36-646: The Camden markets are a number of adjoining large retail markets, often collectively referred to as Camden Market or Camden Lock , located in the historic former Pickfords stables, in Camden Town , London . It is situated north of the Hampstead Road Lock of the Regent's Canal (popularly referred to as Camden Lock ). Famed for their cosmopolitan image, products sold on the stalls include crafts, clothing, books, bric-a-brac , and fast food . It
72-515: A pre-packaged insolvency , before being bought by two of its directors. This deal secured employment for the company's 900 staff members. As part of its approach to corporate responsibility , Pickfords announced a fundraising partnership with the NSPCC in 2010. Bebo Kobo Zari David " Bebo " Kovo is an Israeli-Bulgarian property developer. He was one of the partners of property company Camden Market Holdings & Developments. Kobo
108-477: A collection of simple stalls plus the Stables building, were heavily developed with permanent structures. In 2022 they were offered for sale with investment bank Rothschild & Co overseeing the sale process, the owner hoping for a price of around £1.5 billion for the markets plus housing, co-working spaces, 3,300-square-metre (35,000 sq ft) and a three-floor leisure centre called Babylon Park. Status
144-509: A collection of stalls on land with various owners, evolving into a 6.5-hectare (16-acre) patchwork of more than 1,000 stalls, bars, shops, and cafes. In 2014, Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi started buying property in the Camden Market area. By March 2015, having purchased the four most important of the six sections of the market, he announced plans to invest £300 million in developing the market area by 2018. The markets, initially
180-572: A cost exceeding £500m as Hawley Wharf. The stalls were replaced by a four-storey covered structure, with units housing sixty fast-food providers, 150 shops, and co-working offices. The development also provided 200 homes. Hawley Wharf's sites started opening in 2021. The Buck Street Market was an outdoor market focusing on clothes. There is no formal or legal definition of Camden Market; the Buck Street Market's sign read 'The Camden Market'. A few stallholders designed their own wares, while at
216-671: A general outdoor market. The market was devastated by fire on 9 February 2008 caused by unauthorised use of a liquified petroleum gas heater. After crossing the railway line, the fire badly damaged the rear of the Hawley Arms on Castlehaven Road. The market reopened in May 2009 as the Camden Lock Village. The cover over the original street entrance was removed, and a new entrance created near the railway bridge. The market closed in early 2015, to be redeveloped over several years at
252-485: A large part of the Stables Market was demolished as part of a long-term redevelopment plan for the area and rebuilt as a year-round permanent market area. In 2016, Urban Markets Company acquired Camden Lock and paid between £300m and £400m for the one-acre site. The joint venture between the founders of Camden Lock and Millitarne Retail Resorts International, the retail developers, was financed by Brockton Capital,
288-485: A local brewer. With the funds he went on to form Bass Brewery which still exists today. In 1779, it entered the canal industry as well (from which it withdrew in 1850). In the 19th century, it operated wagons on other companies' railways, but this was contentious, and eventually this service was eliminated. In 1816, the company was close to bankruptcy after years of decline. The Pickford family brought in three new partners including Joseph Baxendale , whose family then ran
324-425: A mixture of stalls and fixed premises. The traditional Inverness Street market started losing stalls once local supermarkets opened; by mid-2013 all the original stalls had gone, being replaced by stalls similar to those of the other markets, including fast food but not produce. The markets originally operated on Sundays only, which continues to be the main trading day. Opening later extended to Saturdays for most of
360-488: A new pedestrian route through the rear of the Stables Market exposing 25 of the existing railway arches. Pedestrian walkways—in the style of the existing historic ramp and bridge system—has opened up the site and increased access for visitors. A glass roof and cycle parking spaces has also been added. On 19 May 2014, at around 8:00 p.m. , a fire broke out at the Camden Stables Market on Chalk Farm Road where
396-536: A real estate private equity fund. Camden Lock Market is set to have a £20 million makeover to transform it into a traditional arts and craft centre for Londoners. The Urban Market Company plans to double the enclosed area and increase trading space by 15,000 square feet. Early on 10 July 2017, shortly after midnight, a large fire (cause currently unknown) occurred at the Camden Lock Market. At least 70 firefighters and 10 engines attended. The Stables Market
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#1732764693088432-623: A reported 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters dealt with the blaze. No injuries were reported by the London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade announced that the fire had been controlled since 9:00 p.m. Owned by Bebo Kobo and OD Kobo , Camden Lock Village was the section along the canal to the east of Chalk Farm Road was known as the Canal Market and had a covered entrance tunnel leading into
