New Spitalfields Market

New Spitalfields Market moved from its historic City of London site to Leyton, in east London, in 1991. It is described as the highest-turnover horticultural wholesale market in the United Kingdom, supplying greengrocers, restaurants and florists across London and the southeast. Trading is focused on night-time wholesale and remains a core part of London's traditional produce wholesale system. Its tenant wholesalers cover the full range of British-grown and imported horticultural lines, concentrating in the early morning so shops can be supplied the same day.

The market wholesales fruit, vegetables and flowers to London's independent greengrocers, restaurants and florists. For Chinese exporters of produce, flower stock and food, it offers a way to study British fresh-produce wholesale channels, import standards and the pricing structure used by London's specialist trade buyers. Trading is concentrated in the early hours, so exporters planning visits should coordinate appointments with wholesalers in advance.