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Portobello Road Market from Ladbroke Grove to Notting Hill Gate Station
Portobello Road is probably the world’s best-known market. Though famous for antiques, vintage clothes that’s not all there is. It’s a haven for lovers of fashion, food, books, and music; anyone who wants to find something unique or loves a bargain. It’s real London with real people, loads of character and treasure and bargains to discover
Stretching over two miles throughout London’s West End, this massive open-air antique market is the largest of its kind in the world, and over 1,500 dealers can be found here selling everything from vintage clothes and antique household items to electronics, jewelry, artwork, beauty products, and delicious street food.
The classic 1999 Notting Hill film starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts helped make Portobello Road a household name, but its market has a rich history which can be traced as far back as the 19th century and has been famous amongst Londoners for hundreds of years.
Originally, Portobello Market was just like any other market in London focusing on fruit and veg and other types of food; however, during the 1940s more and more vendors started selling wares as well as bric-a-brac antiques, and eventually, these traders helped transform Portobello Market into what it is best known as today: The ultimate antique market in London.
Furthermore, in recent years, young fashionistas and even rich celebrities have been venturing to Portobello Market to scope out fashionable items, and as a result, more and more stalls have started selling a variety of cutting-edge and vintage clothing that you won’t find anywhere else in London, not to mention a ton of different posters, ceramics, vinyls and so much more.
Not just limited to hunting around for bargains at the market’s many stalls, visitors also head to Portobello Market to snap photos of the gorgeous and colorful Georgian architecture, munch on street vendor food, sip on drinks, or even just listen to some street artists performing throughout the different areas of the market.
Sights seen include trendy shops (including Who's Next?, Backstage Originals, KOKO Art, Unofficial Banksy Store), restaurants (including Arancina, UKAI, Portobello Garden Arcade), and Stores (including Chelsea Galleries, Alice’s, Barham Antiques, Admiral Vernon Antique Market, Sara Tiara, The World Famous Portobello Market, The Distillery, Grafik Gallery London), colorful terraced houses, street art, street food, street artists (including Mad Hatter, singers, musician), Electric Cinema, and market stalls selling a variety of goods (including antiques, silverware, classic cameras, London memorabilia).
