Broadway Market is a pedestrianised area running from London Fields to the Regent's Canal in Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney, East London. London Fields is a park, and a locality of London, situated in Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney, East London. ... The Regents Canal is a canal across an area just to the north of central London. ... Dalston is a place in Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney, England. ... The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in the northeast of inner London, formed in 1965 out of the former metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington. ... East London is the informal name given to the eastern part of London on the north side of the River Thames. ...
Before the mid 20th century it was the site of a busy fruit and vegetable market, but this slowly dwindled over time. In the early 21st century a 'Farmers' Market' was established on Saturdays and several new resturants and boutiques have been set up. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... In calendars based on the Christian Era or Common Era, such as the Gregorian calendar, the 21st century is the current century, as of this writing. ... A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...
It is rumoured that the old Broadway Market partly inspired the BBC Soap Eastenders. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera which was first broadcast on February 19, 1985. ...
It was a heartening tale of urban regeneration: a dying street transformed by a farmers' market and an influx of affluent residents.
It is one of London's oldest chartered markets, located on the ancient drovers' road from Essex to the slaughterhouses of Smithfield.
BroadwayMarket lies just north of that new heartland of the media-entertainment complex, Hoxton: the pulsating Day-Glo zone of the ironic haircut, the ironic cocktail, the ironic back-to-the-90s warehouse rave and the ironic White Cube gallery.