Smithfield and Billingsgate markets set for Royal Docks move by end of 2029

The City of London’s markets at Smithfield and Billingsgate are expected to move to their new site in the Royal Docks by the end of 2029, according to evidence presented earlier this week.
Smithfield meat market on Christmas Eve
The City of London, which runs the two markets, had planned to move them to a site in Dagenham Docks before soaring costs made the plan unviable (and a 775-year-old charter made it difficult). The City still wanted to close the markets but offered support to the tr