Seven Sisters Market

{{Short description|Market in Tottenham, London, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox retail market | retail_market_name = Seven Sisters Market | image = Cyclist passes Seven Sisters Market.jpg | image_width = 240px | caption = The exterior of Seven Sisters Market in 2025 | location = Seven Sisters Market | coordinates = {{coord |51.5834|-0.0728|region:GB-GL_type:landmark|display=title,inline}} | address = 245—253 High Road, [[South Tottenham]], [[London]], [[N postcode area|N15 5BT]] | opening_date = {{start date and age|1984|df=y|p=yes}}<ref name="Daly 2018" /> | closing_date = | developer = [[Places for London]] | manager = Market Place | owner = [[Places for London]]<ref name="Allin 2023" /> | architect = [[Transport for London]]/Saunders Boston | environment_type = Covered | goods_sold = beauty, hairdressing, streetfood, jewellery, legal services, currency exchange | normal_market_days = Monday to Sunday | number_of_tenants = 40<ref name="Allin 2023" /> | floor_area = | parking = | website = [https://sevensisters.market sevensisters.market] | map_type = United Kingdom London Haringey | belowstyle = | footnotes = |map_relief=no|map_image=|mapframe={{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=left|frame-width=400|frame-height=300|type=point|id=Q8688|marker=airport|zoom=12 |text=San Francisco International Airport |overlay=}}}}

'''Seven Sisters Market''' is a covered [[List of markets in London|London market]] in the [[South Tottenham]] area of the [[London Borough of Haringey]]. The market is owned by [[Places for London]] (a wholly owned [[subsidiary]] of [[Transport for London]]).

== History == [[File:Seven Sisters Market open for business.jpg|left|thumb|Seven Sisters Market opens to the public]] Seven Sister Market ({{aka}} '''Latin Village''' and {{aka}} '''{{lang|es|Pueblito Paisa}}''') is a general retail market where traders sell clothing and accessories, household goods, retail and street food, as well as services such as hair and beauty. The market takes place on the site of the former Wards Department Store<ref name="Wards Corner, about" /> and was started by Jill Oakley in 1984<ref name="Daly 2018" />.

The majority of the traders are from South and Central America and the fashion and food reflect their backgrounds. The market became an important hub for the [[Latin American migration to the United Kingdom|Latin American community in London]].<ref name="Rosa 2021" /><ref name="Worley 2017" /><ref name="Wards Corner, about" /><ref name="Yip 2019" /> The market has served as a first stop for many Latin American migrants looking to find guidance, support, and community.<ref name="Trevale 2021" />

In 2019, property developer [[Grainger plc]] made a [[Compulsory purchase in England and Wales|compulsory purchase]] of the site of the market for an intended residential development with retail at street level.<ref name="Wards Corner, about" />

<gallery mode="packed-hover" caption="The old Seven Sisters Market"> File:Seven Sisters Indoor Market - geograph.org.uk - 1109523.jpg|The old market entrance viewed from the High Road File:Wards Corner.jpg|The old market entrance viewed from the other side of the High Road File:Save Seven Sisters Market.jpg|Wards Corner decorated with campaign posters </gallery>

The traders, other local campaigners, and diverse supporters fought a long campaign to prevent the development and to continue the market.<ref name="Wards Corner, about" /><ref name="Rosehill 2017" /> The campaign drew support from (the future British Prime Minister, then mayor of London) [[Boris Johnson]]<ref name="Dearden 2020" /> and drew a rebuke to the British Government from the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]].<ref name="Dearden 2020" /><ref name="UN 2019" /> In 2021 Grainger announced that it has abandoned its planned development citing changes economic conditions.<ref name="Independent 2021"/><ref name="Menendez 2021" />

All public Markets in England were closed in 2020<ref name="GLA report 2022" /> as the British government attempted to control the transmission of [[SARS-CoV-2]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Whilst the market was closed, Places for London identified safety issues with the site and the market remained closed after the Government ended control measures.<ref name="Hill 2020" /><ref name="Johnston 2020" /> The market reopen in September 2025 in a temporary purpose built site, adjacent to the original, whilst the main building is refurbished.<ref name="Progress update 2025" /><ref name="Allin 2023" />

<gallery mode="packed-hover" caption="Seven Sisters Market in 2025"> File:Families in Seven Sisters Market food court.jpg|Seven Sisters food court filled with visitors File:Passing through Seven Sisters Market.jpg|A couple passes through Seven Sisters Market’s food court First meal served at Seven Sisters Market.jpg|Two builders eat the first meal served at, the newly re-opened, Seven Sisters Market File:Haircut at Seven Sisters Market.jpg|Miguel, the Market Supervisor, gets his haircut at Seven Sisters Market </gallery>

== Transport ==

=== Bus ===

=== Cycling ===

Tottenham High Road is on the [[List of cycle routes in London|C1 Cycleway]].