468-476: A stall in the Stables Market. In October 2006 a large indoor market hall was built in a yard between the Stables Market and Camden Lock Market that was previously used for temporary open-air stalls. In the summer of 2007 redevelopment of the back of the Stables Market took place. This redevelopment consisted of two new four-storey buildings housing shops, food outlets, offices, workshops and storage facilities, as well as an exhibition space. The redevelopment included
504-468: A temporary market was established. By 1976, when plans for the motorway were abandoned, the market had become a well known feature of Camden Town . Originally, the Lock was a market for crafts, occupying some outdoor areas by the canal and various existing buildings. While the range of goods has since widened, with stalls selling books, new and second-hand clothing, and jewellery, the Lock retains its focus as
540-643: Is the fourth-most popular visitor attraction in London, attracting approximately 250,000 people each week. A small local foodstuffs market has operated in Inverness Street in Camden Town since the beginning of the 20th century, the only significant market in the area. On 30 March 1974 a small weekly crafts market that operated every Sunday near Camden Lock developed into a large complex of markets. The markets, originally temporary stalls only, extended to
576-567: The Sunday Trading Act 1994 , shops were not permitted to operate on Sundays. On 28 February 1993, the Provisional IRA exploded a bomb hidden in a litter bin on Camden High Street near the market, shortly after lunchtime. The bomb injured 11 people. From 2006, a large indoor market hall was constructed in a yard between the Camden Lock Market and the Stables Market that was previously used for open air stalls. In November 2007
612-640: The NFC sold Pickfords to the American company Allied Van Lines in a deal worth $ 400 million, In 2002 the parent company was renamed, becoming Allied. In 2009, Allied Pickfords, the international arm of Pickfords, became Pickfords. The company continues to operate as part of the Allied International Network which has 600 offices in over 45 countries. In 2012, the UK arm of the company entered
648-569: The cities of Bloemfontein , Cape Town , Durban , Johannesburg , Port Elizabeth and Pretoria . Additional sales offices are based throughout the country. Both Pickfords UK and Pickfords South Africa form part of the Allied International Moving Network. The Pickfords family of Adlington , south of Manchester , and later of nearby Poynton , first entered the wagon trade in the 17th century. At first, they were engaged in supplying quarry stone by packhorse for
684-520: The company for over a century. For delay in delivering a miller's iron shaft, Pickford's was involved in the famous English contract law case, Hadley v. Baxendale (1848), where the court held the company was not liable for unforeseeable losses resulting from their lateness. In the 20th century, the company switched to road haulage. During this time it formed a rivalry with fellow hauliers Carter Paterson , with whom (amongst others) they merged in 1912, although both kept their separate names. In 1920,
720-623: The company was sold again, to the Hay's Wharf Cartage Company , on the back of a burgeoning post-World War I home removals business. Pickfords still continued to operate under that name. In turn Hay's Wharf was taken over by the four main British railway companies in 1934 and was subsequently nationalised in 1947 as part of British Road Services and what would become the National Freight Corporation (NFC) in 1969. In 1942,
756-416: The construction of turnpike roads; instead of the packhorses returning with empty loads, they carried goods for third parties. In 1756, the company relocated to London and in 1776 it invented the fly wagon which could travel from London to Manchester in the then fast speed of four and a half days. A year later, it bought the carrier business of William Bass , a Staffordshire haulier who carried ale for
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#1732764693088792-564: The heavy haulage division moved Mulberry harbour sections (temporary harbour) to sea launchings prior to them being towed across the English Channel for the Normandy landings . As part of the NFC, Pickfords was involved in a wide range of haulage activities, including heavy haulage (moving oversize loads) from the 1950s to the 1980s. The company absorbed several well-known haulage companies during this period but then withdrew from
828-437: The late 19th century, mostly selling produce, rather than ready-to-eat food, until the 21st century. It started losing its traditional stalls once local supermarkets opened, a trend accelerated by the closing of a nearby bus stop which facilitated access; by mid-2013 all the original stalls had been replaced by "touristy" stalls similar to those of the other markets, including fast food but not produce. The markets were originally
864-435: The market. A number of traders, mainly those in fixed premises—an increasing proportion—operate throughout the week, although the weekend remains the peak period. Since 2014 most of the markets were acquired by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi , who heavily developed them from stalls set up for the day to permanent structures. In 2022 Sagi's company LabTech offered them for sale, hoping for a price of around £1.5 billion. Status
