Borough Market ★★

A fruit and veg stall (Photo by Chrisgel Ryan Cruz)
A fruit and veg stall
A fruit and veg stall, Borough Market, London (Photo by Chrisgel Ryan Cruz)
A cheese shop in Borough Market, Borough Market, London (Photo © Reid Bramblett)
An entrance to Borough Market, Borough Market, London (Photo by Rain Rabbit)
Pastries and bread, Borough Market, London (Photo by GateC21)
Olives, Borough Market, London (Photo by GateC21)
A bakery stall, Borough Market, London (Photo by Follow Your Nose)
Savory pies, Borough Market, London (Photo by John Adams)
Butcher, Borough Market, London (Photo by John Adams)
Heirloom tomatoes, Borough Market, London (Photo by William Helsen)

A fabulous food market in Southwark

This thousand-year-old market is the best food market in central London, ideal for picnic pickings with more than 100 stalls hawking everything from fruit and veg to gourmet cheeses, bakeries to coffee shops, olives and nuts to chocolate and chacuterie.

Over the past 20 years, many the old wholesale vendors have given way to eateries and more trendy retail speciality culinary stalls, making the market into much more of a retail shopping destination.

The current market buildings are typical Victorian market—all glass and steel from 1851—built under and around the brick abutments of the elevated viaduct rail lines connecting London Bridge Station (London's oldest) to Blackfriars and Cannon Street.

Lunch time

If you want something more than a picnic —or something hot to add to it—here are just a few some of the cafes, restaurants, street food stands, and prepared food stalls in and right around Borough Market: 

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