
Spitalfields is in London's East End close to the widest range of cheap hotels in London. For hundreds of years this area has been a melting pot of peoples where East meets West in a rich mix of cultures from East End music halls to the vibrancy of Banglatown and the enduring infamy of Jack the Ripper.
The name Spitalfields comes from a shortening of the phrase 'hospital fields' referring to "The New Hospital of St Mary without Bishopgate" (the priory and hospital of St. Mary's Spittel) that was founded there in 1197. Spitalfields was built on trades such as clock making, silk weaving, leather goods and a bustling fruit and vegetable market where traditional East End barrow boys hawked their wares.
Nearly twenty years of work has gone into the Spitalfields regeneration programme. Many historic streets in the area have undergone restoration, new public spaces have been created and the retailers and restaurants carefully selected to create one of London's most vibrant areas.
The market is made up of the Spitalfields Traders Market, Old Spitalfields Market, Spitalfields Arts Market and a buzzing community of independent shops and stalls. The centrepiece and focal point of the area is Crispin Place. This building, with its magnificent cathedral-like glass canopy, houses the Traders Market where you can browse and shop no matter what the British weather throws at you.
There's a real buzz here and a wealth of market stalls you just don't get at Covent Garden - from jewel-encrusted vintage boots to that rare vinyl you've been hunting for, from art deco sofas to hand-carved toy trains… there's something for everyone and so many things you won't find anywhere else.
The same goes for the food on offer at the Fine Food Market. Tuck into a hearty steak & Guinness pie handmade from fresh British steak braised slowly with vegetables and a decent glug of proper Guinness. Or, for the perfect vegetarian meal, homemade falafels with all the trimmings.
And there's always something going on… you could join in some tea dances with a quick foxtrot or even some free Tango lessons, listen to a free open air concert or maybe even get the chance to try some British specialities such as a classic G&T with a twist (infused with plum) or grab a slice of spit-roasted whole suckling pig.
Spitalfields is open all year round - come rain or shine. Market stalls are open 10am-4pm Tuesday to Friday and 9am-5pm on Sundays (the busiest day). It's close to Liverpool Street Station, Aldgate tube station and many hotels in London. UK markets are thriving again!
There has been a market at Spitalfields since 1638 and todays this has become a serious tourist attraction offering no less than 5 markets covering art and fashion, foods, health and beauty, furniture and collectibles.
Whats on:
Monday & Tuesday: General Stalls
Wednesday: Deli/ records & books (1st & 3rd of the month)
Thursday: Antiques
Friday: Fashion & Art
Saturday: All shops & no stalls
Sunday: Busiest day
Opening Times:
Market Stalls: Monday to Friday, 10am - 4pm and Sundays, 9am - 5pm.
Restaurants: Monday to Friday, 11am - 11pm and Sundays 9am - 5pm.
Retail Shops: Monday to Sunday 11am-7pm.
Spitalfields market is only 250m from Liverpool Street Station. Also close by are Shoreditch and Aldgate stations.
The closest accommodation to Spitalfields market is 196 Bishopsgate which are luxury 5 star serviced apartments.
