 Ridley Road market in October 2005 | |
| Location | Dalston, London |
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| Coordinates | 51°32′53″N0°04′22″W / 51.5481°N 0.0729°W |
 Interactive map of Ridley Road Market | |
Ridley Road Market (known locally as Ridley Road) but often referred to as "Dalston Market" is the central marketplace in Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney. It is opposite Dalston Kingsland railway station, just off the Kingsland High Street section of the A10, about three miles north of the City of London. It sells a wide range of commodities, including food.
Goods, particularly fruit and vegetables, are sold from traditional barrows (trolleys) in the pedestrianised street from 8am to 6pm daily (not Sundays or bank holidays). There is a large range of traditional and exotic produce from around the world. Other stalls and many other shops lining the street sell a wide variety of foods and household goods. New style stalls have recently been introduced by the local council.
Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, and his 'Black Shirts', attempted to march three times at Ridley Road in Dalston after the war: in 1948, 1956 and 1962. [1] Moseley was famously punched to the ground by an anti-fascist protestor in Ridley Road on 31st July 1962. [2]
