Try the various London markets on weekends. Usually markets are only one day. Try the Brunswick, Broadway, Maltby street or Portobello road markets on Saturdays or the Brick Lane and Columbia Road markets on Sundays. Another to try is near Gospel Oak Station.

• Billingsgate Market

  
  Address: Billingsgate Market, Trafalgar Way, London E14 5ST
  Telephone: 020 7987 1118
  Website: http://www.billingsgate-market.org.uk/; http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/business/wholesale-food-markets/billingsgate/Pages/default.aspx
  Description: Fish market in East London. Go to get fresh fish before 7 AM.

• Borough Market

  
  Address: 8 Southwark Street, London SE1 1TL
  Telephone: 020 7407 1002
  Website: http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk
  Description: A foodie lover's paradise on the South Bank. Lots of food stalls and sample tasters. Closed on Sundays.

• Brick Lane

  
  Address: Brick Lane, London
  Telephone:
  Website: http://www.visitbricklane.org/
  Description: Street in East London famous for having the most curry houses on a street in Britain, as well as for being the epicentre of Shoreditch cool. The Northern half is full of shops and on Sundays is a market with lots of yummy foodstalls as well.

• Brixton Market

  
  Address: Brixton Market, Electric Ave, London SW9 8JX
  Telephone:
  Website: http://www.brixtonmarket.net
  Description: Great market in Brixton with a wide variety of restaurants to choose from. Some restaurants should be reserved in advance.

• Broadway Market

  
  Address: Broadway Market, London
  Telephone:
  Website: http://www.broadwaymarket.co.uk
  Description: Great Saturday market in East London. Restaurants and shops line the road that fills up with food stalls. The crispy chicken burger is a personal favourite.

• Camden Market

  
  Address: Camden Market, Camden High St, London NW1 8NH
  Telephone: 020 7284 2084
  Website: http://www.camden-market.org
  Description: A staple of the cool London scene for years. Take a stroll along the locks and sample some of the food from the numerous food stalls. Mobbed with tourists on the weekend.

• Columbia Road Flower Market

  
  Address: Columbia Road, London E2 7RG
  Telephone: 020 7613 0876
  Website: http://www.columbiaroad.info/
  Description: Sunday East-end flower market that has been a part of London life for over a century. Head there in the afternoon for the cheapest deals. Good to bring visiting friends to.

• Hatton Garden

  
  Address: Hatton Garden, London
  Telephone:
  Website:
  Description: The traditional home of diamond stores in London.

• Maltby Street Market

  
  Address: Maltby Street, London
  Telephone:
  Website: http://www.maltby.st
  Description: New foodie market in South London on Saturdays and Sundays.

• Portobello Road Market

  
  Address: Portobello Road, London
  Telephone:
  Website: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk
  Description: Saturday market in West London. Some good antiques at the North end of the street and on Golborne road.