If you have a more reduced budget then a cheap hotel close to Spitalfields Market is the Holiday Inn Express City Hotel. The hotel is a modern build in typical Express styling with 224 bedrooms, all with high speed internet access.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 23 May | 24 May | 25 May | 26 May | 27 May | 28 May | 29 May | 30 May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaz London - Liverpool Street | EC2M 7QN | 0.55 | 5 | Full | Full | £174.00 | £198.00 | £324.00 | £324.00 | £372.00 | £372.00 |
| Chamberlain Hotel | EC3N 1NU | 0.85 | 4 | £230.00 | £185.00 | £110.00 | £150.00 | £105.00 | £160.00 | £180.00 | £190.00 |
| Threadneedles - The City's 5 Star Boutique Hotel | EC2R 8AY | 0.97 | 5 | Full | £390.00 | £162.00 | £222.00 | £210.00 | £294.00 | £330.00 | £330.00 |
| Grange City Hotel | EC3N 2BQ | 1.00 | 5 | Full | £215.00 | £155.00 | £191.00 | £215.00 | £215.00 | £215.00 | £215.00 |
| Novotel London Tower Bridge | EC3N 2NR | 1.03 | 4 | £274.00 | £184.00 | Full | £144.00 | £134.00 | £224.00 | £264.00 | £264.00 |
| The Tower- A Guoman Hotel | E1W 1LD | 1.47 | 4 | £312.00 | £192.00 | £126.00 | £120.00 | £252.00 | £168.00 | £216.00 | £204.00 |
| The RE Hotel London Shoreditch | E2 8PP | 1.59 | 4 | £199.00 | £0.00 | £109.00 | £159.00 | £79.00 | £99.00 | £189.00 | £159.00 |
| Citadines Barbican London | EC1M 7AH | 1.68 | 3 | Full | £122.40 | £122.40 | £122.40 | £122.40 | £157.20 | £157.20 | Full |
| Thistle City Barbican | EC1V 8DS | 1.79 | 3 | £154.80 | £142.80 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £88.20 | £126.00 | Full | Full |
| Malmaison London | EC1M 6AH | 1.80 | 4 | Full | £294.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £234.00 | £270.00 | £342.00 | £294.00 |
| Rookery Hotel | EC1M 6DS | 1.94 | 4 | Full | £306.00 | £198.00 | £306.00 | £325.00 | £210.00 | £276.00 | £228.00 |
| The Zetter Hotel | EC1M 5RJ | 2.05 | 4 | Full | Full | £185.00 | £185.00 | £130.00 | £222.00 | £294.00 | £342.00 |
| All Seasons London Southwark Rose (soon ibis Styles) | SE1 9HH | 2.09 | 3 | £250.00 | £189.00 | £119.00 | Full | £139.00 | £189.00 | £215.00 | £169.00 |
| Novotel London City South | SE1 9HH | 2.13 | 4 | £255.00 | £235.00 | £140.00 | Full | £135.00 | £205.00 | £220.00 | £190.00 |
| Atelier EC1 by BridgeStreet | EC1N 8AF | 2.33 | 4A | Full | £189.99 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Mercure London Bridge Hotel | SE1 0JA | 2.36 | 4 | Full | £190.00 | £160.00 | £190.00 | £145.00 | Full | Full | Full |
| The Bermondsey Square Hotel - a Bespoke Hotel | SE1 3UN | 2.54 | 4 | £286.00 | £214.00 | Full | Full | £118.00 | £190.00 | £226.00 | £226.00 |
| City Inn Express | E8 3SG | 2.58 | B | £109.95 | £109.95 | £71.95 | £76.95 | £49.95 | £68.95 | £68.95 | £68.95 |
| Mad Hatter Hotel | SE1 9NY | 2.58 | 3 | £210.00 | £185.00 | £155.00 | £165.00 | £75.00 | £185.00 | £185.00 | £185.00 |
| Tommy Miahs' Raj Hotel | N1 3PD | 2.89 | 3 | £75.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £175.00 | £50.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| Chancery Court Hotel, London | WC1V 7EN | 3.01 | 5 | Full | £300.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £300.00 | £300.00 | £300.00 |
| Citadines Prestige Holborn-Covent Garden | WC1V 6LF | 3.07 | 4A | £265.20 | £212.40 | £212.40 | £265.20 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £212.40 | £212.40 |
| SACO London - Holborn | WC1N 3LT | 3.07 | 4A | £250.00 | £170.00 | Full | Full | £170.00 | £170.00 | £170.00 | £170.00 |
| The Wellington | SE1 8UD | 3.12 | 3G | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £60.00 | Full | Full | £94.95 |
| The Bridge Hotel | SE1 0AJ | 3.14 | 3 | Full | £105.00 | Full | Full | £49.00 | £65.00 | £85.00 | £119.00 |
| Grange Holborn | WC1B 4AR | 3.27 | 5 | £299.00 | £335.00 | £203.00 | £239.00 | £126.00 | £203.00 | £299.00 | £299.00 |
| Strand Palace Hotel | WC2R 0JJ | 3.34 | 3 | Full | £217.63 | £112.00 | £112.00 | £112.00 | £162.00 | £184.00 | £162.00 |
| Kingsway Hall | WC2B 5BX | 3.34 | 4 | £274.80 | £190.80 | £118.80 | £154.80 | £130.80 | £166.80 | Full | £214.80 |
