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Customer opening times

The Fruit and Vegetable Market and the Flower Market are open at different times, due to the differing nature of trade for both sectors. The Fruit and Vegetable Market opens at 10pm for deliveries six nights a week, and at midnight for customers, whereas the Flower Market opens at 4am. See below for customer opening times

Opening hours may vary, please call your wholesaler or supplier before visiting to confirm if they are open.

Flower Market

Monday to Friday

4am — 10am

Saturday

4am — 9am

Sunday

Closed

Fruit and Vegetables

Monday to Friday

10pm — 6am

Saturday

10pm — 5am

Sunday

Closed

Location

New Covent Garden Market London, SW8 5BH

By Vehicle

Flower Market customers in private vehicles can park in the upstairs car park. Commercial vehicles can park in the ground floor of the flower market.

Fruit and Veg customers in private vehicles can park in the multi storey car park. Commercial vehicles can enter straight through the main plaza and park in the parking bays at the end of the buildings, with a £5 entry charge for three hours.

By Public Transport

Tube
Kennington: Northern line (25 min walk)
Vauxhall: Victoria line (10 min walk)
Lambeth North: Bakerloo line (30 min walk)
Waterloo: Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee and Waterloo and City lines (40 min walk)
Nine Elms: Northern line spur (5 minute walk)
Battersea Power Station: Northern line spur (5 minute walk)

Train
Vauxhall station (10 min walk)
Waterloo station (40 min walk)

Bus
Route 360 (3 min walk)
Routes 77, 507, 344, C10 (5 min walk)
Routes 59 and 156 (6 min walk)

By Bike

There are several bicycle racks around the Market, so please feel free to travel to us on two wheels. Please bear in mind that this a busy working Market and observe the traffic at all times.

Walking

The Market is less than a five-minute walk from both Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station tube stations on the Northern Line and a 10-minute walk from Vauxhall tube, train and bus stations.

Parking

For the Fruit and Veg Market you pay £5 and this covers your parking for up to three hours. For the Flower Market Car Park and Multi-Storey Car Park you pay at a machine before leaving.

Parking prices

0-3 hours:	£5
3-4 hours:	£25
4-6 hours	£40
6-8 hours:	£80
8-12 hours:	£120
12-24 hours:	£200

Ensuring a safe visit

We’re a busy commercial site and it’s important you’re aware of your safety at all times. We don’t allow under 16 or dogs (apart assistance dogs) on the market.

The market is busiest overnight, when there are lots of fork lift trucks and delivery vehicles moving around, so take extra care in the dark.

If you’re on foot, please keep to the pedestrian walkways marked up with a yellow man.

Download pedestrian map

Roads

The market might seem like its own world, but the laws of the land still apply. In this case the Road Traffic Act. Please keep to the speed limit of 20mph and watch out for fork lift trucks and pedestrians.

You can download our full Traffic Management Policy here.

Traffic Management Policy

Photography

If you’d like to take photos or film at the market, please get in touch with our Communications Team. You’ll need to apply for permission and they’ll help with any questions you have.

Contact Communications Team

Cafés and shops

Early mornings aren’t always easy. We get that. Good thing there’s a few cafes dotted around the market to keep you going. We have two cafés and a convenience store with post office in the Fruit and Vegetable Market, and a third café in the Flower Market. Red or brown sauce?

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The Garden Wall

Fruit & Vegetables

Flowers