Places for London, Transport for London’s wholly owned property company, has welcomed traders back to the reopened Seven Sisters Market, following critical safety works in recent years. The reopened market, which has temporary indoor and outdoor stalls reopened on 1 September helping traders to get back to proudly serving their community.
On Saturday 4 October, Graeme Craig, Director and Chief Executive of Places for London, welcomed Tottenham MP, the Right Honourable David Lammy and Joanne McCartney, Deputy Mayor for Children and Families and London Assembly Member for Enfield and Haringey, as they joined the traders and representatives from the London Borough of Haringey and community groups to celebrate the opening of the market.
Seven Sisters Market first opened around 50 years ago, however, following its closure in 2020 due to health and safety concerns, surveys found the building to be in a dangerous condition preventing it from reopening. Since then, Places for London has worked with the traders and London Borough of Haringey to bring the much-loved market back to life ensuring that the community affected by the closure were part of the works throughout. The Mayor and TfL also made £2million available to ensure that the traders at Seven Sisters Market were protected and the site moved forward positively for the benefit of local community.
During the substantial works needed to build this entirely new temporary market, Places for London engaged extensively with the traders and council to agree a scheme that meets all the requirements of the traders including one-to-one meetings to agree specifications for their specific units.
The temporary market features 40 new indoor and outdoor stalls with a new seating area and customer toilets. The brightly coloured outdoor market also opens up a new route between Suffield Road and Seven Sisters Road, helping to improve access for the community to and from the market and the nearby Victoria line station.
Seven Sisters Market (c) Places for London-2
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Communication with all traders has been central to the reopening of the market, helping to ensure the new market was tailored to their needs. Many of those who were trading from the former market will be returning to the new site selling a wide variety of goods and services from foods, advice and more. The day-to-day operations at the market will be run by Market Place who’ll be on-site to ensure all is running smoothly and that locals and traders can get the best out of the new site.
At the front of the market, a new community space has opened, providing services for the communities in Tottenham and beyond. The Wards Corner Community Benefit Society (CBS), long-standing guardians of the site, are establishing a mixed-use space for intergenerational learning and celebration that supports the resilience of traders and serves as a point of engagement for the future of the market.
Graeme Craig, Director and Chief Executive of Places for London, said: “Seven Sisters Market is a truly special location in this unique and important part of London. We are delighted to have now reopened the market, allowing the former traders to get back to serving the community they love. We have worked hard to retain the Latin American culture and vitality of the original market, while allowing it to operate safely again in new units.
“Small businesses such as those at Seven Sisters Market are a vital part of London’s wonderfully diverse culture, and we will continue to work with traders and Haringey Council to bring forward a long-term solution that ensures the market is able to thrive at the heart of the local community.”
