{{Short description|Wholesale market in London, United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Western International Market - geograph.org.uk - 78341.jpg|thumb|Western International Market]] The '''Western International Market''' is a [[Wholesaling|wholesale]] market in west [[London]], [[England]]. One of the principal wholesale markets in the London region, it is located between [[Southall]] and [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]], close to the [[M4 motorway]] and [[Heathrow Airport]], and covers an area of {{convert|86|acre|m2}}.
Owned and managed by [[London Borough of Hounslow|Hounslow London Borough Council]], the market opened in 1974 as a relocation of [[Brentford]] Market, which dated from 1306 and since 1893 had been based on a site near [[Kew Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McNamara |first=Janet |date=July 2009 |title=Markets and Growers |url=https://www.bhsproject.co.uk/Market.shtml |publisher=Brentford High Street Project |accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref> A fountain at the foot of the bridge, erected in 1877, now stands at the entrance to Western International Market and has [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] status.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101096071-brentford-fountain-western-international-market-heston-west-ward#.Wfy4u1t-rX4 |title=Brentford Fountain Western International Market |publisher=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref>
The market acts as a conduit for fresh produce airlifted to Heathrow to reach the retail and catering trades.
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==External links== * [https://www.westerninternational.co.uk/ Western International Market]
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hounslow]] [[Category:Wholesale markets in London]]