=== Railway and tube ===

The nearest stations are the {{rws|Seven Sisters}} {{rint|london|overground|weaver}}{{rint|london|Victoria}} tube and overground interchange station and the {{rws|South Tottenham}} {{rint|london|overground|suffragette}} overground station.

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Wards Corner, about">{{cite web |author =  |title = Our History |url = https://wardscorner.org/ourhistory |website = Wards Corner Community Plan |location = [[London]] |publisher = The Wards Corner Community Benefit Societ |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250319044817/https://wardscorner.org/ourhistory |archive-date = 2025-03-19 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="Worley 2017">{{cite news |last = Worley |first = Will |date = 2017-10-10 |title = 'Take the Victoria Line to Colombia': Inside London's colourful Latin market, threatened with demolition |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/latin-village-pueblito-paisa-london-tottenham-gentrification-hispanic-migration-seven-sisters-a7983711.html |work = [[The Independent]] |location = [[London]] |publisher = Independent Digital News & Media Ltd |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250204093131/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/latin-village-pueblito-paisa-london-tottenham-gentrification-hispanic-migration-seven-sisters-a7983711.html |archive-date = 2025-02-04 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="Allin 2023">{{cite news |last = Allin |first = Simon |date = 2023-07-25 |title = 'Latin Village' returns to Seven Sisters Indoor Market |url = https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/23678452.latin-village-returns-seven-sisters-indoor-market/ |work = Enfield Independent |location = [[London]] |publisher = [[Newsquest]] |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230725152420/https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/23678452.latin-village-returns-seven-sisters-indoor-market/ |archive-date = 2023-07-25 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="Independent 2021">{{cite news |date = 2021-08-07 |title = London’s only Latin market saved as developer abandons plans for 190 apartments after years of protest |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/latin-village-london-saved-flats-b1898768.html |work = [[The Independent]] |location = London |publisher = Independent Digital News & Media Ltd |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250910010203/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/latin-village-london-saved-flats-b1898768.html |archive-date = 2025-09-10 |access-date = 2026-03-08 }}</ref>

<ref name="Rosa 2021">{{cite news |last = Rosa |first = Sophie |date = 2021-08-12 |title = How We Won: The Community That Saved Latin Village From Demolition |url = https://novaramedia.com/2021/08/12/how-we-won-the-community-that-saved-latin-village-from-demolition/ |work = [[Novara Media]] |location = [[London]] |publisher = [[Novara Media]] |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250413132354/https://novaramedia.com/2021/08/12/how-we-won-the-community-that-saved-latin-village-from-demolition/ |archive-date = 2025-04-13 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="Rosehill 2017">{{cite news |last = Rosehill |first = Harry |date = 2017-02-23 |title = Seven Sisters' South American Market |url = https://londonist.com/london/features/seven-sisters-south-american-market |work = Londonist |location = [[London]] |publisher = Londonist Ltd |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241004122904/https://londonist.com/london/features/seven-sisters-south-american-market |archive-date = 2024-10-04 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="Hill 2020">{{cite news |last = Hill |first = Dave |date = 2020-10-07 |title = Transport for London abandons plans to patch up Seven Sisters ‘Latin Village’ market |url = https://www.onlondon.co.uk/transport-for-london-abandons-plans-to-patch-up-seven-sisters-latin-village-market/ |work = On London |location = London |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20251109164329/https://www.onlondon.co.uk/transport-for-london-abandons-plans-to-patch-up-seven-sisters-latin-village-market/ |archive-date = 2025-11-09 |access-date = 2026-03-08 }}</ref>

