Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets Could Move to Royal Docks

Smithfield and Billingsgate markets set to move to Royal Docks in 2028

The proposed new site of Albert Island is close to City Airport’s runway

Smithfield and Billingsgate markets could move to Royal Docks

The current Smithfield meat and Billingsgate fish markets are to close due to redevelopment.

Two of London's Biggest Food Markets Finally Have a New Home

After more than 850 years of trading, Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets were facing closure In 2022 it was announced that Billingsgate and Smithfield, two of London's oldest markets, for fish and meat respectively, would be leaving the city centre and moving further east to a £1 billion, 42-acre development in Dagenham. The relocation was initiated...

Billingsgate and Smithfield set for new base at Royal Docks

Billingsgate and Smithfield markets are set to relocate to a new joint site on Albert Island in east London’s Royal Docks, under plans unveiled by the City of London Corporation and the Greater London Authority. The proposal follows the Corporation’s decision last year to scrap… The post Billingsgate and Smithfield set for new base at Royal Docks appeared first on Construction News.

'Preferred site' for Smithfield and Billingsgate relocation confirmed

The City of London Corporation has confirmed that an area within the Royal Docks enterprise zone in Newham has been identified as “a preferred new site” for the Smithfield and Billingsgate wholesale markets, which are to leave their current locations as part of severing their historic links with the City. The chosen spot is Albert Island, a 25-acre space owned by the Greater London Authority at the eastern end of the Albert Dock, next to the Tha…

Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE welcomes the announcement of the relocation of Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets to the Royal Docks in Newham

Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE welcomes the announcement of the relocation of Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets to the Royal Docks in Newham.