New Smithfield Wholesale Market, Manchester

New Smithfield Wholesale Market is in Openshaw, east Manchester. Built in 1974 on a thirty-five-acre site, it is the largest wholesale market in the North West of England, with separate halls for fruit and vegetables, fish and meat. It supplies retailers, food-service businesses and wholesale distributors across Greater Manchester and northern England. The site is divided into dedicated trading halls, with independent business units around the perimeter for larger distributors.

The market wholesales fruit, vegetables, fish and meat, reaching the multi-ethnic retail channels of northern England, including shops serving Asian, African and Eastern European communities. For Chinese food and agricultural exporters, it is a main distribution node for the British northern market, and a place to meet regional wholesalers who buy in container-scale volumes. Its position near the motorway network also makes it practical for suppliers delivering from continental Europe.