photos from the roof of the Leadenhall Market
Photos from the roof of the Leadenhall Market

You think you know the famous Victorian market in the City of London, with its ornate decoration, but there’s a hidden side to this decorative gem.

See Gods Own Junkyard in the Leadenhall Market
See Gods Own Junkyard in the Leadenhall Market

Normally based in Walthamstow, the famous home of neon signs, Gods Own Junkyard is currently filling three shops in the Leadenhall Market with their trademark glowing displays.

Leadenhall Market to be filled with neon lights from Hollywood movies
Leadenhall Market to be filled with neon lights from Hollywood movies

The richly decorated Victorian Leadenhall Market in the City of London is being filled with neon lighting from Gods Own Junkyard later this month.

It’s the 700th anniversary of Leadenhall Market
It’s the 700th anniversary of Leadenhall Market

This year marks the 700th anniversary of London’s Leadenhall Market, the ornate market in the City of London.

London’s Alleys: Lime Street Passage, EC3
London’s Alleys: Lime Street Passage, EC3

This alley looks as if it’s part of the next door Leadenhall Market, with the same style buildings, but no roof over head.

New skyscraper to sit next to Leadenhall Market
New skyscraper to sit next to Leadenhall Market

Leadenhall in the City isn’t exactly short of a skyscraper, or five, and now one is planned that will sit right next to the famous Victorian market building.

Roman Fresco Discovered next to Leadenhall Market
Roman Fresco Discovered next to Leadenhall Market

A huge and ornate fresco that probably adorned the residence of a wealthy Roman citizen has been discovered by archaeologists next to Leadenhall Market in the City of London.

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