Sunday Morning Market - Recommended

[Marmora Man]

Columbia Flower Market

If you haven't been - GO! East End of London, just off the Hackney Road.

Starts at approx 7.30 every Sunday - begins to wind down about 11.30. Lots of cut flower and plants for planting. It's a riot of colour, crowds and noise. Bacon rolls, sausage sarnies, smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels, coffee & papers available for Sunday breakfast, plus a few curio shops. The sales patter is of a high quality; Petticoat Lane and Spitalfields are only a hop & skip away if you want to carry on the day out.

We've been using it for last three years, I'm not a gardener - I lift, shift and finance the purchases but Mrs MM assures me the prices are up to 50% less than local garden centres and far better quality.

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[celineblondon]

Yep, it's a lovely market! Shame I haven't got a garden, I want to buy everything when I go there. It's not too expensive and even cheaper around closing time. The athmosphere is great, everybody carries flowers and plants over their shoulder, nice food stalls and sometimes music too.

Highly recommended!

[giggirl]

It's a great market - parking is an absolute nightmare though and this is one of the few places in London that you really do need to drive to.

[clare]

We went there last Sunday and a very helpful resident pointed out that parking is free on the left side of Hackney Road (as you go north) but you have to pay (loads ) on the right hand side.

She moved her car so we could park ! How lovely was that?

[david_carnell]

giggirl Wrote:

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> It's a great market - parking is an absolute

> nightmare though and this is one of the few places

> in London that you really do need to drive to.

Really? The no 78 goes to Liverpool St and it is only a short walk from there. The 40 also goes to Aldgate which is quite close. no need for a car at all. Plus flowers on the bus makes everyone smile!

[giggirl]

I go to Columbia Market when it's time to re-plant the window boxes and the pots - not gonna get all that on the bus.

[Sandperson]

There's a primary school on Virginia Road (a short walk from the market) that opens its playground for parking on a sunday. I think it's about ?4 for the day. Very handy for Columbia Rd and Brick Lane.