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 ...

A new site for Smithfield and Billingsgate Market is not an abandonment of traders, it’s an opportunity to continue the historic market’s legacy, writes City of London Corporation policy ...

The City of London and Smithfield traders have agreed on a plan to move the market to a new location "within the M25" when the site closes. The agreement comes after concerns that the historic ...

A famous meat market once targeted by pro-vegan campaigners is to close for good after more than 800 years of trading. London's historic Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market will ...

The fate of City institution Smithfield market was decided yesterday, with the City of London Corporation announcing the last chops will be sold after 2028. Local business owners reacted with ...

London's historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are set to shut after the City of London Corporation voted to withdraw support for them, bringing down the curtain on two establishments that ...

Butchers at London’s historic Smithfield market have spoken of their devastation after City bosses took the decision to close the world’s oldest meat market after almost 900 years of trading.

By Mark Landler Reporting from London For 22 years, John Burt has cut and trimmed steaks, chops and roasts in a butcher shop across the street from Smithfield, the oldest meat market in London.

This might be truer still now the closure of Smithfield has been announced. One of the city’s famed but few nocturnal operations, a wholesale food market in situ for almost 900 years ...

Just a few hundred feet separated the site where Scottish leader William Wallace - and many more besides him - was horrifically put to death and what is now Smithfield Market in central London.

London's Smithfield meat market is set to close after more than 800 years, with trading expected to cease for good after 2028. The City of London Corporation, which runs the site, said on Tuesday ...