Deptford Market

{{Short description|Market in Deptford, London}} {{for|the Victorian and Edwardian livestock market|Foreign Cattle Market}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox retail market | retail_market_name = Deptford High Street Market | image = Deptford Market south.jpg | image_width = 250px | caption = Market from the south | location = [[Deptford]], Lewisham, Greater London | coordinates = {{coord|51.4777|-0.0268|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title, inline}} | address = Deptford High Street | opening_date = | manager = [[Lewisham London Borough Council]] | owner = Lewisham London Borough Council | environment_type = Outdoor | goods_sold = General goods, food, antiques | normal_market_days = Wednesday, Friday, Saturday | number_of_tenants = 182 | floor_area = | parking = | website = }}

'''Deptford Market''' (also known as '''Deptford High Street Market''') is a [[fruit]] & [[vegetable]] and [[antique]]s and [[bric-a-brac]] [[street market|market]] located in [[Deptford]], south east London.<ref name="NFTF">{{cite web | url=http://www.nmtf.co.uk/markets.php?id_mar=1511 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131116065657/http://www.nmtf.co.uk/markets.php?id_mar=1511 | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 November 2013 | publisher=National Market Traders Federation | title=Deptford High Street Market | access-date=16 November 2013 }}</ref>

==History== One of [[south London]]'s busiest, the Deptford market has been in Deptford High Street for centuries. [[London and Greenwich Railway|London's first]] railway, from [[London Bridge|London]] to [[Greenwich railway station|Greenwich]] was built through [[Deptford railway station|Deptford]] in 1836. [[Christopher Marlowe]], the [[playwright]] was murdered nearby.

Many of the [[Market stall#Market stall|stalls]] have passed from one generation to the other.

==Economy== A collection of new and used goods, with a prominence of food stalls spread out on the side streets and pavements, this vibrant market is filled with a diverse range of stallholders.<ref> {{cite web |url = http://www.timeout.com/london/features/162/3.html |title = London's Best Markets – Time Out London |publisher = timeout.com |access-date = 2008-08-16 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080915051600/http://www.timeout.com/london/features/162/3.html |archive-date = 15 September 2008 }} </ref>

==Details== The market takes place every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, from around 7am until 4pm, in Deptford High Street, Douglas Way and the junction with Giffin Street. To see the whole range of stalls it is best to visit before midday as some stallholders pack up early.

There is a broad mix of stalls selling items from fresh fish, foods, groceries, to antiques, [[second hand]] [[clothes]] and [[collectibles]]. Many of the stalls sell ethnic goods, including [[African cuisine|African]], [[Indian cuisine|Indian]] and [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese]] foodstuff.

It benefits in having a [[Docklands Light Railway]] [[Deptford Bridge DLR station|Station]] and a [[National Rail]] [[Deptford railway station|Station]] close by.

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==External links== *[http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=13350&searchword=deptford%20market South London Press article - 'Boom at Deptford Market']{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://deptford.tumblr.com Deptford Market blog]

[[Category:Streets in the London Borough of Lewisham]] [[Category:Retail markets in London]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Deptford]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Lewisham]]