Here is a map of 20 markets that are all within easy reach of central London. (This map is included in the Streetsensation printed guide)

Camden Lock Arts and crafts, jewellery, vintage clothing, food stalls. Courtyards and covered Victorian market hall. Sat and Sun 10-6. Also part open weekdays. Stables Market Chalk Farm Road. A dense warren of small shops selling fashion, artefacts, food and drink Sat and Sun 10-6 Chapel Market Local market selling fruit and veg, clothes and household goods. Tues to Sat 9-6, Sun 8-4. Camden Passage Antiques, books and bric-a-brac. Wednesday and Saturday. Columbia Road Bustling Sunday market selling plants, flowers and things for the garden. Sunday 8-3. Brick Lane Hundreds of stallholders and individuals selling everything and anything Sunday 8-3 Spitalfields Commercial Street - Antiques, vintage clothes, Art and fashion, General market. Mon to Fri and Sun 9-5 UpMarket Hanbury Street Covered market. Clothes, fashion accessories, music and crafts. Sunday 10-5 Petticoat Lane Middlesex Street - Hundreds of stalls selling cut-price clothing, Asian fabrics and leatherwear. Mon to Fri 10-4, Sun 9-3 Bermondsey Market Bermondsey Square - Early-start covered market with antiques and bric-a-brac, particularly silverware and decorative items. Friday 6-2 Borough Market Borough High Street - Gourmet food market under the railway. Thurs 11-5, Fri 12-6, Sat 8-5 Brixton Market Brixton Road Afro-Caribbean specialists. Exotic foods and spices and cut-price music and clothes. Mon to Fri 8-6 (Wed 8-3) Covent Garden In the Market Hall. Antiques on Monday, arts and crafts for the rest of the week. The nearby Jubilee Market has souvenirs, clothes and knick-knacks. 7 days 9.30-6 Piccadilly Market St. James's Church, Piccadilly Antiques on Tuesday, art and crafts Wed to Sat. 11-6 Gray's Antique Market Davies Street Indoor market with many specialist antique dealers. Mon to Fri 10-6, Sat 11-5 Bayswater Road Mostly paintings with some sculpture and jewellery. Sunday 10-6 Shepherd's Bush Local market with good selection of ethnic foods and clothing. Mon to Sat 9-6 Portobello Road World-famous market selling antiques, jewellery, second-hand clothes and bric-a-brac. Sat 8-6.30, part open Mon-Fri, Thursday 9-1 Church Street Market Fruit and veg, clothes, household and bric-a-brac, plus Alfie's antiques market. Mon to Sat 8-5 Best markets for antiques? Bermondsey Market, Camden Passage, Brick Lane Market and Portobello Road Best markets for street fashion /clothes? Camden Lock Market, Petticoat Lane, Brixton Market and Portobello Road Best markets for arts and crafts? Covent Garden Market, Camden Lock and Bayswater Best markets for exotic foods and lifestyle? Brixton Market and Shepherd's Bush Market Back to home page