covent garden market moved to nine elms in 2016.
when did covent garden market move to nine elms?
2016
the market is run by a statutory corporation, the covent garden market authority (cgma), which reports to the department for environment, food and rural affairs (defra). set up in 1961, the cgma was charged with modernising and overseeing the administration of the vegetable market, then located at covent garden in central london, which was considered strategically important as a wholesale food and flower market. 





























construction began in 1971 on the site of the former nine elms locomotive works, and the market opened on 11 november 1974.





























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new covent garden market
new covent garden market





























new covent garden market is the largest wholesale fruit, vegetable, and flower market in the united kingdom. located in nine elms, london, the market covers a site of and is home to about 200 fruit, vegetable, and flower companies. the market serves 40% of the fruit and vegetables eaten outside of the home in london and provides ingredients to many of london's top restaurants, hotels, schools, prisons, hospitals, and catering businesses.
new covent garden market