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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

London’s Smithfield Market at risk of closure after more than 800 years

London’s historic Smithfield meat market is at risk of being closed for good at a vote in the City of London.

The City of London Corporation, which owns and operates the site, has previously planned to relocate the market and Billingsgate fish market to a new £1 billion development in Dagenham.

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