About Greenwich Market

Greenwich has played host to a market since the 14th century, which is a very very longtime ago. But the history of the present market is few centuries younger. That dates from 1700 which is when Lord Romney assigned a charter to run two markets, on Wednesdays and Saturdays for 1000 years.

Greenwich Market sits in Greenwich town centre within an area called the Island Site. The Island Site is bounded by College Approach, Greenwich Church Street, King William Walk and Nelson Road. This land site forms part of the World Heritage Site in Greenwich. All the buildings around the market were built in 1827-1833 under the direction of Joseph Kay. Significant phases of development later occurred. This site also includes respected institutes such as the National Maritime Museum, Old Royal Naval College, the Queens House and the Royal Observatory.

Greenwich Market trades five days a week but the shops and eateries such as cafes, bars, pubs and restaurants around the Market are open all seven days a week. This includes the Greenwich Printmakers which is the oldest-established printmaking co-operative in the UK.

The days are sorted into activities out here. For example Wednesday is a food and home wares market day, after that Thursdays and Fridays are for antiques and collectibles and arts and crafts. Weekends and bank holidays attract arts & crafts and food stalls. And any traveler can find a good selection of specialist locations, all open seven days a week. You'll need it.