Swiss Cottage Market

Outdoor street market in Swiss Cottage, London From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Swiss Cottage Market is an outdoor street market in Camden, North London. Licences to trade are issued by Camden London Borough Council.

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Swiss Cottage Market, 15 April 2020
LocationSwiss Cottage, Camden, Greater London
Coordinates51.543996°N 0.174022°W / 51.543996; -0.174022
AddressEton Avenue, NW3
Opening date1974 (50 years ago) (1974)
ManagementCamden London Borough Council
OwnerCamden London Borough Council
EnvironmentOutdoor
Goods soldFood, Antiques (Fridays only)
Days normally openTuesday to Saturday
Websitecamden.gov.uk/markets
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Swiss Cottage Market
Location in London Borough of Camden
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History

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Swiss Cottage Market in 1980, David Howard

Swiss Cottage marked started in 1974 as an informal and unlicensed market[1] in an area of derelict land owned by Camden Council next to the nearby junction of Eton Avenue and Winchester Road.

Forshaw describes a market selling homemade food, secondhand clothes and books as well as bric-à-brac and plants. At the end of 1981 the site was redeveloped and the market moved to a new location close to the sports centre.[2]

Camden Council designated the pedestrianised western end of Eton Avenue as a street market from 1 July 2003 allowing Swiss Cottage Market and Swiss Cottage Farmers Market a permanent home.[3] Swiss Cottage is the youngest of Camden's street markets and, from 2003 stalls, have been licensed and managed by Camden Council.

On Wednesdays the market hosts Swiss Cottage Farmers’ Market which is run by London Farmers’ Markets and started in 1999.[4]

In November 2019 Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited to mark the Farmers Market's twentieth anniversary. Prince Charles had visited the market once before in 2000.[5]

Transport

Bus

Bus Routes 13, 31, 46, 113, 187, 268, 603 and C11. Night bus routes N28, N31 and N113.

Railway and tube

The nearest underground station is Swiss Cottage on the Jubilee line. The nearest London Overground station is South Hampstead on the Watford DC line (Lioness line).

References

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