Covent Garden Market, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member btrodrigues
N 51° 30.721 W 000° 07.371
30U E 699639 N 5710689
Covent Garden Market is named after the flower, fruit and vegetable market in London, England, situated on land that had been a convent garden owned by the Abbey of Westminster. Over the years, "convent" had changed to "covent".
Waymark Code: WM8RMZ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/07/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member The Blue Quasar
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The origin of the space dates back to the 13th century, but it was not before 1666 and the Great Fire of London that, when many smaller and rival markets in the east of the city were destroyed that - almost overnight - Covent Garden became the most important fruit, vegetable and flower market in the country.

Covent Garden Market would be recognized as the town's official market in 1846.

In 1964, an Act of Parliament was passed that would clear the way to remove the fruit and vegetable market at Covent Garden to new premises at Nine Elms after it had grown-out of the Market at Covent Garden.

Covent Garden was used as the backdrop for the film ‘My Fair Lady’, where the cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, is successfully introduced into high society by the professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins.

In 1980, Covent Garden Market re-opened as Europe’s first speciality shopping centre. Its subsequent success story as a major attraction is now part of recent history.
Movie Theater: no

Food Court: yes

Anchor stores (if any) and their coordinates:
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Number of stores in the mall.: 250

Does the mall have an arcade?: Does not

Hours:
09:00 - 18:00

The malls address: The Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8RF
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