North London’s legendary Seven Sisters Market has reopened after being shut for five years

Seven Sisters Market is officially back! The north London site, home to the beloved Latin Village, was forced to shut back in 2020 but formally reopened on the weekend (Saturday October 4). 

The market, which mostly sells food and products from South and Latin America, closed five years ago over serious health and safety concerns. It was prevented from reopening as the building was found to be in a dangerous condition. At the time, it was under threat from property developer Grainger PLC, which had plans to erect around 190 build-to-rent flats on the site. But Grainger abandoned those plans in 2021 in response to high costs and strong community opposition. 

Since then, Places for London (Transport for London’s property arm) has worked on bringing the market back to life. While work was going on to make it safer, the mayor of London and TfL put aside £2million to ensure that traders were protected and the site could develop in a way that was beneficial to the local community. 

Now, Seven Sisters Market houses 40 indoor and outdoor stalls with a new seating area and customer toilets. There’s also new community space at the front of the site, which will be overseen by the Wards Corner Community Benefit Society, and a new route between Suffield Road and Seven Sisters Road improving access to the station. 

Graeme Craig, the director and chief executive of Places for London, said: ‘Seven Sisters Market is a truly special location in this unique and important part of London. We are delighted to have now reopened the market, allowing the former traders to get back to serving the community they love. We have worked hard to retain the Latin American culture and vitality of the original market, while allowing it to operate safely again in new units.

‘Small businesses such as those at Seven Sisters Market are a vital part of London’s wonderfully diverse culture, and we will continue to work with traders and Haringey Council to bring forward a long-term solution that ensures the market is able to thrive at the heart of the local community.’

Places for London will continue to provide support to the market as vendors settle into their new and improved home, with reduced rents for the first 15 months. It’ll be open for business seven days a week. 

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