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Easter trading hours

Fruit and Vegetable Market

Good Friday: more than 20 businesses will be open. Please check with your supplier before making a visit.
Easter Saturday: business as usual
Easter Sunday: Market closed. Saunders’ Sunday Market will open as usual.
Easter Monday: market closed.
Tuesday 2 April: market open as usual.

Flower Market

Good Friday: six businesses will be open. Please check with your supplier before making a visit.
Easter Saturday: business as usual
Easter Sunday: Market closed. Saunders’ Sunday Market will open as usual.
Easter Monday: market closed.
Tuesday 2 April: market open as usual

Christmas Opening Hours

Christmas Eve – Market Open
Christmas Day – Market Closed
Boxing Day – Market Closed
December 27 – Market Open
December 28 – Market Open
December 29 – Market Closed
December 30 – Market Open
December 31 – Market Open
New Year’s Day, 2025 – Market Closed
January 2 – Market Open

Both Markets will resume trading as normal from Thursday January 2 onwards.

Most traders in the Flower Market will open on Christmas Eve (which is on a Tuesday this year) between 4am-9am. The Fruit and Vegetable Market will be open between 10pm and 5am. In both Markets, although the Market remains open some traders will be closed during the week between Christmas and New Year.

We always suggest that you first check with any traders that you generally do business with, before making a journey, as each individual business is free to open during the hours they choose over the festive period. Look in the menu above to find our directory list for both Markets.

Below are the opening times for the Market Post Office over the festive period:

Christmas Eve – 04.00 – 10.00 hrs
Christmas Day to New Year’s Day – Closed
Thursday January 2, 2025 – Reopening 04.00 – 13.00 hrs

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

No.1 UK wholesale market

152 Wholesalers

37 Acres in central London

£880 Million annual turnover

Opening Times

Fruit & Vegetables
Flowers
Food & Drink
Food Exchange

Monday to Friday

10pm - 6am
4am - 10am
10pm - 6am
6am - 10pm

Saturday

10pm - 5am
4am - 9am
10pm - 5am
8am - 5pm

Sunday

Both Markets and Food Exchange are CLOSED

Opening Times

Fruit & Vegetables
Flowers
Food & Drink
Food Exchange

Monday to Friday

Midnight - 6am

4am - 10am
4am - 10am
6am - 10pm

Saturday

Midnight - 5am

4am - 9am
4am - 9am
8am - 5pm

Sunday

All the Markets and Food Exchange are CLOSED

NCGM Fruit & Vegetable Market

New Covent Garden Fruit and Vegetable Market is your local source for the finest fresh fruit and vegetables from around the world and an incredible range of fine foods. If you want it and it’s in season – we’ve got it!

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NCGM Flower Market

New Covent Garden Flower Market is the UK’s premier wholesale location for flowers, foliage, plants and sundries; a one-stop-shop for everything you need for your floristry or gardening business.

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NCGM Food & Drink

Alongside their seasonal fresh fruit, veg and flower offers, many of the traders at the Market have developed extensive food and drink ranges to offer their customers a wider choice of top-class product.

Food Exchange

Home to a wide variety of food businesses trading in products from ice cream, to wine, to golf equipment, the Food Exchange is also the location of Mission Kitchen, a buzzing hub for creative food entrepreneurs.

Mission Kichen

Entrepreneur Hub

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About the Market

From our unmatchable location in the heart of London, our wholesalers supply top-class fruit, vegetables and flowers to customers throughout the capital and the South East of England. Find out more...