Walthamstow Market
The longest outdoor street market in Europe, a full kilometre of stalls in east London, free to walk end to end.
The lowdown
Walthamstow market holds a genuine record as the longest outdoor street market in Europe, running for very nearly a full kilometre straight down the High Street. Walking the whole thing is free, and it is a proper everyday London market rather than a curated one.
Hundreds of stalls sell fruit and veg, fabric, household bits, phone cases and cheap clothes, with old-school traders shouting their prices over each other. It is busy, unpretentious and a brilliant slice of east London life, and you can browse the entire length without spending anything.
At the far end you reach Walthamstow Village and the pretty old centre, and the area has the famous God's Own Junkyard neon warehouse nearby too, so a free market stroll easily turns into a fuller day out.
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