Smithfield market’s owners, the City of London Corporation, had planned to relocate Smithfield and Canary Wharf’s Billingsgate fish market to the east-end suburb, but on Tuesday the body’s ...

The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.

The announcement that Smithfield meat market appears set to be shut after nearly 900 years of trading is a case in point. The City of London Corporation is seeking to effectively absolve itself ...

Smithfield Market, the oldest meat market in London, could be shut down for good after almost 800 years, with a crucial vote on its future set to take place today. The market is located in the ...