Portobello Road Market

How to get here

Train

Ladbroke Grove Station

Hammersmith & City line and
Circle line. 5 min walk.

Notting Hill Gate Station

Central line, District line and
Circle line. 10 min walk.

BUS

OXFORD STREET - 7

Liverpool street - 205, 7

WESTMINSTER - 52

chelsea - 49, 52, 452

When To visit?

Portobello Road is packed with antiques, clothing and food stalls from Westbourne Grove all the way up to and along Golborne Road. There are also a number of amazing spots to shop under the Westway along Thorpe Close.

We are open Monday – Sunday from 8am to 7pm, with traders usually operating from 8:30am to 6pm.

During the summer months, most stalls on Portobello Road set up from 8am-9am and close between 5pm-6pm.

During the Winter Months, most stalls set up 9am-10am and close between 4pm-5pm.

Monday-Thursday

  • Portobello Road between Elgin Crescent and the Westway – fruit and veg, household goods, a few clothing stalls, sometimes casual stalls of vintage clothing or bric-a-brac

  • Golborne Road – fruit and veg, hot food

Friday & Saturday

Whole Market trading

During the Christmas period we host special markets on Sundays

2024 Sundays: 1, 8 & 15 December

Friday is the second busiest day with the additional following areas open:

  • Southern Portobello Road – antiques
  • Middle of the market – food, new fashion, accessories, household goods
  • Portobello Green, North Portobello – vintage clothing & accessories, collectables, bric-a-brac
  • Golborne Road – bric-a-brac, furniture, food- Friday is Golborne’s busiest day!

Saturday is the busiest day of the week. Visitors will find a full street market including the following :

  • Antiques Arcades

  • Westbourne Grove – antique stalls between Portobello Road and Kensington Park Road

  • Portobello Green – more new fashion and less vintage than Friday

  • Ladbroke Grove Farmers’ Market – from 9 am until 2 pm

Acklam Kitchen world food market and the Vintage clothing and bric-a-brac stalls & shops near Portobello Green are open for business, but there is no street market in Portobello or Golborne Roads.

Most cafes and many shops are open, and there may be forecourt traders at the southern end of Portobello Road.

The street market is open on Good Friday until 5 pm but closed on other bank holidays. UK bank holidays are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Early May bank holiday, Spring bank holiday, and Summer bank holiday. In some cases when the official bank holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, there is also a ‘day off’ on the following Monday and/or Tuesday.

See the UK.GOV website bank holidays page for more information.

The antique arcades off Portobello Road between Chepstow Villas and Westbourne Grove only open on Saturdays, most from 7 am till about 4 pm.

Many shops along Portobello Road and Golborne Road are open for business 7 days a week. Shops normally open at around 10 am Monday to Saturday, later on, Sundays. Coffee shops usually open earlier, many at around 7 am for breakfast.

Portobello Road is home to a number of market operators

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