Shop: Markets
For the capital’s best blooms
Columbia Road, E2 7RG
Forget Covent Garden: the modern day Eliza Doolittle is flogging her flowers at Columbia Road Flower Market. Open only on Sundays, the market is overflowing with much haggling over “10 for a fiver” deals. Come for the flowers (stalls close at around 2:30pm) but stay for the unique east London vibe of independent galleries and shops selling pottery, antiques and the like.
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