Camden Market: Difference between revisions

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A small local foodstuffs market has operated in Inverness Street in Camden Town since the beginning of the 20th century, the only significant market in the area. On 30 March 1974 a small weekly crafts market that operated every Sunday near Camden Lock developed into a large complex of markets.<ref>{{cite web | urltitle=The Early Years | publisher=Camden Market | date=Jan 20, 2016 | url=https://www.camdenmarket.com/journal/the-early-years | title archive-url= The https://web.archive.org/web/20190711191741/https://www.camdenmarket.com/journal/the-early -years | accessarchive-date =Jul 11 July, 2019 | url-status=live}}</ref> The markets, originally temporary stalls only, extended to a mixture of [[market stall|stalls]] and fixed premises. The traditional Inverness Street market started losing stalls once local [[supermarket]]s opened; by mid-2013 all the original stalls had gone, being replaced by stalls similar to those of the other markets, including fast food but not produce.

The Stables Market was owned by [[Bebo Kobo]], [[Richard Caring]] and Elliot Bernerd of Chelsfield Partners until 2014. It was sold in 2014 for $685&nbsp;million and is owned today byto Market Tech PLC, a UK AIM listed public company, later named LabTech.<ref name=forbes/> The market is located in the historic former [[Pickfords]] stables and Grade II [[Listed building|listed]]<ref>{{NHLE |num=1258100 |desc=Horse hospital with ramps and boundary wall|access-date=31 October 2012}}</ref> horse hospital which served the horses pulling Pickford's distribution vans and barges along the canal. Many of the stalls and shops are set in large arches in railway viaducts.

=== Hawley Wharf, previously Canal Market and Camden Lock Village ===

Owned by Bebo Kobo and [[OD Kobo]], Camden Lock Village was the section along the canal to the east of [[Chalk Farm Road]] was known as the Canal Market and had a covered entrance tunnel leading into a general outdoor market. The market was devastated by fire on 9 February 2008 caused by unauthorised use of a liquified petroleum gas heater.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thecnj.com/camden/2008/072408/news072408_02.html?headline=Market_traders_were_warned_on_danger_heaters |title=Market traders were warned on danger heaters |work=Camden New Journal |date=24 July 2008}}</ref> After crossing the railway line, the fire badly damaged the rear of the Hawley Arms on Castlehaven Road.<ref>[http://www.thelondonpaper.com/galleries/hawley/ The Hawley Arms [[pub]] in Camden&nbsp;– before the fire destroyed it (thelondonpaper)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214174432/http://www.thelondonpaper.com/galleries/hawley/ |date=14 February 2008 }}</ref> The market reopened in May 2009 as the Camden Lock Village.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.camdenlock.net/canmarket/ | title = camden lock village |year=2009 | publisher = Best Of Camden Ltd | access-date = 27 May 2009}}</ref> The cover over the original street entrance was removed, and a new entrance created near the railway bridge.

The market closed in early 2015, asto thebe arearedeveloped isover beingseveral redevelopedyears at a cost exceeding £500m as Hawley Wharf.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.camdennewjournal.comco.uk/article/camden-market-closes-hawley-wharf-development-begins|url-status=live|title=Market closes down as Hawley Wharf development project begins|date=28 January 2015|author=Alina Polianskaya|work=[[Camden New Journal]]|access-date=2 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200124/http://www.camdennewjournal.com/camden-market-closes-hawley-wharf-development-begins|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> The stalls were replaced by a four-storey covered structure, with units housing sixty fast-food providers, 150 shops, and co-working offices. The development also provided 200 homes. Hawley Wharf's sites started opening in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |title=New Hawley Wharf market site almost ready to open, but with less retail |last=Carrier |first=Dan |newspaper=Camden New Journal |date=7 May 2021 |url-status=dead https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/new-hawley-wharf-market-site-almost-ready-to-open-but-with-less-retail}}</ref>

=== Buck Street Market: 'The Camden Market' (Now new outstanding Container Market) ===

ThisThe Buckmarket Streetclosed marketin isits nowexisting closedform, downinitially during later postponed plans to renovaterebuild the[[Camden Town tube station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/end-of-an-era-as-camden-town-market-finally-closes-down|title=End of an era as Camden Town market finally closes down|date=16 September 2019|access-date=16 January 2020|work=[[Camden New Journal]]|first=Dan|last=Carrier}}</ref> It reopened as a multi-floor structure.

A small street market has operated in [[Inverness Street Market| Inverness Street]] near Camden Town Tube station since the late 19th century, mostly selling produce, rather than ready-to-eat food, until the 21st century. It started losing its traditional stalls once local supermarkets opened, a trend accelerated by the closing of a nearby bus stop which facilitated access;<ref>{{Cite news |title=Camden's oldest market in Inverness Street 'could go under' |last=HINTON |first=JOSIE |newspaper=Camden New Journal |date=11 February 2010 |url= https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/camdens-oldest-market-inverness-street-%E2%80%98could-go-under%E2%80%99}}</ref> by mid-2013 all the original stalls had been replaced by "touristy" stalls similar to those of the other markets, including fast food but not produce.