Improvements to Queen’s Crescent market
The new Queen's Crescent Strategy Report 2024 details how the market will continue during the planned works. The project will deliver a safer healthier and more pleasant street, with new public space, greenery and lighting for the benefit of the community.
If you have any questions about the strategy or any upcoming works, or would like to raise an issue, contact the project team, at: [email protected] or call: 020 7974 4444.
Construction updates
During construction, the Highways contractors, Marlborough, will provide updates about the construction on their website, which can be accessed using the link below:
www.marlboroughhighways.co.uk/location/queenscrescent
Updates on the project will also be posted in the window of the Queen’s Crescent library and in the notice board of the Queen’s Crescent Community Association on Ashdown Crescent.
Haddii aad rabto nuqulka qoraalkan oo ku qoran luqaddaada nagala soo xiriir 020 7974 4444 ama iimayl noogu soo dir [email protected]
আপনি যদি আপনার নিজের ভাষাতে এই উপকরণের একটি কপি পেতে চান, সেক্ষেত্রে আমাদের সাথে 020 7974 4444 নম্বরে যোগাযোগ করুন বা [email protected] আইডিতে ই-মেল করুন।
إذا كنت ترغب في الحصول على نسخة من هذه المادة بلغتك، يُرجى التواصل معنا على الرقم 4444 7974 020 أو البريد الإلكتروني [email protected]
New proposed street trading fees 2024
Following the consultation that took part in January this year, it has been agreed that the fees and charges will be increased by 6.99% from 1 April 2024.
For more information visit Trading fees and charges - Camden Council.
Healthy Start vouchers are accepted at Camden Markets
We are committed to supporting our residents who are on certain income benefits, and pregnant or have at least one child under the age of four. NHS Healthy Start offers financial help to buy fruit, vegetables, pulses, milk, and infant formula.
If eligible, you will be offered a Mastercard prepaid card with weekly top-ups which you can use like a debit card to spend on Healthy Start items.
Families could receive around £440 over a year while a child is under 1 year old, £220 a year for each child between 1 and 4 years old, and about £140 while more than 10 weeks pregnant.
For Applicants:
For applicants
To find out more and to apply if your family is eligible, please visit How to apply – Get help to buy food and milk (Healthy Start).
If you need help applying, you can call freephone 0800 731 0232 or 0800 389 5789 or visit your local Children’s Centre.
To find out more about your local Centre visit Children's centre services - Camden Council.
Rhyl Primary School offers a kitchen space for traders
Rhyl Kitchen at Rhyl Primary School is supporting local food start-ups with storage and food preparation. Traders are able to book a regular slot in the kitchen and can rent fridge and freezer space by the shelf.
Requesting a space is easy, Tom Moggach who runs the setup will meet with applicants to check the facility can meet your needs. The prices are variable depending on the stage of the trader and new start-ups will get a reduced rate, while they establish their business. Successful applicants will be provided a fob so they can access the site when needed. The kitchen is accessible during the weekday before 4pm.
Traders using the facility will need to be covered by their own public insurance and Tom is also able to give pointers on how to do this.
The kitchen is already supporting local businesses:
- a local pastry chef now uses the kitchen on two evenings a week to make her products for market stalls in Camden and Islington.
- a Nigerian chef uses the space as a production kitchen for one-off events.
- and they are supporting another start-up called Granoli who make granola
To get in touch, call the office at Rhyl Community Primary School on 020 7485 4899. You can contact Tom Moggach, Project Manager, directly on 07595 945040 or [email protected]
For more information on what the kitchen offers, visit the site Rhyl Kitchen Classroom.
Love your local market campaign (every year)
Every year NABMA (The National Association of British Market Authorities) runs a National Campaign under the slogan “Love Your Local Market”. The campaign highlights the importance of markets at the heart of local communities and economies. For the past nine years, the campaign has been a great success with hundreds of markets taking part worldwide.
The campaign usually takes place over two weeks in the summer. Please visit the NABMA website to find the dates for this year.
We encourage traders to take part in the campaign by offering consumers small discounts and by actively promoting the campaign. NABMA has put together a free promotion pack, which you can download and use at your stall: Love Your Local Market - NABMA.
If you are a new trader and need some guidance to start your business, you can use the NMTF (National Market Traders Federation) fully interactive ‘Spring Into Markets’ guide completely free.
