After 800 years an iconic London meat market is being moved to a new location

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Britain’s oldest meat market, known for its colourful auctions, has found a new home in east London Docklands near the City Airport.

The Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market have been selling fresh produce to hungry Londoners for an impressive 800 years.

After first opening as a livestock market in the Middle Ages, the market became a hotspot for traders to get their meat and fish wholesale in the 19th century.

The modern market is known for the pre-Christmas meat auction, a spectacle which sees crowds gathered around a stage waving wads of cash in a bid to try to win chunks of meat not sold during the festive period. The iconic market could have a new