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Borough Market is located just south of the river Thames, upstream of London Bridge. It's ancestor was an ancient market founded in 43 AD by the Romans. The area where it is located was one of the most active on the south bank of the river and London Bridge (the first bridge built in London) connected it to the main settlement area on the north bank.
Borough Market is the oldest fruit and vegetable wholesale market still trading in central London. Records show that a thousand years ago it also sold fish, grain & cattle.
Although it still focuses on fruit and vegetables, today it and local shops retail in fine food as well. In the early hours it attracts greengrocers, restaurateurs and hoteliers form the rest of London who stock up on the produce. During the day it is a bustling marketplace attracting many locals especially at lunch time.
Underground: London Bridge station on the Northern and Jubilee lines. Borough on the Northern line.
Bus Routes: 17,21,35,40,43,47,48,133,141,149,344,521
| | Connections for City of London: The city has good tube connections the northern, central, circle, district, Hammersmith and city lines all pass through it. There are also five destination train stations, Blackfriars, Cannon Street, Fenchurch Street in the south, Liverpool Street and Moorgate in the north. Liverpool Steet station connects to Stansted airport and Moorgate connects to Luton airport. There are many buses that go through the city, numbers 15 and 25 go from east to west while 43 and 149 from north to south.
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