Queen's Crescent Market
in London, United KingdomCategory: Attraction
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117 Queen's Cres, Belsize Park, London NW5 4HE, UK Print route »
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Queen's Crescent Market is one of London's oldest street markets, and is still held every Thursday and Saturday on Queen's Crescent in Kentish Town, Camden. The market sells food, discounted clothing and a wide variety of household products. In 2013 it was reported to have capacity for more than 90 stalls. The Camden Council database reported 77 sites (last checked December 2011).Many traders run stalls that have been passed from generation to generation. This is in contrast to the much more recent and considerably more famous Camden markets nearby, which primarily attract tourists and those from other parts of London (Inverness Street Market was a traditional produce market in Camden Town for a century, but in 2013 the last produce stall closed, leaving only tourist stalls like the other Camden markets). Aesthetically Queen's Crescent market is a mixture, with pretty plain white houses sitting side by side with large council estates, some of which sit in beautifully landscaped grounds.
The market had been run by Camden Council until 2013, when it was transferred to Queen's Crescent Community Association (QCCA), a not-for-profit charity. In 2015 there were disagreements over the cost of rubbish removal, cleaning and repairs, leaving the QCCA with what it called impossible bills; after negotiations collapsed, the QCCA hanedg back the market's management to the council.
As of the end of 2015 the future of the market was in doubt, with comments that the council had "condemned Queen's Crescent Market to a lingering death". Traders, and customers, were abandoning the market.
In May 2016 the market continued, but was much reduced, with traders reduced from 50 a few years earlier to 22. The decline has been blamed on higher charges by the council.
