Borough Market
Borough Market is a wholesale and retail market hall in Southwark, London, England. It is one of the largest and oldest food markets in London,[1][2] with a market on the site dating back to at least the 12th century. The present buildings were built in the 1850s, and today the market mainly sells speciality foods to the general public.
For the market in Halifax, West Yorkshire, see Borough Market, Halifax.Environment
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Borough Market is located on Southwark Street and Borough High Street just south of Southwark Cathedral on the southern end of London Bridge.
The retail market operates six days per week; it is closed on Mondays.[11]
Borough Market circa 1860
Art Deco 1932 Southwark Street entrance
South Portico from the Floral Hall (erected 2004)
The present buildings were designed in 1851 by Henry Rose,[12] with additions in the 1860s and an entrance designed in the Art Deco style added on Southwark Street in 1932. Significant changes to the buildings have been made over the years as a result of successive expansions to the nearby railway infrastructure; see "Railway viaducts and the Thameslink Programme".
A refurbishment began in 2001. The Work includes the re-erection in 2004 of the South Portico from the Floral Hall, previously at Covent Garden, which was dismantled when the Royal Opera House was reconstructed in the 1990s.[5] The original Convent Garden building was listed and the resited portico was Grade II listed in 2008.[13]