Symbolic of London's eventual arrival on the foodie scene, this vast, covered market, aka the 'Larder of London', sells organic, atrisanal, and local fare. Read more.
Once a prison to only the most esteemed villians - among them, royals, high-society traitors, and the Kray Brothers, the Tower's last prisoner is long gone. Read more.
This Flea Market is just off the infamous Middlesex Street which has come of the best examples of London Graffiti! Check out the amazing shop shutters by Ben Eine Read more.
An object lesson in East End multiculturalism, Brick Lane is home to both Bangladeshis and their gaudily lit curry houses (south end) as well as boutiques selling East London's fashionably correct Read more.
Hailing the simple pleasures of British nostalgia, Albion is all plump Brown Betty teapots with knitted cosies, Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup tins as cutlery pots, tractors seats for stools. Read more.
What was once 'hospital fields' is now home to some of Britains most successful artists (Tracey Emin, Gilbert & George & Gillian Wearing) and a buzzy Victorian market Read more.
Tourists don't rank highly in Smithfield's visitor numbers. Normally it's men in white coats (it's still a meat market, now housed in an epic listed Victorian building) Read more.