Visit London Blog » king’s cross station http://blog.visitlondon.com Enjoy the very best of London Wed, 22 May 2013 11:26:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Love Camden’s Top Five Market Hidden Gems http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/06/love-camdens-top-five-market-hidden-gems/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/06/love-camdens-top-five-market-hidden-gems/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:30:22 +0000 Visit London http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=27145 With Love Your Local Market fortnight starting this weekend, it’s the perfect time to visit your local London market. The team at Love Camden have given us their top five market hidden gems in the borough of Camden:

1)    Leather Lane

One of London’s oldest markets, Leather Lane, sells fruit, vegetables, flowers and fabric,  but what we really love is the food! Our favourite is Daddy Donkey Mexican grill’s tasty burritos. Monday to Friday

2)    Earlham Street Market

For beautiful, fresh flowers head to Earlham Street Market, off Seven Dials. Here you’ll find both exotic and local flowers on display, as well as second hand clothes, funky T-shirts and bric-a-brac. Monday to Saturday

3)    eat.st

The newest addition to the Camden street food scene, eat.st collective, is a rotating group of food vendors behind King’s Cross station. We can’t go past The Ribman and his special hot sauce without buying some! Monday to Friday

4)    Camden Farmers’ Markets

Camden has three farmers markets: Bloomsbury Farmers’ Market (Thursdays) offers loyal customers a lunch club card which gets you your sixth lunch free. Look for Les Lawrence of Christchurch Fish, who sells fresh fish from Dorset at St John’s Wood Farmers’ Market (Saturdays). Parliament Hill Farmers’ Market (Saturdays) serves up award-winning sausages from Giggly Pig Farm.

5)    Queen’s Crescent

Visiting Queen’s Crescent Market is like stepping back in time! Rumoured to be London’s oldest market, it’s still very popular with locals. One of the first Sainsbury’s stores was at number 159 and Mr Sainsbury lived above the shop.  The market sells discount everything – clothing, flowers, household items and there’s a great selection of food stalls selling international cuisine at very reasonable prices. Thursdays and Saturdays

Find out more about Camden on Love Camden’s website.

What’s your favourite market in Camden?

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Visit London Asks: Have You Visited Any Iconic Film Locations in London? http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/01/visit-london-asks-have-you-visited-any-iconic-film-locations-in-london/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/01/visit-london-asks-have-you-visited-any-iconic-film-locations-in-london/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:00:06 +0000 Jenny http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=19011 With awards season in full swing, and The King’s Speech picking up an award or a nomination on what seems like a daily basis, we started thinking about other movies filmed in London.

We asked our Facebook followers which London film locations they’ve visited.

Harry Potter film locations such as King’s Cross Station (Platform 9 3/4) and Charing Cross Road (the Leaky Cauldron pub) were popular, as well as sites from romantic comedies Notting Hill (the Travel Bookshop) and Bridget Jones’s Diary (Borough Market).

We also found out that The May Fair hotel features in Matt Damon’s new film, Hereafter – catch it in cinemas now.

Check out Film London’s map for more London movie locations and let us know which ones you’ve visited in the comments below.

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