From Arnold Circus it was no more than a ten minute walk to Columbia Road. It's a row of Victorian shops off Hackney Road that has a well known flower market which has been trading in its present form on a Sunday since at least the 1960's. However a covered food market with up to 400 stalls was established in 1869 and operated until 1886. As far as I can tell there had been an outdoor market that sold food, among other things, up until world war 2 when rations put paid to that. So quite possibly there has been a flower market there since then. Unfortunately I had not realized that the market only ran on a Sunday, so rocking up on a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon I was left a little disappointed. There is a mixture of independently run shops, cafes, restaurants & pubs which seem to cater for the more gentrified demographic. It was very quiet, and seeing as the road is quite short I headed off towards Broadway Market. However I will return in the near future on a Sunday. Apparently it gets very crowded late morning so worth getting there as early as possible.
http://www.columbiaroad.info/
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