Lined with chic boutiques, every Sunday this historic street fills with a bright patchwork of hundreds of flower stalls. Columbia Road is the capital's most colourful and sweet-smelling market. Flowers, shrubs, bedding plants and other horticultural delights are all for sale. As well as cut flowers, there are topiary trees, pot plants, hanging baskets, bulbs and bouquets turning the street to blossom. The 52 stalls and surrounding shops sell everything to cater for that English obsession - gardening. With most of the traders being based in Essex, many of the plants and flowers are grown and produced locally. The market is open from 8am to 2pm and there are plenty of attractive cafes, pubs and authentic sea-food stalls where you can make a pit-stop. If getting there by Tube, Old Street is the nearest station, turn left on exit, walk along Old Street into Hackney Road and after 200 metres turn right into Columbia Road. You'll smell it before you see it.
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road Flower Market Every Sunday Lined with chic boutiques, every Sunday this historic street fills...
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road, Hackney, E2 7RG
If your Valentine's more of a country bumpkin than a city slicker, you'll just love the straight-from-the-garden feel... More
Treacle
110-112 Columbia Road, E2 7RG
Open Sundays only
Just like its name, this unique establishment sandwiched in the middle of Columbia Road Flower Market is sweet,... More
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road, Hackney, E2 7RG
Lined with chic boutiques, every Sunday this historic street fills with a bright patchwork of hundreds of flower... More
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road, Hackney, E2 7RG
If your Valentine’s more of a country bumpkin than a city slicker, then they’ll just love the straight-from-the-garden... More
Treacle
110-112 Columbia Road, E2 7RG
Open Sundays only
Just like its name, this unique establishment sandwiched in the middle of Columbia Road Flower Market is sweet,... More
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Lined with chic boutiques, every Sunday this historic street fills with a bright patchwork of hundreds of flower stalls. Columbia Road is the capital's most colourful and sweet-smelling market. Flowers, shrubs, bedding plants and other horticultural delights are all for sale. As well as cut flowers, there are topiary trees, pot plants, hanging baskets, bulbs and bouquets turning the street to blossom. The 52 stalls and surrounding shops sell everything to cater for that English obsession - gardening. With most of the traders being based in Essex, many of the plants and flowers are grown and produced locally. The market is open from 8am to 2pm and there are plenty of attractive cafes, pubs and authentic sea-food stalls where you can make a pit-stop. If getting there by Tube, Old Street is the nearest station, turn left on exit, walk along Old Street into Hackney Road and after 200 metres turn right into 