| Mercure London Bloomsbury | WC1B 5AF | 3.36 | 4 | £229.00 | £169.00 | £139.00 | £159.00 | £139.00 | £129.00 | £219.00 | £189.00 |
| The Lancaster Hotel | WC1B 5JD | 3.41 | 3 | £150.00 | £150.00 | £162.00 | Full | £96.00 | £78.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 |
| The Portland Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 3.46 | 4 | Full | £323.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £227.00 | Full | Full |
| The Kingsley - A Thistle Hotel | WC1A 2SD | 3.47 | 4 | Full | £240.00 | £162.00 | £180.00 | £168.00 | £192.00 | £240.00 | £228.00 |
| Beauchamp Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 3.50 | 4 | £275.00 | Full | Full | Full | £126.00 | £167.00 | £227.00 | Full |
| Park Plaza County Hall | SE1 7RY | 3.51 | 4 | £286.80 | £226.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 | £202.80 | £214.80 |
| Montague on the Gardens - A Red Carnation Hotel | WC1B 5BJ | 3.53 | 4 | Full | £186.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 |
| Hotel Russell - London, Bloomsbury | WC1B 5BE | 3.54 | 4 | £358.80 | £226.80 | £166.80 | £130.80 | £154.80 | £142.80 | £262.80 | £262.80 |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | WC1B 5BP | 3.54 | 3 | Full | £203.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £191.00 | £251.00 | Full |
| Hotel Megaro | WC1H 8AB | 3.58 | 4 | £180.00 | Full | Full | Full | £110.00 | £240.00 | £150.00 | £140.00 |
| Days Hotel Waterloo | SE1 7BJ | 3.65 | NC | £169.00 | £169.00 | £149.00 | £149.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Bloomsbury Street | WC1B 3QD | 3.67 | 4 | £282.00 | £186.00 | £270.00 | £178.80 | £162.00 | £174.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 |
| Euro Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 3.70 | 3G | Full | Full | Full | Full | £110.00 | £63.00 | £150.00 | Full |
| Avonmore Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 3.71 | 2G | £189.00 | £199.00 | £189.00 | £119.00 | £169.00 | £169.00 | £169.00 | £149.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 3.72 | 4 | £264.00 | £222.00 | Full | Full | £118.80 | £162.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 |
| Royal Horseguards | SW1A 2EJ | 3.76 | 5 | £396.00 | £276.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 | £240.00 | £312.00 | Full | Full |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 3.78 | 4 | £366.00 | £366.00 | £214.80 | £238.80 | £214.80 | £246.00 | £306.00 | £306.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 3.82 | 5 | £336.00 | £288.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 | £204.00 | £204.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 |
| Novotel London St Pancras | NW1 2AJ | 3.85 | 4 | Full | £185.00 | £165.00 | Full | £145.00 | £175.00 | £205.00 | £195.00 |
| Staunton Hotel | WC1E 6HE | 3.87 | 4G | Full | £189.00 | £189.00 | £189.00 | £159.00 | £159.00 | £189.00 | Full |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | WC1B 3AS | 3.88 | 3 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £92.00 | £90.00 | Full | £129.00 |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel - A member of The Doyle Collection | WC1B 3NN | 3.90 | 4 | £366.00 | £234.00 | £162.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £198.00 | £378.00 |
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldgate East Station | 1 | Hammersmith & City - District | 0.49 miles |
| Liverpool Street Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Central - Circle line - Hammersmith & City | 0.61 miles |
| Aldgate Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Circle line | 0.62 miles |
| Whitechapel Station | 2 | District - East London - Hammersmith & City | 0.95 miles |
| Moorgate Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Northern - Circle line - Hammersmith & City | 0.95 miles |
| Station | Distance |
|---|---|
| London Liverpool Street Station | 0.52 miles |
| Fenchurch Street Station | 0.95 miles |
| Moorgate Station | 1.04 miles |
| Cambridge Heath Station | 1.07 miles |
| Bethnal Green Station | 1.11 miles |