It might not be here and it probably won't be called Billingsgate but it will continue." The news that London's oldest fish market is facing permanent closure has shocked and saddened the tenants ...

London's historic Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market will no longer operate after the City of London Corporation said its council yesterday voted to cease trading. There had been ...

The City of London Corporation has agreed to stop running the historic Billingsgate Market in Poplar and pay compensation to traders. The corporation still needs to submit a Private Bill to ...

The Smithfield Market and Billingsgate Market will remain open for meat and fish sales, respectively, until "at least 2028" but will ultimately close their doors, the City of London Corporation said.

Peter Ackroyd, who wrote the seminal “London: The Biography” in 2000, said the Billingsgate fish market has its roots in the early 11th century, before William the Conqueror turned up with his ...

Smithfield is the UK’s largest wholesale meat market, and Billingsgate the country’s biggest inland fish market. Each has a history going back centuries with a market operating in Smithfield since ...

Concerns had been raised for the future of Smithfield and Billingsgate fish market after the City of London Corporation voted to withdraw support last month for their current locations.