If you are a new trader, starting your business and would take part in the campaign, please email us at [email protected]. We will advise you further on what information will be needed to issue you with a temporary trading licence during the campaign period.
We will be also supporting you to boost your social media presence.
Introducing new reusable bags across Camden Markets 2023
In light of the new ban on single-use plastics coming into effect on 1 October 2023, Raze and Camden Council have partnered up to replace single-use plastic bags across Camden Markets with free, eco-friendly paper alternatives. Camden Council is going a step further on this plastics ban ahead of legislation, as the new ban does not cover bags.
But these are not just any paper bags, as each bag can connect to the Raze app via uniquely printed QR codes and proprietary advertising technology which incentivises shoppers to reuse them in return for rewards i.e. ‘Raze Coins’ and plastic offsetting via the Plastic Bank.
Each Raze Bag is strong, water-resistant, eco-friendly, carbon-neutral, and will be provided to market traders and customers free of charge.
Starting with an initial order of 5,000 bags, Camden is creating an opportunity for traders, shoppers and local businesses to trial this pioneering initiative.
The longer-term goal is to replace all market single-use plastic bags with free, eco-friendly alternatives, whilst simultaneously opening up a new advertising channel for local businesses and/or forward-thinking advertisers, where the combination of Raze bags and the Raze app can help to drive both in-store footfall and online web traffic.
How it works
Each customer gets a free bag either via one of our markets or through the Raze app. They can activate the bag by using the Raze app to scan the unique QR code on their bag every time they reuse it.
Through Raze’s proprietary advertising technology, Raze rewards carriers for reusing the bag and thus promoting the business advertised on it. These rewards translate into further plastic offsetting and ‘Raze Coins’, which they can redeem against Good Brands listed within the Raze app, where 100 coins = £1.
Coins can currently be redeemed on brands such as Allplants, Dr Wills, Ethosa, IKO Drinks, Love Raw, Milk & More, MOTH Drinks, Ocean Bottle, Pact Coffee, Scrumbles, Simply Roasted Crisps, SLY DOG Rum, Toast Ale, TOTM, and Unplugged.
Each journey gives you different earnings depending on the time, distance covered and area (i.e. busy areas with higher footfall, like markets, would typically generate more coins).
How to take part / key beneficiaries:
There are multiple beneficiaries via this win-win-win-win initiative.
- Traders receive free, eco-friendly, water-resistant paper bags for their customers
- Shoppers receive free, eco-friendly, water-resistant paper bags while they shop at the markets. They can then activate each bag and earn rewards as they go about their day.
- Local businesses unlock a new means to reach local consumers, through a new cost-effective advertising channel that can drive both in-store and online traffic.
- The planet has less demand for single-use plastic, less need for bags overall, and sees advertising budgets redirected to people and good causes.
- The council works towards its net-zero goals, replacing single-use plastics across markets and further reducing the need for bags in the first place, saving traders money.
- Local businesses and advertisers interested in taking part in advertising on these bags should email [email protected].
Refill station Camden
We have teamed up with Hemingway Design to build Refill Station Camden—our first trailer stall made from reclaimed and recycled materials.
Refill Station Camden sells unpackaged grains, liquids and cleaning products to customers with their own reusable bags, mugs or boxes. Biodegradable, recyclable or reusable storage containers are also be available.
We are partnering with local entrepreneurs, businesses, and market traders to help promote and sell local, ethical products and services to Camden residents at affordable prices.
This project is part funded by the London Waste & Recycling Board, and is supported by the North London Waste Authority and Fair-well.
Where can I find the Refill Station?
- Fair-well truck at Queen’s Crescent Market on Thursdays (temporarily suspended)
- Our Little Markets new Cleaning and cleansing barrow stall at Chalton Street Market on Fridays
- The Refill Dried Spices Herbs and Teas stall at Chalton Street on Fridays. The Gallery shop will trade at the Covered Market in Granary Square on Saturdays.
For more information about our partners who will run the Refill Stations, please visit:
- This is fair-wells main page. Fair-Well | Local Shopping Without Waste
- The Chalton Street Gallery Shop Floricanto | The Online Marketplace for Fresh Herbs, Spices, and Teas | Flori Canto
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Camden Markets consultation report 2019
Camden commissioned Hemingway Design to develop a ‘Street Market Vision’ and delivery approaches for Inverness Street Market with links to Camden’s wider street markets portfolio. 'Camden Markets Vision and Recommendations' was published in 2019.