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London's defining food market — go early Saturday, eat your way around the perimeter.

Sunday-only flower market in the East End — 8 a.m. for choice, 2 p.m. for prices.

Borough's smaller, scruffier sibling — railway arches, weekend only.

Saturday-only food + flowers + vintage. Pair with London Fields and Pub on the Park.

Sunday sprawl — bagels at Beigel Bake at 2am to soak up the night.

Covered market — Thursday is antiques, Friday is fashion, weekends are everything.

Victorian arcade, Diagon Alley in the films — empty on weekends, magical at lunchtime weekdays.

Working meat market since the 12th century — get there at 5am or never.

Many stores mainly focused around music and clothing. This is the market most people mean when they talk about the "Camden Market".

This is the largest of Camden's market areas, featuring hundreds of stalls selling everything from African art to beds to fetish clothing to antiques. This is probably the best place in London for interesting clothes, including vintage, goth, cyber and general club-wear. Cyberdog

This is a small market selling a range of common goods such as fruit and vegetables, cheap clothes and other bits and bobs. The Inverness Street Market is the smallest market in Camden, but it's the original local market in Camden predating the others by decades.

This is the first market you see turning right out of the tube station and it has a big sign declaring it "The Camden Market". However, it only sells only the typical funny t-shirts, knock-off designer boots, keyrings, etc., that you can find in practically every city in the worl

This is where the world gold price is set twice a day.

Once a large thriving market, it has slowly been shrunk to a third of its size by development in the area. It features a good variety of clothing, crafts and food stalls/shops. Rather promisingly sellers have set up another market in a new space off Hanbury St nearby. Visit 66/68

Traditionally the East End market where nearly anything could be found (legal or not) now mostly cheaper mainstream clothes. Main market Sunday, smaller market M-F in Wentworth St.

A small street market selling food and spices, clothing, jewellery, carpets and the odd dodgy stereo.

A mix of traditional goods, from high street brands to fish, lying just outside the traditional East End, but has the character. Roman has it all. Market runs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday until 5PM.

An indoor market also selling good food, and containing many interesting little shops.

Selling what you would expect.

The name is a bit deceptive but it does have plenty of old books, music, clothes and jewellery.

The largest part of the market that sells homeware, furniture and books.

A regular farmer's market selling fresh organic produce every Saturday

Brixton Market consists of several different parts. The main section is Electric Avenue, selling mainly fruit, vegetables and meat, which also has a very good Chinese supermarket. On Pope's Road, you will find clothes and bric-a-brac. You will find more indoor markets around the

During the week this is the place to go to buy your fruit and veg but on Fridays and Saturdays there are hundreds of stalls selling clothes, [http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/ antiques], jewellery and [http://shopportobello.co.uk/ lots more].

An absolute gem and a relic of Soho's past. This is an old fashioned London fruit and vegetable market complete with shouting Barrow Boys and a whole array of colourful characters. There has been a market at this site since the early 1800s. Best early in the mornings. The street

Second-hand book sale near the bank of the Thames. A nice place to just browse for books (classic and modern), maps and prints.

The Kensington branch of this American chain of natural food supermarkets is the largest in the world.