Market Square - CAMBRIDGE EDITION - Market Hill, Cambridge, UK
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Cambridge Market is held in the Market Square that is part of Market Hill in the centre of Cambridge. The market is located to the east of Great Saint Mary Church and is open most days of the year.
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Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/19/2015
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Wikipedia has an article about Market Hill that tells us:
Market Hill (aka the Market Square) is the location of the marketplace in central Cambridge, England. Operating as a marketplace since Saxon times, a daily outdoor market with stalls continues to run there.
The market square commands a central location in Cambridge. It is connected via the following streets (clockwise from the north):
- Rose Crescent (pedestrianised), north towards Trinity Street
- Market Street. east towards Sidney Street
- Petty Cury (pedestrianised), east towards the junction of Sidney Street and St Andrew's Street
- Guildhall Street, south towards Guildhall Place and Wheeler Street
- Peas Hill (partially pedestrianised), south towards Wheeler Street and Bene't Street
- St Mary's Passage (pedestrianised), west towards King's Parade
- St Mary's Street, west also towards King's Parade
On the west side of Market Hill is Great St Mary's, the Cambridge University Church, with its tower on King's Parade. On the south side of the Market Square is the Cambridge Guildhall, built in the 1930s. To the southeast are the Grand Arcade and Lion Yard, two shopping centres.
The current Market Square was mainly filled with buildings originally and was not cleared until 1849 when a major fire occurred.
The Market Place branch of Hobson's Conduit was completed in 1614. This branch brought fresh water to the Market fountain in the centre of the Market Place. Following the fire in 1849, the Market Square was redeveloped and in 1855 a Gothic Revival gabled fountain was erected and the original structure of Hobson's Conduit was moved to the corner of Lensfield Road and Trumpington Road in south Cambridge in 1856. Most of the fountain was demolished in 1953. Flow to this branch was cut off in 1960 during construction of the Lion Yard shopping centre development and has never been restored.
The Cambridge City Council website also tells us:
Cambridge is a market city, and stalls have been trading at the historic market square in the city centre since the middle ages.
From Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm, stalls at the general market sell a wide range of goods including books, music, films, clothes, jewellery, fresh food, second-hand bikes, plants, mobile phones and accessories, and much more.
The market square also hosts a flourishing local food, arts and crafts market on Sundays (10am to 4pm), selling organic produce from local farmers and work from some of the region's most talented artists, craftsmen, potters, sculptors and photographers.