Leadenhall Market
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Pros
- If you've got Harry Potter fans you may want to walk down Leadenhall Street after your Spitalfields jaunt and call into Leadenhall Market it's very ornate and used to be another fruit and veg market back in the day.
- Leadenhall Market, beautiful historic architecture and a good quick stop, especially if you're Harry Potter fans.
- Leadenhall Market near Monument and Liverpool St stations (not too far from Jack the Ripper territory) was used for Harry Potter. It also happens to be in the original City of London
Cons
- The tourist obsession with Leadenhall market should be studied. Is it just the HP connection? It's small, a bit tourist trappy and full of boozed up bankers and finance bros in the evening. There are covered arcades just like it in tons...
- It's actually much smaller than it looks in photos. The architecture is the main attraction and you could easily see the market itself in 20 to 30 minutes, although obviously longer if you stop at the shops or get something to eat.
- Parent context: Regarding Leadenhall Market in the 'City' It is no longer an actual market as such. But I'd an ornate undercover area of cafes, pub and shops, which cater for the offices in the City of London ( The Square Mile) So an eve...
- Leadenhall Market isn’t really a shopping destination. There’s a pub, a cocktail bar, a beauty salon, a bakery, an eyeglass shop, a bookshop, and several chain casual restaurants. It is great to walk through.
- Leadenhall Market (nice enough, used for Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley, but visit only if you are passing).
Sentiment
3 positive (30%) · 5 mixed (50%) · 2 negative (20%)
Trust + time weighted score: +10% · raw score 10%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
If you've got Harry Potter fans you may want to walk down Leadenhall Street after your Spitalfields jaunt and call into Leadenhall Market it's very ornate and used to be another fruit and veg market back in the day.
The tourist obsession with Leadenhall market should be studied. Is it just the HP connection? It's small, a bit tourist trappy and full of boozed up bankers and finance bros in the evening. There are covered arcades just like it in tons of European cities. It's definitely not any kind of "must see".
It's actually much smaller than it looks in photos. The architecture is the main attraction and you could easily see the market itself in 20 to 30 minutes, although obviously longer if you stop at the shops or get something to eat.
Leadenhall Market, beautiful historic architecture and a good quick stop, especially if you're Harry Potter fans.
Parent context: Regarding Leadenhall Market in the 'City' It is no longer an actual market as such. But I'd an ornate undercover area of cafes, pub and shops, which cater for the offices in the City of London ( The Square Mile) So an evening visit and yiu may find that most of the shops have shut after rush hour, small cafes that cater for lunchtime crowd will be closed and only the Pub, wine bars may be open. … Reply: This! It's largely a place for brokers to get pissed. Beautiful, but walk though it and maybe get a drink on the way to Sky Garden, its not a destination in and of itself
Leadenhall Market isn’t really a shopping destination. There’s a pub, a cocktail bar, a beauty salon, a bakery, an eyeglass shop, a bookshop, and several chain casual restaurants. It is great to walk through.
Leadenhall Market (nice enough, used for Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley, but visit only if you are passing).
I thought it would be a bit bigger/have more stalls/shopping than it did, so this was the only place we had a lot of extra time on our itinerary. It's cool, just not big.
Leadenhall on a Sunday evening will be dead. I don't even think anythings open, happy to be corrected.
Leadenhall Market near Monument and Liverpool St stations (not too far from Jack the Ripper territory) was used for Harry Potter. It also happens to be in the original City of London
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