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'London's Best-kept Secret': UK's Largest Wholesale Market Turns 50

New Covent Garden Market is the UK's largest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market (Credit: AFP)

By the time most Londoners had rolled out of bed on Monday morning, Gary Marshall was already winding down for the day at New Covent Garden Market.

Located on the south bank of the River Thames, surrounded by high-rise buildings glinting in the dawn of early winter, the wholesale market is the UK's largest for fruit, vegetables and flowers.

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