* ‘One of London’s top markets’ says Time Out Magazine ‘Everything from domestic or exotic fruit and veg, fish and meat to cheap clothes, household goods, toys, bric-a-brac and fabrics from Africa and India.’
LBH are upgrading the infrastructure. The importance of the market as a cultural asset cannot be ignored – not only because of 3000 people an hour visiting on a Saturday afternoon, with shoppers coming from outside the borough – or the interest of the traders to promote the market.
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It is also the range of different organisations and shops that can be found along Ridley Road, from the Alevi Centre to the Form/Content gallery to the School of Cake Decorating – all interested in getting involved in the animation of the street.
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