Ridley Road Market
Ridley Road Market stall, 2005 | |
| Location | Dalston, London |
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| Coordinates | 51°32′53″N 0°04′22″W / 51.5481°N 0.0729°W |
Interactive map of Ridley Road Market | |
Ridley Road Market (known locally as Ridley Road) is the central marketplace in Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney.[1] It is opposite Dalston Kingsland railway station, just off the Kingsland High Street section of the A10, about three miles north of the City of London. Traders sell a wide range of commodities, including food and clothing.[2][3]
Ridley Road Market has been in existence since the 1880s, when the land was owned by Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London.[4] Ridley Road is most well known for Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists attempts to march through the road three times after the war.[5][6]
The outdoor market is run by Hackney Council, whilst the indoor Shopping Village is privately owned.
The indoor Ridley Road Shopping Village is under threat of closure from the private landlord that intends to regenerate the site with flats.[7][8][9] This is despite having previously been secured in 2022 when the council had been expected to take on the lease from the owner after the local campaign Save Ridley Road.[10][11]
See also
References
- ^ Harriss, Phil (2006). "Ridley Road". London Markets. New Holland Publishers. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-86011-306-2.
- ^ "The 140-year tradition will end with his generation". Hackney Magazine. 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Is this the end of Ridley Road Market as we know it?". Hackney Citizen. 8 January 2016.
- ^ Katie Gibbons, Nalini Silvathasan (9 April 2011). "Ridley Road – survivor of the Blitz and gentrification". East London Lines.
- ^ "Oswald Mosley's Fascists March at Ridley Road, Dalston (1949)". Horridhackney.com. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ "BBC - On This Day - 1962: Violence flares at Mosley rally". BBC News. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ "Outcry over plans to turn part of Dalston's Ridley Road shopping village into 'slum' flats". Evening Standard. 11 September 2024.
- ^ Amy Houghton (2 March 2026). "Traders at Ridley Road Market are being threatened with eviction". Time Out.
- ^ "'Our iconic market has been here years – now landlords are trying to shut it down'". Metro. 4 March 2026.
- ^ "'Major victory': Ridley Road Shopping Village's future secured". Hackney Gazette. 25 January 2023.
- ^ Julia Gregory (25 January 2022). "Campaigners celebrate as council vows to 'breathe new life' into Ridley Road with revamp of shopping village". Hackney Citizen.