එංගලන්තයේ අඩුම මිලට අලුත් මාළු | UK's Largest Fish Market - Billingsgate Fish Market in London

එංගලන්තයේ ඉන්න අයට fresh අලුත් මාළු ගන්න අවස්ථාව ගොඩක් අඩුයි. මාස ගණනක් freezer වල තියෙන මාළු නැතුව කලින් දවසේ අල්ලපු අලුත් මාළු හොද මිලකට ගන්න පුලුවන් තැනක් තමයි ලන්ඩන් වල Billingsgate Fish Market එක

Address: Billingsgate Market : Trafalgar Way, London E14 5ST
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Billingsgate Market is the United Kingdom's largest inland fish market. An average of 25,000 tonnes of fish and fish products are sold through its merchants each year. Approximately 40% of that tonnage comprises fish imported from abroad.

Billingsgate is served by almost every port in the United Kingdom. Most of the fish is transported by road directly from the coast and arrives at the market in the early hours of the morning.

Billingsgate Fish Market – Our definitive guide for visitors
All you need to know to go on a visit to Billingsgate Fish Market
Whether you love eating fish, or just want to see a slice of the ‘real’ East End market trader lifestyle, nothing can beat a visit to Billingsgate Fish Market in London. Billingsgate is the country’s largest in-land fish market, with nearly 100 stalls, 30 shops, a cafe and an array of cold rooms and freezers spread over the 13-acre site at West Poplar, in the shadow of the Canary Wharf skyscrapers.

Billingsgate is a wholesale fish market for fishmongers, restaurant owners and the like, but it is actually open to the public. If it’s your first time it can perhaps be a little daunting if you don’t know the ins and outs, so here’s our definitive guide to visiting Billingsgate Fish Market.

Market layout
The Market complex covers an area of 13 acres and is entirely self-contained. The ground floor of the building comprises a large trading hall with 98 stands and 30 shops, including two cafes; a number of individual cold rooms; an 800 tonne freezer store (maintained at a temperature of -26°C); an ice making plant and 14 lock-up shops used by processors, catering suppliers and merchants dealing primarily in trade sundries, non-perishables and potatoes.

What are the opening hours of Billingsgate fish market?
It’s up with the larks to catch the best fish! The market opens at 4am and runs until 8am, Tuesday to Saturday. If you want to get the biggest choice of the freshest fish, you have to get their at the crack of dawn, where the place is bustling with the big buyers. It’s a little calmer between 5-6am, with some traders start packing up as early as 6.30am. Having said that, there’s another school of thought that if you want those end of trading bargains, 7am is a good time to arrive.

Are children allowed?
No. Children under the age of 12 years old are not allowed into the trading areas of Billingsgate Market. If you want to visit for a bite to eat, they are allowed into Piggy’s Cafe on the periphery of the market, just not on the market floor.

Can the public buy fish or is it trade only?
Yes! Just remember cash is still king at Billingsgate. Also, this is wholesale, bulk buying, so it’s by the kilo or box, which can be a lot of fish. Don’t expect to be able to buy a couple of cod fillets here, you’ll be buying a whole box full of them – and traders very rarely do what they call ‘breaking’, that’s to say splitting a full box down to sell smaller quantities.

What sort of fish can I expect to see at Billingsgate?
Pretty much every type of fish and crustacean you can think of! There are live, fresh, frozen, salted fish, as well as fish-based products all available. There are around 150 different species of fish from all over the world sold at Billingsgate. You might see live lobsters and crabs, then there’s salmon, plaice, scallops, clams, mussels, squid, octopus, oysters, prawns, mackerel, sardines, halibut, swordfish, turbot and herring to name but a few. Exotic fish like mahi mahi, barramundi and blue shark are often sold and then there’s the transformed fish products like cockles and the traditional jellied eels too.