<ref name="Yip 2019">{{cite news |last = Yip |first = Ann |date = 2019-12-22 |title = Photos of Tottenham's Seven Sisters Indoor Market, also known as Latin Market |url = https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/18109945.photos-tottenhams-seven-sisters-indoor-market-also-known-latin-market/ |work = Enfield Independent |location = London |publisher = [[Newsquest]] |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191222114230/https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/18109945.photos-tottenhams-seven-sisters-indoor-market-also-known-latin-market/ |archive-date = 2019-12-22 |access-date = 2026-03-08 }}</ref>

<ref name="Johnston 2020">{{cite news |last = Johnston |first = Ian |date = 2020-08-06 |title = 'We're far from home, but here we have a little corner to ourselves': Latin Village protesters call for market to be reopened |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/latin-village-seven-sisters-indoor-market-london-colombia-elephant-castle-a9637001.html |work = [[The Independent]] |location = [[London]] |publisher = Independent Digital News & Media Ltd |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240630085952/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/latin-village-seven-sisters-indoor-market-london-colombia-elephant-castle-a9637001.html |archive-date = 2024-06-30 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="UN 2019">{{cite press release |author =  |date = 2019-03-26 |title = Plans to redevelop UK's Seven Sisters market pose human rights threat, say UN experts |url = https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/03/plans-redevelop-uks-seven-sisters-market-pose-human-rights-threat-say-un |location = [[Geneva]] |publisher = [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240527210805/https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/03/plans-redevelop-uks-seven-sisters-market-pose-human-rights-threat-say-un |archive-date = 2024-05-27 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dearden 2020">{{cite news |last = Dearden |first = Lizzie |date = 2020-08-06 |title = London market demolition triggers UN investigation into area's gentrification |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-un-gentrification-investigation-seven-sisters-market-demolition-pueblito-paisa-latin-village-a8023811.html |work = [[The Independent]] |location = [[London]] |publisher = Independent Digital News & Media Ltd |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250204093130/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-un-gentrification-investigation-seven-sisters-market-demolition-pueblito-paisa-latin-village-a8023811.html |archive-date = 2025-02-04 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="Daly 2018"> {{cite web | last = Daly | first = Joanna | date = 2018-10-12 | title = Seven Sisters Market — Second Investigation | url = https://savelatinvillage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/TFL-2nd-Investigation-10.12.18.pdf | website = savelatinvillage.org.uk | location = London | url-status = dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230609185341/https://savelatinvillage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/TFL-2nd-Investigation-10.12.18.pdf | archive-date= 2023-06-09 | access-date = 2026-03-10 }}</ref>

<ref name="Trevale 2021">{{cite news |last = Trevale |first = Sillvana |date = 2021-12-11 |title = This Powerful Photo Series Is A Love Letter To The Beating Heart Of London's Latinx Community |url = https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/gallery/latin-village-london |work = [[British Vogue]] |location = [[London]] |publisher = [[Condé Nast]] |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220808005512/https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/gallery/latin-village-london |archive-date = 2022-08-08 |access-date = 2025-05-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="GLA report 2022"> {{cite report |date = 2022-05-18 |title = London's Street and Covered Markets |url = https://gla.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s98900/10%20Street%20and%20Covered%20Markets.pdf |location = London |publisher = [[Greater London Authority|Greater London Local Authority]] |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250505181658/https://gla.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s98900/10%20Street%20and%20Covered%20Markets.pdf |archive-date = 2025-05-05 |access-date = 2025-05-05 }} </ref>

<ref name="Menendez 2021">{{cite news |last = Menendez |first = Elisa |date = 2021-08-08 |title = Plans to demolish UK's last Latin market for luxury flats axed after 15-year fight |url = https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/08/tottenham-plans-to-demolish-uks-last-latin-village-for-flats-axed-15057322/ |work = [[Metro (British newspaper)]] |location = [[London]] |publisher = [[DMG Media]] |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221206142055/https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/08/tottenham-plans-to-demolish-uks-last-latin-village-for-flats-axed-15057322/ |archive-date = 2022-12-06 |access-date = 2025-05-06 }}</ref>

<ref name="Progress update 2025"> {{cite web |author =  |date = 2025-03-25 |title = Progress update at Seven Sisters Market |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu2VzDKXKYU |website = [[YouTube]] |location = London |publisher = [[Places for London]] |access-date = 2025-05-05 }} </ref> }}

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