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London’s Smithfield Market at risk of closure after more than 800 years

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The City of London Corporation has shelved relocation proposals for Smithfield and Billingsgate fish market.

London’s historic Smithfield meat market is at risk of being closed for good at a vote in the City of London.

The corporation put the relocation plans on hold earlier this month, but is moving ahead with a private vote on Tuesday afternoon to pull out of running the sites.Members are being recommended to approve withdrawing from the sites at the Court of Common Council meeting. It is rare for the court to vote against recommendations.The Times has reported that the deal could total more than £300 million.

A market has existed around the site for more than 800 years. The corporation was given the right to run it and other wholesale food markets in 1327.Billingsgate was also designed in Sir Horace when it was redeveloped in the 19th century.

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