#smithfield-market

#smithfield-market

Time Out has named the London Museum as the best new thing to do in the capital in 2026. We can't wait for its reopening not only because of its dashing new rebrand (which features a logo of a ceramic pigeon), but also because of its its shiny new home in Smithfield Market.

Long before Christmas turkeys arrived shrink-wrapped in the shops, they walked to market on their own two feet. First introduced to England in the 1500s, the birds gradually gained in popularity to become a must on the dinner tables of London's wealthy. But before the advent of refrigeration and the railways, getting turkeys from Norfolk and Suffolk farms to the capital involved a long walk for the birds.