This is terribly sad news. A plan to relocate the 900-year-old meat market and Canary Wharf’s Billingsgate fish market to a new £800m site in Dagenham was scrapped after costs spiralled.

News Nation/World London’s 850-year-old Smithfield meat market set to close Nov. 28, 2024 Updated Thu., Nov. 28, 2024 at 8:37 p.m.

At Smithfield, the market traders typically begin work at 10 p.m., selling mainly to the restaurant trade, and finish up at about 6 a.m., just as the rest of the city is waking up.

At Smithfield, the market traders typically begin work at 10 p.m., selling mainly to the restaurant trade, and finish up at about 6 a.m., just as the rest of the city is waking up.

London's historic Smithfield meat market is at risk of being closed for good at a vote in the City of London. The City of London Corporation, which owns and operates the site, has previously ...

Just as Smithfield gets going at 2am, revellers gear up for a night of clubbing at Fabric. Tom Butler. By 2am, the market is in full swing. Sunrise sees besuited traders rushing to their offices ...

The Smithfield, Va.-based firm with 20 percent of the U.S. pork market said its offer for IBP trumped last month's leveraged buyout proposed by IBP managers by $290 million.

At Smithfield, the market traders typically begin work at 10 p.m., selling mainly to the restaurant trade, and finish up at about 6 a.m., just as the rest of the city is waking up.

FILE - A woman wheels away meat products bought at Smithfield meat market in London, on May 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) LONDON (AP) — Two of London’s most famous markets — one selling fish, ...