900-448: The principal Camden market for crafts. There is a large selection of fast food stalls. In 1991 a three-storey indoor market hall designed by architect John Dickinson was opened on the site of the first outdoor market. In the style of the traditional 19th century industrial architecture and housing in the area, it is built of brick and cast iron. It attracted large numbers of visitors partly due to stalls being open on Sundays, when previous to
936-462: The sector. A number of former Pickfords vehicles have been preserved and can be seen at events, demonstrating moving outsize loads along with the earlier steam tractors . The National Freight Consortium, as it was subsequently renamed, was privatised via a sale to employees in 1982. Downard Pickfords (later Allied Pickfords Australia ) was established in 1982 when Downard Transport in Australia
972-656: The similar Shore Porters Society was founded earlier. The earliest record is of a William Pickford, a carrier who worked south of Manchester in 1630. In 1646, a north-country yeoman by the name of Thomas Pickford had his lands confiscated by Parliament for gun-running and supporting the Cavaliers during the English Civil War . Pickfords is mentioned by Charles Dickens in Our Mutual Friend , book 4, chapter 12: 'The [police station] sanctuary
1008-530: The stalls and shops are set in large arches in railway viaducts. Chain stores are not permitted and trade is provided by a mixture of small enclosed and outdoor shops and stalls, of which some are permanent, and others hired by the day. In common with most of the other Camden markets the Stables Market has many clothes stalls. It is also the main focus for furniture in the markets. Household goods, decorative, ethnically-influenced items, and second-hand items or 20th-century antiques, many of them hand-crafted, are among
1044-447: The wares. There are also clothing and art pieces for alternative sub-cultures, such as goths and cybergoths . These shops include Black Rose, which caters for goths, with items such as coffin-shaped handbags, and Cyberdog , which houses much cyber-style "neon" PVC and rubber clothing. During the weeks before Christmas 2004, radio DJ and TV presenter Chris Evans sold many of his possessions, ranging from sofas to TVs and crockery, on
1080-709: The weekend these designs were more likely to be found in the Electric Ballroom market. The market closed in its existing form, initially during later postponed plans to rebuild Camden Town tube station . It reopened as a multi-floor structure. The Electric Ballroom on Camden High Street has been a night club since the 1950s. The weekend market had been operating here for at least 24 years but closed at short notice in 2015, leaving many staff and traders unemployed. A small street market has operated in Inverness Street near Camden Town Tube station since
1116-650: Was convicted in 1979 of raping a woman who was a passenger in his car, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. In the 1970s, Kobo was based in Hong Kong, as a clothing manufacturer, working closely with the Nakash Group, who owned the fashion brand Jordache . In the 1990s, Kobo alongside Richard Caring , and Elliott Bernerd , head of the British property company Chelsfield , teamed up to acquire London's Camden Market as well other properties in Camden Town. In 2014, they sold "a huge swathe" to fellow Israeli,
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1152-501: Was not a permanent abiding-place, but a kind of criminal Pickford's.' Today, Pickfords has branches throughout the UK and Ireland. The company provides a complete portfolio of services to consumers and businesses including moving within the UK, moving to Europe and further overseas, business moving, transition and project management, employee moving services, small moves and packing materials. Pickfords Removals (South Africa) operates independently from Pickfords UK with branches located in
1188-472: Was not known as of September 2023. 51°32′29″N 0°8′47″W / 51.54139°N 0.14639°W / 51.54139; -0.14639 Pickfords Pickfords is a moving company based in the United Kingdom, part of Pickfords Move Management Ltd. The business is believed to have been founded in the 17th century, making it one of the UK's oldest functioning companies, although
1224-415: Was not known as of September 2023. There are six distinct Camden markets. Camden Lock Market is situated by the Regent's Canal on a site formerly occupied by warehouses and other premises associated with the canal. By the early 1970s the canal trade had ceased and a northern urban motorway was planned that would cut through the site, making any major permanent redevelopment impossible, and in 1974
1260-410: Was owned by Bebo Kobo , Richard Caring and Elliot Bernerd of Chelsfield Partners until 2014. It was sold in 2014 for $ 685 million to Market Tech PLC, a UK AIM listed public company, later named LabTech. The market is located in the historic former Pickfords stables and Grade II listed horse hospital which served the horses pulling Pickford's distribution vans and barges along the canal. Many of
1296-592: Was purchased. Pickfords' travel agency business was the second largest in the UK in 1984 and included the Harry Leek chain as well as its own brand. Pickfords Travel was sold to Airtours in 1992, when it comprised the Pickfords and Hourmont Travel brands; Hourmont had been acquired by Pickfords in 1987. After Airtours acquired the travel agency business of Hogg Robinson in 1993 it was merged with Pickfords and Hourmont Travel to form Going Places . In 1996,
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